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Isolated Scenes and Plot Support (English II Reading) InteractiveIsolated Scenes and Plot Support (English II Reading) Interactive
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)
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Isolated Scenes and Plot Support (English II Reading)

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This Isolated Scenes and Plot Support (English II Reading) interactive also includes:
  • Activity
  • Reading Passage
  • Graphic & Image
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And the plot thickens! The third interactive in this series introduces young scholars to the cause-and-effect nature of a fictional story plot. They learn about the characteristics of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. They then apply what they have learned to excerpts from stories.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

literary devices, plot, plot development, plot diagrams, cause and effect, setting, conflict, denouement, exposition, rising action, falling action, climax

Instructional Ideas

  • If all class members have access to devices with internet out of class, assign the interactive as homework and have pupils apply what they have learned to a story they are studying in class

Classroom Considerations

  • Third of ten lessons designed to be taught in order
  • Appropriate for remote or in-person learning
  • Learners must have access to devices with internet

Pros

  • Interactive exercises check for understanding

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.9-10.2

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