Plot anchor chart

Anchor chart describing what the plot of a story is. Easy to use and very visual.

This spring break, while many of you amazing teachers are off enjoying some much deserved R&R, I am at home celebrating with that nasty stomach bug that has been going around. WOO-HOO! While it is absolutely no fun, I figure teaching is the only profession where it is more work to call in sick than it is to stay home. In that case, I am enjoying getting better and resting...with NO SUB PLANS! (How's that for a silver lining?) ;-) This also gives me a chance to catch up on blogging and TpT…

Story Elements anchor chart - characters setting and plot.

Hi All! I hope you’re having a lovely week! I have to admit that I’ve been a bit of a blogging slacker. My usual goal is to post 2-3 times a week, but with my longer commute this year, some weeks that’s just not happening. Anyway, I wanted to let you take a peek into my classroom to see how…

Plot elements diagram: 5th grade

Story Structure Anchor Chart Setting characters plot

Some ideas for teaching plot elements to help students recall stories in sequential order, summarize stories, and understand theme.

Plot Anchor Chart: Beginning, Middle, End

Understanding Story Elements

Plot is not my favorite thing to teach, or it hasn’t been in the past. However, that changed this week. I think I never liked teaching it because I felt I didn’t have a solid, engaging way of teaching the concept. Now, I have a great way of teaching it! The kids loved it, I […]

My Resource Room students have been reading several short stories in our literature book and I have been teaching/reviewing story elements and conflict. These are the notes they pasted in their jou…

Elements of Plot Anchor chart

Plot anchor chart - saw a couple of versions of this on Pinterest and made one for my class :)

Plot Summary Anchor Chart. I used to love writing stories. Maybe I will write Elenas ;)

All the pieces that make up a story.