Plot structure anchor chart

Teaching plot elements to upper elementary students? Use a picture book to engage your students! Read it aloud, and then create a plot diagram!

Plot elements diagram: 5th grade

My Resource Room students have been reading several short stories in our literature book and I have been teaching/reviewing story elements and conflict. These are the notes they pasted in their jou…

Plot Anchor Chart: Beginning, Middle, End

Hi All! I hope you’re having a lovely week! I have to admit that I’ve been a bit of a blogging slacker. My usual goal is to post 2-3 times a week, but with my longer commute this year, some weeks that’s just not happening. Anyway, I wanted to let you take a peek into my classroom to see how…

Plot mountain anchor chart

This spring break, while many of you amazing teachers are off enjoying some much deserved R&R, I am at home celebrating with that nasty stomach bug that has been going around. WOO-HOO! While it is absolutely no fun, I figure teaching is the only profession where it is more work to call in sick than it is to stay home. In that case, I am enjoying getting better and resting...with NO SUB PLANS! (How's that for a silver lining?) ;-) This also gives me a chance to catch up on blogging and TpT…

Blog post about using anchor charts and video clips to teach Plot!