Story Elements

STORY ELEMENTS

STORY STRUCTURE

Beginning, Middle & the End

Students were read an age-old fable; ‘the lion and the mouse’, then they placed the story defining the BEGINNING, MIDDLE and the END using a simple graphic organiser.

 Describing words or Adjectives for Characters

Students used their listening skills by listening to an English folktale; ‘Jack and the Bean stalk’ at the children’s BBC website. They will then completed a task-sheet writing appealing adjectives to describe Jack. This activity encouraged students to learn that fiction stories describe their main characters with describing words/adjectives. 

Students using listening skills ~

‘Jack and the Bean stalk’

STORY MAPPING

A story map is a strategy that uses a graphic organizer to help students learn the elements of a book or story. By identifying story characters, plot, setting, problem and solution, students read carefully to learn the details. There are many different types of story map graphic organizers.

Why use story maps?

·         They improve students' comprehension

·         They provide students with a framework for identifying the elements of a story.

·         They help students of varying abilities organize information and ideas efficiently.

After watching a ppt on ‘Use of story maps’, students were read a story based on MYSTERY; ‘the three feathers’. Students in a group will then share their story mapping ideas about the mystery story and then individually completed a task-sheet based on it.