CONFLICT: The FIVE Elements of a Story Graphic Organizers
Ten blank graphic organizers each approach a story's conflict from a different angle. Conflict Dissection has students identify characters, setting, the problem and its solution in four quadrants; a Problems and Solutions Chart and a Cause-Effect-Consequences chart trace how a conflict's causes lead to its effects; an Internal or External Conflict chart and a four-column Conflict Type Chart classify the nature of the conflict, sorting it as character-versus-character, -nature, -self or -society; and a six-stage Conflict Timeline, an Opposing Forces Comparison, and a Conflict Map walk students through sequencing and mapping the conflict's events toward its resolution. A two-page instructional key at the front spells out exactly what to fill into each organizer's fields, and a Conflict Analysis page closes the set with a question-and-answer format leading to a written conflict statement. The templates are meant to be paired with a story or novel the class is reading, since none of the organizers are pre-filled with story content. This Conflict pack is one title in a Five Elements of a Story series that also covers Character, Setting, Plot, Theme and a Combined set.
