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Story Structure

Story Structure

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English

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6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS
RL.2.10, RL.4.2, RL.5.3

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Emma MS]

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4 Slides • 8 Questions

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Narrative Structure

Plot and Story Elements

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Open Ended

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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?

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Siblings and parents

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Soto and his mother

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Soto, his siblings, his mother

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Soto and his siblings

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Multiple Choice

Which answer best describes the setting of "The Drive-In Movies"?

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Drive-in movie theater

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Saturday morning in the lawn, working on chores

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Saturday evening

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Doing chores

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Multiple Choice

What is one event that contributes to the rising action?

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Soto completes chores throughout the day.

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Soto teases his siblings.

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Soto narrates the story.

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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!)

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Soto and his brother completed all the chores.

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Soto's siblings watched him work on mowing the lawn.

3

Soto was not able to go to the drive-in

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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)

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Soto cannot go to the movies.

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Soto's mom notices their hard work and takes them to the movies anyway.

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Soto and his brother can't go but his sister can.

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They do chores.

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Open Ended

What is the resolution? How does the story end?

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Narrative Structure

Plot and Story Elements

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