Mountain Plot

Every fiction story has a plot. A plot includes: characters, setting, problem, climax, solution, and conclusion. A great way to remember is to think of a mountain. As the story goes on the character's problem get bigger and worse, to the point where the character has to make a decision. That is when we arrive to the top of the mountain, the most exciting and suspenseful part of the story. Going downhill is where the story starts to wrap up. Here is the visual students are using when reading a story.

 The students today read "Red Kayak" with a partner and created a mountain plot for the story. Looks like it really helped!