Grade Level: 7

Subject ELAR
Lesson- Takes 2-4 days
TEKS: 7.6(B) analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of
the characters, including their motivations and conflicts.
ELPS: 7.4(J) demonstrate English comprehension and expand reading skills by employing
inferential skills such as predicting, making connections between ideas, drawing inferences, and
conclusions from text and graphic sources, and finding supporting text evidence commensurate
with content area needs
Student Learning Outcome (Objective): Learners will analyze the development of the plot
through a plot chart that conveys all the literary elements.
Language Purpose: Learners will analyze the development of the plot through a fill in the blank
plot chart that conveys all the literary elements.
Resources/Materials:

Markers
Butcher Paper
Pens/Pencils

Vocabulary:
Plot
Exposition

Rising Action
Climax

Falling Action
Resolution/Denouement

Focus:
The Students will listen to a brief video clip that has the plot chart elements in the tune of
Rolling in the Deep.
The Teacher will discuss with students that plot charts can also be called plot diagrams or
graphic organizers.
The Teacher will ask students if they know where the plot chart was created.
First created by Aristotle (The Beginning, The Middle, and The End)
Later Modified by Gustav Freytag in 1863 to include The Rising Action and The Falling
Action

Explanation/Modeling:
The Teacher will review with students the literary elements of a plot chart while using the book
we just read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe with students through a power point and
class discussion. Students will take notes off of the power point to refer back to.
Guided Practice:
The Teacher will discuss with the class the plot chart and its elements over the entire book of The
Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe while the students are taking notes. (This will be a review.
The class has discussed this several times.)
Independent Practice:
The Students will split into cooperative groups to create plot charts over each of the chapters of
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.
Assessment/Checking for Understanding & Mastery:
The students will work in cooperative groups to create chapter plot charts. The teacher will
listen and guide and redirect as needed while they create their own plot charts on butcher block
paper.
Closure:
The students will discuss and recall to the teacher what a plot chart is and its literary elements.
Extension/Enrichment Activities:

Students who finish early can assist other groups