Newsela Plot Diagram

March 11, 2024

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Help students map story structure from beginning to end

Use this organizer to help students identify story elements, track rising action, and organize conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Printable Classroom Uses

Make story structure easier to follow

Use the organizer during reading, discussion, or writing practice to help students see how story events build and resolve.

Story elements

Set up the story

Students record the story title, author, setting, main characters, and central conflict.

Rising action

Track events as they build

Students list key events that move the story forward and lead toward the climax.

Climax

Find the turning point

Students identify the key moment when the conflict reaches its highest point.

Resolution

Show how the story settles

Students organize falling action and resolution to explain how the conflict ends.

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Newsela Plot Diagram

Graphic organizer preview

Help students map story structure from beginning to end

Use this organizer to help students identify story elements, track rising action, and organize conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution.

Printable Classroom Uses

Make story structure easier to follow

Use the organizer during reading, discussion, or writing practice to help students see how story events build and resolve.

Story elements

Set up the story

Students record the story title, author, setting, main characters, and central conflict.

Rising action

Track events as they build

Students list key events that move the story forward and lead toward the climax.

Climax

Find the turning point

Students identify the key moment when the conflict reaches its highest point.

Resolution

Show how the story settles

Students organize falling action and resolution to explain how the conflict ends.

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