Lesson Plan
The Recipe for a Perfect Story
In this lesson, your students will learn all about the perfect recipe for a story! Your students will practice their knowledge by rolling a story element die and sharing with the class.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify and describe story elements.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Explain to your students that they will learn about all the parts that make a story. Explain that they would add the parts of a story in the same way that ingredients are added in a recipe.
- Raise a discussion on recipe. Potential guiding questions include: Why do you need a recipe? What happens if you forget an ingredient? Explain that when an author writes a story, she must have certain parts.
- Ask your students how the story of The Three Little Pigs would change if there were no pigs and wolf. Potential discussion questions include: How would the story change if the wolf never tried to blow down the pigs' houses?
- Explain that these are the parts that make the story what it is.