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Students will be able to list the five elements of story using an acronym.
Lesson Plan
Connection (3-5 mins): Yesterday we envisioned by making a movie in our minds and we became one of the
characters in our fiction books. Today, we will identify the five elements of a story; setting, characters, problem,
resolution, and solution by using a reading strategy acronym.
Teach (5-10 mins):
Students are seated on the carpet with a partner. Students will be expected to turn and talk to this partner throughout
the lesson. When we read it is important to think about the five elements of a story in order to help us understand
what we are reading. Teacher reveals class chart with STORY acronym.
STORY:
-Setting- Where the story is taking place
-Talking Character- characters in the story
-Oops a Problem!- problem in the story (something went wrong)
-Attempts to Resolve the problem- the characters trying to solve the problem
-Yes! The problem is solved- how the problem was solved in the story