Engage your pupils in a plot activity based on the favorite Dr. Seuss book, The Cat in the Hat. There are two pages included here. The first is a list of plot elements and the second is a grid of plot points and other information. Class...

A short story is only as strong as its characters, development, and conflicts. Encourage the young authors in your class to plan their stories based on the elements of narrative writing, all provided in brainstorming graphic organizers.

Record the plot elements of The Cay on this worksheet. Pupils note basic information about the book and answer questions about the introduction, point of view, character, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution of...

This reading guide poses questions at the beginning, middle, and end of the reading of Ethan Frome. Readers focus on the setting, conflict, and resolution presented in the novel. 

Pupils can write down all of the major plot elements of My Antonia by Willa Cather on this straightforward worksheet. Learners note down themes, characters, the chain of events, and more.

In this language arts worksheet, students use this check sheet and list to help identify the main problem, character's goal and resolution in a story.

A solid, straightforward book report form is an excellent addition to your literature unit. Class members note the main characters, point of view, plot elements, and other important details from a story, adding their favorite part...

Teach your youngsters about the elements of plot with this handy graphic organizer. Pupils note down the main character, the setting, the problem, and the solution of any fictional story they read.

In this graphic organizer:  story pyramid worksheet, students analyze 6 components of the story (exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) and write the details in the boxes.

In this quotations from The Great Gatsby activity, students discover quotations that have great significance in terms of theme, character revelation, or plot significance.

Tap into the imaginative minds of young learners with a creative writing activity. After reading the myth Giants and Mosquitoes, this student guide supports young writers as they brainstorm and develop their very own creation myths....

In this elements of a short story worksheet, students are given definitions and must choose the element being defined.  Students are also given a selection to read and answer questions about.

For this short story elements worksheet, students recognize the elements of short story by reading the sentences and selecting the correct story element. Students complete 10 online questions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] TES provides a downloadable resource for Gary Paulsen's novel, Hatchet. Graphic organizers are provided to help students analyze the characters, conflicts, and, and grammar connected to Hatchet.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on how conflicts determine the resolution of the story. In this lesson, students learn how to recognize conflict, analyze linear plot, and determine how...

A learning module that teaches students about writing a short story in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Understanding the Essence, Getting an Idea, Structuring Plot, Building Conflict, and Outlining Your Own Story.

This site contains, in outline form, Aristotle's "six parts of a tragedy." The Plot is discussed in length on this site. The author goes into the exposition, conflict, climax, and resolution of the plot.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to recognize conflict, analyze linear plot, and determine how the conflict is resolved.

A graphic organizer for students, laying out the basic outline of a story's plot and allowing students to fill in the necessary details.

This is a brief plot analysis of the Greek tragedy Antigone by Sophocles.

A slide show with ten slides about the parts of a plot development: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

A slide show with twenty-one slides explaining elements of plot including: characters, setting, exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

In this interactive game, students match the 16 vocabulary words related to plot and conflict with their definitions. Students have to play the game multiple times to see all 16 words.

This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 16 vocabulary words relating to plot and conflict.