Working Out What Goes Where
Working out what goes where in a story can sometimes be tricky. Luckily, there is a simple tool we can use to help shape our PLOT – no matter what kind of story we are writing! This lesson will show you how to structure your stories, and how to make your story events flow in an exciting, satisfying way.
Video Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:24 Meet the creators
01:05 How to form a story plot: what goes where?
02:22 The Three-Act Structure
02:31 Act 1: Character, setting and problem
02:52 Act 2: Make the problem more complicated!
03:20 Act 3: The exciting finale!
04:42 Final words of advice
05:30 Here's what we've learned
Learning Intentions
1. Learning about the Three-Act Structure, and what happens in a story in each of the three parts.
2. Thinking about planning our stories, and how we can use The Three-Act Structure to develop our story plot.
3. Exploring descriptive language to develop our character’s world and emotions, and to add interesting detail to our plot.
SUCCESS CRITERA:
1. Identify the three acts in the Three-Act Structure, and can describe what happens in each of these acts.
2. Use the Three-Act Structure to organise my story ideas, and to develop a plot outline for my story.
3. Used descriptive language to add colour and details to my story writing.
Discussion Questions
We all know stories need to have a beginning, middle and end. How would you describe what happens in each of these parts?
Think about your favourite story, or a story you have read recently in class.
o What happens in the beginning?
o What happens in the middle?
o What happens at the end of that story?
POST VIDEO:
In the video, Mat described plot as your story events, shuffled into an interesting order. What do you think Mat means by an ‘interesting order of events’? Mat and Lili both talked about the Three-Act Structure.
o Do you remember what that is?
o How would you describe the Three-Act Structure?
Mat talked about Act One. Do you remember what happens in Act One of the Three-Act Structure?
Lili talked about Act Two. Do you remember what happens in Act Two?
Curriculum Links
Australian Curriculum V9.0 Links
ENGLISH Y3-4
Language:
● Text structure and organisation: AC9E3LA03, AC9E4LA03
Literature:
● Literature and contexts: AC9E3LE01, AC9E4LE01
● Engaging with and responding to literature: AC9E3LE02, AC9E4LE02
● Examining literature: AC9E3LE03, AC9E4LE03
● Creating literature: AC9E3LE05, AC9E4LE05
Literacy:
● Analysing, interpreting and evaluating: AC9E3LY03, AC9E4LY03, AC9E3LY05,
AC9E4LY05
● Creating texts: AC9E3LY06, AC9E4LY08
GENERAL CAPABILITIES
LITERACY
Writing:
● Creating texts: Crafting ideas Level 5-6
Reading and Viewing:
● Understanding texts: Comprehension Level 5-6
CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKING
Generating:
● Create possibilities: Level 3
CREATORS
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