Knowledge and Skills Statement
Instruct students to create a plot diagram in their reader’s notebooks for independent reference as they read and write. Task students with working in small groups to read a literary text and create a plot diagram with details from the text.
Further Explanation
This SE focuses on the organizational structure of a story. Students in fourth grade should be able to understand the basic elements of a story such as rising action, climax, falling action, and the resolution. Students should be able to examine these elements and draw conclusions about the construction of the story.
Research
Freeman, J. (2016). Story is king: how to be a great storyteller. School Library Journal, p. 40+. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A453920020/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=1ff34e81
The author uses storytelling to build reading skills, such as plot analysis, synthesis, and understanding characters. She provides concrete examples for storytelling in the classrooms and gives a list of 21 classic folk and fairy tales that can be adapted for storytelling.