Overview: |
Knowing the elements of a story aids students in their understanding of what is taking place in the book or novel. When students comprehend the story elements of characters, setting, problems, events, and solutions, they become more involved in the story and take a greater interest in details. In this lesson, students use a six-paneled comic strip to create a story map, summarizing a book or story that they've read either read as a class or independently. The story strips that result provide a great way to evaluate students' understanding of important events and elements in a novel. The students enjoy the artistic aspect as well!
This lesson plan uses Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are as an example to model the process of creating the story map comic strips; however, any book you and your students have explored recently that demonstrates the elements of character, setting, problem, events, and solutions will work. |
| Content Standard(s): |
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
| 22. Describe literary elements within a story, including setting, plot, characters, and themes.
a. Describe in detail the characters' behavior, emotions, and traits and explain how their actions influence events in the story.
b. Explain how the characters' actions and dialogue contribute to the meaning of the story.
c. Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.
d. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots from two texts. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 3
| 33. Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
| 15. Analyze in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text.
a. Identify and explain attitudes and influences of multiple characters within a text.
b. Explain how the main character changes throughout the story, using explicit evidence from the text.
c. Make an inference about a character's behavior, the setting, and/or specific events, using explicit details from the story. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 4
| 35. Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical plot, transitional words and phrases, sensory details, and dialogue, and providing a sense of closure. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
| 19. Interpret how authors use literary elements throughout a text, including character, setting, conflict, dialogue, and point of view. | English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 5
| 34. Write personal or fictional narratives incorporating literary elements (characters, plot, setting, conflict), dialogue, strong voice, and clear event sequences. |
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comic creator, comics, creativity, details, elements of a story, Maurice Sendak, story map, Where the Wild Things Are |