Reading 3.3.3 Exploring Story Structure

Today we will read Chapter 9.


As you read, look for details that will help you answer the following questions:

• Why is Noah worried about the boat?

• What do Noah, Emma, and Alex find when they reach the boat?

​After reading, we will discuss story structure.

​Disaster Strikes

Structure refers to how the events flow to create an engaging, interesting story that readers can understand.

​The text Disaster Strikes is a fiction story. When you think about the text structure of a fiction story, think about the phrase “Give me five!” There are five parts or elements of a fiction story.

They are:

• character;

• setting;

• problem;

• solution; and

• mood.

Each of these elements plays a role in how the story is told.

​Story Structure

​Chapters help organize the events and ideas in a story, introduces new information or a new event, help signal the passage of time, and often end with an event that builds excitement for the next chapter.

-Get a snack/drink
-Get up/Stretch/Move Around
-Use the bathroom
-Get ready for Writing

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