Story mapsPlot structure
PLOT: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organizers
Ten plot-focused graphic organizers guide students through mapping a story's five elements — introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution — using formats that range from a classic Plot Pyramid and Story Cycle to a Prediction Tree, a nine-box Sequence Chain, and a two-column Changes-in-Plot chart. Two introductory instructional pages explain how to use the ten templates; the Plot Analysis format, for example, also asks students to identify point of view, foreshadowing, and symbolism alongside the standard plot stages. Because every organizer is a blank template, teachers supply the story or text students will map onto it.
