Learning Objectives

Today I will learn…

to identify several important vocabulary words

So that I can…

identify and summarize the important elements of a

story.
Story Elements
Review
Warm Up
A sequence of unfolding events happening in a Story’ theme.
story.

Important elements of the story plot… The story setting. (where and when)
Setting-set-settle

Time and place where the story takes place. The story plot.

Conflict.
The struggle between two opposite forces.

The setting and conflict.

The message the writer is trying to convey
through the story.
 Characters classification

Physical appearance Behavioral characteristics

Their actions- values, the character can be the

Personality protagonist ( the main character in the story
that portraits a good behavior).

The antagonist: The main character that

causes conflict in the story; Often is labeled as
the bad guy of the story.

Tertiary characters: They are not the

focus of attention in the story but they are
need it to tell the story.
Plot Diagram
Five Stages of Action
Exposition
Introduces character, setting and conflict

Who? Behaviors and attitude.

Physical appearance

Where and When? In a small village.

What? General description of the problems, or

difficulties the main character encounters.

A little girl who encounters a starving wolf on

her way to her grandmother’s house.
Rising Action
Presents Complications.

Possible threats, disagreements, or odd behavior started arising with the

characters. The tension begins to be built by the author.

● How is the wolf presented? Is he described as someone with good intentions?

Does something seems odd with him?
● How did Little Red Riding Hood react when she first met the wolf? Did she
seem aware of the wolf's intentions?
Climax
The climax is the moment of major interest in the story when the main
character faces danger; or a moment of great distress.

● What happened when the wolf got to Little Red Riding Hood grandma's
home before the little girl?
● What happened when the little girl find out the wolf’s
● fallacy?
Falling Action
Brings the story to a close.

Something or someone shifts the course of the story.

● Who came to rescue the little girl and her grandma from the wild wolf?
● Do you think the women's fate would be different if the haunter had not come
to their rescue?
● Did the haunter shift the course of the story?
Resolution
The conflict final outcome. It reveals the fate of the characters in the story.

Some ending can be tragic, other can have a happy ending and some others
might not have conclusive endings.

● What was the wolf’s fate? And what about the Little girl and her grandma?
● What kind of ending does the Little Red Riding Hood short story have?
Flashback
Interrupt the chronological order of events in a story. It describes something that
took place at an earlier time in the story.

● Sometimes it helps the reader have a more clear perspective of an event or

character's behavior and personality.
● For example: Imagine the wolf had an flashback of his childhood when he
smelt the food in the Little Red Riding Hood’s basket. Perhaps that throwing
back to the past could help us understand why of the wolf’s aggressive
behavior etc.
Team Work
Period 3/4

Tables 1# through #4- Cemetery Path

Tables 5# through 8#- Flowers

Table #1 and 5# Exposition (Setting, Conflict, and Characters)

Table #2 and 6# Rising Action (Present Conflict)
Table #3 and 7# Climax ( Moment of major tension)
Table 4# and # 8 Falling Action and Resolution
Team Work
Period 5/6 Ruthless

Table 1#- Exposition (Setting, characters, conflict)

Table 2#-Rising Action

Table 3#-Climax

Table 4#- Falling Action

Table 5# - Resolution
Team Work
Period 7/8 - Ruthless

Table #1 Settling ( description of surrounding )

Table #2 Characters (names and some physical or behavioral characteristics)

Table #3 Conflict (general description of the problem in the story)

Table #4 Rising Action ( Conflicts being raised between the characters)

Table #5 Rising Action ( moments that build tension before the main problems is reveal)

Table #6 Climax ( moment of great tension)

Table #7 Falling Action

Table #8 Resolution
 Period: 3-4 Group Members Name:
English 7th
Date: August 22, 2023

Story Plot Stage Five/ Climax

Story Title: The Little Red Riding Hood

Climax the wolf pretends to be Little Red Riding Hood grandma; after he is discover, he tries to debore the little girl .

“Oh, but, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have.”

“The better to eat you with.”

And scarcely had the wolf said this, than with one bound he was out of bed and swallowed up Little Red Riding Hood.

When the wolf had appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud.”
Exit Ticket

1. On a scale from one to five, five being the highest level, how confident do you feel
identifying and using story elements?

2. What stage of action from the story plot diagram did you find to be the most challenging one
to understand?

3. How did you feel about working in a small group?

4. Any other comment?