Story Structure Lesson Plans

Students examine story structure and determine how to ask questions to improve reading comprehension. They read an article and practice answering questions in a teacher lead lesson before completing the task independently. Next they make a story map of "The Secret of Silver Pond" in a whole group before making one of "Whooz-z-z Snooz-z-zing?" that is used as an assessment.

Students analyze the sequence of actions in a dramatic stories. In this story structure lesson plan, students identify the main actions in each section of a story and develop frozen tableau's for the identified actions of the story.

Second graders engage in a lesson of identifying simple story structure and practice writing their own stories. The teacher should visit the site (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/storywriting/index.html) beforehand to verify the site contains appropriate information.

Students identify the main elements of "story structure" and form questions to summarize their reading. They listen as the teacher reads a story and then write questions to determine (1) main characters, (2) setting, (3) problem, and (4) solution.

Help your class listen and respond to a fictional story by creating a story structure mobile illustrating the main characters, setting, plot, problem, story events, and solution. Using a coat hanger they will create an artistic element for each of the story elements for a fictional story.

Students discuss the literary concepts such as plot, setting, characters, story structure, and themes found within fairy tales. What makes them similar and different from other stories? This is the beginning of a unit where the students eventually create their own fairy tales using the elements learned about in class.

Ninth graders explore the "hero story" from ancient mythology. They create their own hero story based on the story structure of classical mythology. They share the finished product with others.

Students practice basic interviewing techniques, inverted pyramid story structure, quote attribution and editorial writing. They conduct an interview with a classmate and write an organized personality profile.

Students are introduced to the concept of story structure as a way to aid in reading comprehension. They identify the main parts of the story as they read. Students create a story map of the main plot points of their reading.

Students examine the structure of stories in order to increase their reading comprehension. They look at the purpose of the beginning, the main characters, the goal or problem, and the resolution as the story structure. As they read two pieces of non-fiction, they answer questions in a class discussion. They make a story map of the second selection before completing one as an assessment.