Ms. Alyssa Belardo/Mr.

Sean Flood
November 12th, 2015
Objective / Standard

TH

Students will be asked to

demonstrate their understanding
of the five key plot elements using
a song titled The Five Elements.
They will then identify these plot
elements within the short story
Thank You Maam by Langston
Hughes. This will help them with
their future endeavor to write their
own short fiction story. They will
receive a chart that will help them
understand the five elements from
the song and dissect the five
elements from the short story by
Hughes. This can be used as an
example when they begin writing
their fiction story. Students will also
be asked to cite the quotes they
think best describe the point of the
story they are writing down. This
allows students to learn to refer
back to their text to answer
questions they may have.

Major Links:
RL.6.3: Describe how a particular
story's or drama's plot unfolds in a
series of episodes as well as how
the characters respond or change
as the plot moves toward a
resolution.
RL.6.5: Analyze how a particular
sentence, chapter, scene, or
stanza fits into the overall
structure of a text and contributes
to the development of the theme,
setting, or plot.
Minor Links: RL.6.2, RL.6.6

Subject: English (IRL) 6 th Grade

Procedure

The Five Elements of Plot

Do Now: Practice NoRedInk
assignments.

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Five Elements
Discussion

Five Elements
reading chart.

Students watch Five Elements Video:

(https://www.flocabulary.com/fivethings)

Students define each of the five elements in

turn and explain the example of each that
they found in the video.

Students come up with their own example of

each plot element and then take turns
sharing their ideas.

Students read Thank You Maam short

story by Langston Hughes and identify the
five plot elements within the story.

Students share and discuss the five plot

elements of the story with each other.

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