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This site provides background and current events information regarding the rise and fall of the Pinochet regime in Chile.

Plots have momentum or a forward motion. In this lesson, we will isolate and discuss specific plot scenes from several works of fiction. You will learn how each scene moves the plot forward toward the resolution.

This is a PDF of a ReadWriteThink plot structure diagram chart form for students to use on short stories. It includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, theme, and protagonist and antagonist.

This is a PDF Fable Chart designed for students to complete as they read a fable; it includes the title and author, the animal character, human characteristics, the individual elements of a short story, and the moral or lesson.

Students observe Archimedes' principle in action in this challenge where a toy boat is placed in a container of water and a rock is placed on the floating boat. Students must explain why the water level rises/falls/stays the same based...

This interactive assessment features 6 multiple-choice questions and 6 true-false questions over story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: introduction, setting, characters, conflict, rising action,...

In this set interactive game, students match story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: introduction, setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, point of view, moral, plot, and...

This set of interactive flashcards focuses on story element terms and their definitions. These terms include the following: introduction, setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, point of view, moral, plot, and...

This interactive assessment features 15 multiple-choice questions over story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist,...

In this set interactive game, students match story element terms with their definitions. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, point of view,...

This set of interactive flashcards focuses on the terms and definitions of story elements. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, point of...

In this learning module, students will learn more about the structure of a short story. Notes and video clips are provided to reinforce understanding of story structure. This module is designed to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III...

This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with analyzing story structures. Reinforcement for story structures is provided through the two PowerPoint lessons, three quizzes, and four different worksheets.

This news story discusses the fall of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the one-party system that ruled Mexico for 87 years. Two other parties, the National Action Party (PAN) and the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) are...

This interactive assessment consists of 12 multiple choice questions over story elements terms and their definitions. These terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition,...

In this interactive game, students match story elements terms with their definitions. Theses terms include the following: setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, and resolution.

This set of interactive flashcards focuses on story elements such as setting, characters, conflict, rising action, falling action, exposition, protagonist, antagonist, and resolution.

A four question matching and multiple choice test over plot elements including exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

This interactive game of "Rags to Riches" assesses students' knowledge of story elements. Students will identify the definitions of the story elements and the applications of story elements in stories.

Students will be assessed over 12 story elements on this test. Four fill-in-the-blank, four multiple choice, and four true/false questions appear on this assessment. A printable version of this assessment is also available.

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.

A test with eleven multiple choice questions on plot terms including: plot, introduction, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion/resolution, sub-plot, parallel episode, flashback, and foreshadowing.