
Story Structure
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6th Grade
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Narrative Structure
Plot and Story Elements
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Open Ended
What makes a good story?
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Story Elements
Setting (where, when)
Characters (who)
Conflict (problem)
Plot (events)
Theme (lesson learned)
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The Drive-In Movies
By Gary Soto
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Open Ended
What is the exposition? Or background information for this story?
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Multiple Choice
Who are the characters in "The Drive-In Movies" by Gary Soto?
Siblings and parents
Soto and his mother
Soto, his siblings, his mother
Soto and his siblings
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Multiple Choice
Which answer best describes the setting of "The Drive-In Movies"?
Drive-in movie theater
Saturday morning in the lawn, working on chores
Saturday evening
Doing chores
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Multiple Choice
What is one event that contributes to the rising action?
Soto completes chores throughout the day.
Soto teases his siblings.
Soto narrates the story.
Soto goes to the drive-in movies with his family.
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Multiple Choice
What is the climax of the story? (Climax = problem reaches a high point!)
Soto and his brother completed all the chores.
Soto's siblings watched him work on mowing the lawn.
Soto was not able to go to the drive-in
Soto and his brother waxed the car incorrectly.
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Multiple Choice
What is the falling action of the story? (characters work to solve the problem)
Soto cannot go to the movies.
Soto's mom notices their hard work and takes them to the movies anyway.
Soto and his brother can't go but his sister can.
They do chores.
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Open Ended
What is the resolution? How does the story end?
Narrative Structure
Plot and Story Elements
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