RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.
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Step 1: Lesson Standards & Learning Goals
Vertical Progressions
Vertical Progressions
RL.2.5 - Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story, the events unfold in the middle, and the ending concludes the action.
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RL.1.5 - Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information.
RL.3.5 - Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Students will be able to...
Students will be able to...
describe how the story is structured from the beginning to the end
understand that the beginning is where the story is introduced
understand the middle of the text describes the major events and action that takes place
understand the end of the story tells how the action concludes
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
describe, description, descriptive details – to explain something in words; the details necessary to give a full and precise account
event – a thing that happens; an occurrence
LEA Text Box
LEA Text Box
Step 2: Assessment
Assessment Prompts/Formative Assessments:
Questions Stems/Prompts
Questions Stems/Prompts
Describe the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
What are the character’s problems?
Read to your partner the section where the character’s problem begins to be solved.
How does the character solve the problem?
Look at this section, why did the author add ______?
Analyze this paragraph, what is the author trying to tell you?
What information does the author include at the beginning of the story that helps you understand the rest of the story?
In which part of the story does most of the action occur?
Step 3: Lesson Instructions
Classroom Application
Classroom Application
What it looks like in the classroom?
What it looks like in the classroom?
Students describe how the story is structured from the beginning to the end. Students understand that the beginning is where the story is introduced, the middle of the text describes the major events and action that takes place, and the end of the story tells how the action concludes.
In the Classroom:
During shared reading, students use graphic organizers and story maps to chart the events of a story. They then discuss which events take place in the beginning, which occur in the middle, and which take place at the end.
The teacher reads aloud a mentor text. He/she thinks aloud, noting the structure of the story, such as what happens at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of the story. The students and teacher create a graphic organizer, showing the overall structure of the story.
Sample Lesson Plan
Sample Lesson Plan
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