Lesson Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016

Topic: Major elements of a story (beginning, middle, and end)

Lesson Length: 30-40 minutes
Resources:
A Twisted Tale by Carolyn Fisher
worksheets
white board and markers
Learning Objectives:
Students will:
develop their understanding of parts of a story
work on identifying major parts
develop summary and comprehension skills
Introduction: (~5 minutes)
introduce lesson by reviewing what the students already know about
story format
o Beginning, middle, and end
Main

Body: (~30 minutes)

Read A Twisted Tale by Carolyn Fisher
Make three sections on the board for beginning, middle and end
Ask students what major event(s) happened in beginning etc.
Write major events under the appropriate section on the board
Hand out worksheetsstudents pick one of the events from each
section and draws a picture, then writes a sentence describing the
scene

Closure: (~5 minutes)

If these events didnt happen would there be a story? Make sure they
understand that one event has to lead to another to make a good story