FictionPlot Characters Setting Theme

plot diagramexposition

rising actionclimaxfalling actionresolution

conflict

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Reading StrategiesPredict

Infer

Visualize

Summarize

readers make predictions based on how stories tend to goreaders confirm or revise predictions as they read

Question

Synthesize

Monitor Comprehension

Make Connections

Activate Background Knowledge

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What is plot?What is conflict ?Where would conflict fall on the plot diagram ?

Talk at Your Table

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climax

rising ac

tion

falling action

resolutionexposition

PLOT DIAGRAM

characters and setting introduced

events o

f the st

ory star

t

happenin

g; builds i

nterest

and

suspense

for the

climax

the most exciting part; often called the "turning point"

of the storythe events of the story

wrap up

"The End";often has a reflection

about the story or "teases" another story

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events in

the risin

g action

build the

conflict

conflict ends

conflict established

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Think about a time you got advice from someone.

Did you accept their advice? Why or why not?

Readers make predictions based on their experiences.

Reader's Tip

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Dragon Dragon

http://www.jewcy.com/gallery/kosher_guide_imaginary_animals

page 461

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Identify the conflict and the climax.

What quality leads the two elder brothers to reject their father's advice?

What quality leads the youngest brother to accept this advice?

Talk at Your Table

PICK ONE!1. Explain what the story teaches about the value of following advice.

2. Do you think the father's advice really "worked"? Explain.