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Lesson four is about plot. What drives a plot and keeps the reader engaged? Students will learn basic plot structure, from inciting incident to climax, as well as tips for organizing everything in between. Then, they’ll draw plot charts for their own stories.
This unit is part of a multi-installment series on creative writing, but it can also stand alone. The writing exercises do assume that the students already have some idea of the story they wish to write. The idea doesn't have to be well developed, since the purpose of this lesson is to help them flesh it out. That said, if students need help coming up with ideas from scratch, I recommend Lesson Two: Freewriting and Idea Generation.
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1) Introduction to Storytelling (Free download)
2) Freewriting and Idea Generation
3) Building Strong Characters
4) Plot
5) Setting and Description
6) Revision
7) Book Cover Design
Lesson four is about plot. What drives a plot and keeps the reader engaged? Students will learn basic plot structure, from inciting incident to climax, as well as tips for organizing everything in between. Then, they’ll draw plot charts for their own stories.
This unit is part of a multi-installment series on creative writing, but it can also stand alone. The writing exercises do assume that the students already have some idea of the story they wish to write. The idea doesn't have to be well developed, since the purpose of this lesson is to help them flesh it out. That said, if students need help coming up with ideas from scratch, I recommend Lesson Two: Freewriting and Idea Generation.
GET THE ENTIRE BUNDLE AND SAVE OVER 20%!
Or check out individual units below. (The first one is free!)
1) Introduction to Storytelling (Free download)
2) Freewriting and Idea Generation
3) Building Strong Characters
4) Plot
5) Setting and Description
6) Revision
7) Book Cover Design
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Highlights
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Grades
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Subjects
Standards
CCSSRL.6.3
CCSSRL.6.5
CCSSRL.7.3
Pages
44
Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my
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Description
Created by a NY Times Bestselling Author!
Lesson four is about plot. What drives a plot and keeps the reader engaged? Students will learn basic plot structure, from inciting incident to climax, as well as tips for organizing everything in between. Then, they’ll draw plot charts for their own stories.
This unit is part of a multi-installment series on creative writing, but it can also stand alone. The writing exercises do assume that the students already have some idea of the story they wish to write. The idea doesn't have to be well developed, since the purpose of this lesson is to help them flesh it out. That said, if students need help coming up with ideas from scratch, I recommend Lesson Two: Freewriting and Idea Generation.
GET THE ENTIRE BUNDLE AND SAVE OVER 20%!
Or check out individual units below. (The first one is free!)
1) Introduction to Storytelling (Free download)
2) Freewriting and Idea Generation
3) Building Strong Characters
4) Plot
5) Setting and Description
6) Revision
7) Book Cover Design
Lesson four is about plot. What drives a plot and keeps the reader engaged? Students will learn basic plot structure, from inciting incident to climax, as well as tips for organizing everything in between. Then, they’ll draw plot charts for their own stories.
This unit is part of a multi-installment series on creative writing, but it can also stand alone. The writing exercises do assume that the students already have some idea of the story they wish to write. The idea doesn't have to be well developed, since the purpose of this lesson is to help them flesh it out. That said, if students need help coming up with ideas from scratch, I recommend Lesson Two: Freewriting and Idea Generation.
GET THE ENTIRE BUNDLE AND SAVE OVER 20%!
Or check out individual units below. (The first one is free!)
1) Introduction to Storytelling (Free download)
2) Freewriting and Idea Generation
3) Building Strong Characters
4) Plot
5) Setting and Description
6) Revision
7) Book Cover Design
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Great resource! I used this with my creative writing students. They had already written rough drafts, so after I taught the lesson, they had a better understanding of what makes a good plot. Most students decided they needed to do some revision, which I told them is a good thing! Will be adding this lesson to my unit plan for narratives on a permanent basis.
Hi Rachel, thank you for your review. I am glad you found my creative writing workshop a great resource!
great
Hi Vanessa, thank you for your review. I am glad you enjoyed my creative writing workshop.
Very helpful. Thanks!
I am so very glad you found it helpful! Thank you!
Helpful for creative writing class.
I'm glad this was helpful. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this resource! I used it in my Creative Writing class. I love how it's set up to interact with the students throughout, including working with their own stories.
Thank you so much Kathryn!
Loved these so much I purchased the whole unit.
I"m so glad!
a very helpful resource
Thank you!
To be honest, this was one of those "pull out of your butt" activities. However, the kids really enjoyed it, and we had fun with it.
Hi Rodney, thank you for your review and I'm glad your kids really enjoyed it!
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Standards
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CCSSRL.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.
CCSSRL.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.
CCSSRL.7.3
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
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