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Texas Gateway: Explain Influence of Setting on Plot Development in Literary Text Unit PlanTexas Gateway: Explain Influence of Setting on Plot Development in Literary Text Unit Plan
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Texas Education Agency
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6th - 8th
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Texas Gateway: Explain Influence of Setting on Plot Development in Literary Text

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This lesson is about the relationship between setting and plot. The setting enhances the story by folding the plot into a place and time that fits perfectly with what is going on; in fact, it is often the setting that makes the action possible.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

plot, plot development, setting

Additional Tags

setting: place and time, theme and setting, explain influence of setting on plot development in literary text/fiction, influence of setting on plot development, texas gateway, texas gateway: explain influence of setting on plot development in literary text, developing plot

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

RL.7.3 W.8.3.b W.7.3.b W.6.3.b RL.6.3

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