Identifying conflict is important, but how do you handle conflict when it comes? Students use a plot mountain to graph two role-play scenarios about interpersonal conflicts.

Concepts

conflict, conflict resolution, conflicts, external conflict, internal conflict, plot diagrams, elements of a short story, plot elements

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Additional Tags

classroom support

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Instructional Ideas

• Use with a language arts lesson about the elements of plot or the different types of conflict
• Have learners come up with their own role-play scenarios

Classroom Considerations

• Lesson duration is 50 minutes
• The final lesson in a five-part unit on conflict resolution

Pros

• Includes implementation tips and suggestions
• Connects language arts concepts to social and emotional learning

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.3 RL.4.1 RL.4.3 RL.5.1 RL.5.3