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Character Conflict Falling Action Climax Exposition Narrative Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text INSTRUCTIONAL VOCABULARY CARDS Use these cards independently or with a partner to review the instructional terms introduced online. character climax a person, animal, or other being in a story the most intense part of a story conflict exposition www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated a character’s struggle or problem the introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict falling action narrative This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For events after the climax and before a story the ending continued on next page ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 1 Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text INSTRUCTIONAL VOCABULARY CARDS plot resolution the final part of a story where the the events in a story problem is worked out rising action setting events that develop the main conflict www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated the time and place of events in a story of a story This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 2 Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text SKILL FOCUS Read the terms in Set 1. Then, write each term next to its definition. Repeat this activity with the terms in Set 2. You can review the Vocabulary Cards, if needed. Set 1 character conflict narrative plot setting 1. a story 2. the events in a story 3. the time and place of events in a story 4. a person, animal, or other being in a story 5. a character’s struggle or problem Set 2 www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated climax exposition falling action resolution rising action 1. the introduction to the setting, characters, and conflict 2. events that develop the main conflict of a story 3. the most intense part of a story 4. events after the climax and before the ending This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For 5. the final part of a story where the problem is worked out ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 3 Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text SKILL FOCUS Use the terms below to label the parts of the Plot Structure Map. You can review the Vocabulary Cards, if needed. climax exposition falling action resolution rising action m the most intense part of a story s f c i events that develop the main conflict of a story events after the climax and before the ending u t the final part of a story where the problem is worked out x o the introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated Read each sentence. Circle True or False. 1. A narrative is the time and place of events in a story. True / False 2. The events in a story are called the plot. True / False 3. A character is a person, animal, or other being in a story. True / False 4. The setting is the ending of a story. True / False 5. A character’s struggle, or problem, is the conflict. True / False This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 4 Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text SKILL APPLICATION Read the narrative Not So Happily Ever After on the next page. Then, complete the activities below. The first three ask you to write directly on the text you just read. 1. Highlight or underline the setting, or time and place of events in the story. 2. Circle the name of the main character. 3. Draw a box around the main conflict, or problem, in the story. 4. Review the parts of the Plot Structure Map below the story. Then, draw a line to match each sentence in the story to the term that best describes it. Soon, every chore was done! exposition So, she texted her friends and asked for help. rising action Then, Cinderella washed up and got dressed for the party. climax Long ago in a small village, Cinderella wanted to go to a party, but she had too many chores. falling action In the end, she was too tired from all those chores and just stayed home. resolution www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated 5. Create a comic strip of Not So Happily Ever After. Draw one square panel for each part of the plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For H Work with a partner to create your own version of a fairytale. Use the Plot Structure Map to tell each part of the story. ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 5 Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text TEXT AND PLOT STRUCTURE MAP Not So Happily Ever After Long ago in a small village, Cinderella wanted to go to a party, but she had too many chores. So, she texted her friends and asked for help. Soon, every chore was done! Then, Cinderella washed up and got dressed for the party. In the end, she was too tired from all those chores and just stayed home. Soon, every chore was done! So, she texted her Then, Cinderella washed friends and asked up and got dressed for for help. the party. In the end, she was too tired Long ago in a small village, from all those chores and just www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated Cinderella wanted to go to stayed home. a party, but she had too many chores. This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 6 Comprehension ANSWER KEY Level 7: Narrative Text Comprehension Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text Name: Level 7: Narrative Text INSTRUCTIONAL VOCABULARY CARDS INSTRUCTIONAL VOCABULARY CARDS Use these cards independently or with a partner to review the instructional terms introduced online. character climax plot resolution the final part of a story where the a person, animal, or other being in a story the most intense part of a story the events in a story problem is worked out conflict exposition rising action setting www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated events that develop the main conflict www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated the introduction of the setting, lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated the time and place of events in a story a character’s struggle or problem of a story characters, and conflict falling action narrative This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component of PowerUp material Lexia® This Literacy™. is a component of PowerUp material Lexia® This © 2018 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For events after the climax and before company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For a story the ending continued on next page ® ® UK Lexia Skill Builders page 1 UK Lexia Skill Builders page 2 This material is a component of Lexia® PowerUp Literacy™. is a component ofPowerUp material Lexia® This company. Stone a Rosetta Learning, © 2018 Lexia All other rights reserved. Not for resale. use only. classroom For UK Lexia Skill Builders® Comprehension ANSWER KEY Level 7: Narrative Text Comprehension Comprehension Name: Level 7: Narrative Text Name: Level 7: Narrative Text SKILL FOCUS SKILL FOCUS Read the terms in Set 1. Then, write each term next to its definition. Repeat this activity with the terms in Set 2. Use the terms below to label the parts of the Plot Structure Map. You can review the Vocabulary Cards, if needed. You can review the Vocabulary Cards, if needed. climax exposition falling action resolution rising action Set 1 character conflict narrative plot setting c l i m a x the most intense part of a story r i s i n g 1. narrative a story f a l l i n g a c t i o n a c t i o n events that develop the main 2. plot the events in a story conflict of a story events after the climax and before the ending 3. setting the time and place of events in a story r e s o l u t i o n 4. character a person, animal, or other being in a story the final part of a story where the problem is worked out e x p o s i t i o n 5. conflict a character’s struggle or problem the introduction of the setting, characters, and conflict www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www. 11/2018 Last updated Set 2 www. lexialearning.com lexialearning.com www.
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