Creating a plot diagram not only helps students learn the parts of the plot, but it reinforces major events and helps students develop a greater understanding of literary structures. Students can fill in a digital worksheet to write and illustrate the narrative arc of a story. In this activity, students will create a visual plot diagram of major events in the story. Students should identify major turning points in the novel such as the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
This digital worksheet example uses the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. (See more activities for Wonder) However, any book can be used, the sky's the limit!
Find more templates to choose from here: Plot Diagram Worksheets. You can add as many templates as you like for students to do more than one digital worksheet if they finish early, or to differentiate to meet the needs of all students.
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Objective: Create a visual plot diagram for a book.
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