Activity Overview
Creating a plot diagram not only helps students learn the parts of the plot, but it reinforces major events and helps students develop a greater understanding of literary structures. Students can fill in a digital worksheet to write and illustrate the narrative arc of a story. In this activity, students will create a visual plot diagram of major events in the story. Students should identify major turning points in the novel such as the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
This digital worksheet example uses the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. (See more activities for Wonder) However, any book can be used, the sky's the limit!
Find more templates to choose from here: Plot Diagram Worksheets. You can add as many templates as you like for students to do more than one digital worksheet if they finish early, or to differentiate to meet the needs of all students.
Template and Class Instructions
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Due Date:
Objective: Create a visual plot diagram for a book.
Student Instructions:
- Separate the story into the Title, Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
- In the digital worksheet, add text and images that represent an important moment or set of events for each of the story components using appropriate scenes, characters, and items.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Cells include images that help to tell the story and do not get in the way of understanding. Descriptions match the images. | Descriptions do not always match the images. | Descriptions are missing or do not match the images. |
| Plot | Each of the six cells represents a different part of the story. The cells are in order from beginning to end. | Two cells or fewer are out of order, or the storyboard is missing important information. | Important information is missing and/or three or more cells are out of order. |
| Spelling and Grammar | Spelling and grammar is mostly accurate. Mistakes do not get in the way of understanding. | Spelling is very inaccurate and hinders full understanding. | Text is difficult to understand. |
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