Graphic Organiser: Conflict

Four types of literary conflict — Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, and Person vs. Society — are arranged in a labelled quadrant chart for students to complete.
Year groups
Years 6–9 (Key Stages 2–3)
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Updated Oct 19, 2023

Subject
Writing, Reading, English
Topic
Graphic Organizer, Conflict
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Graphic Organizers
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About this resource

A handy teaching aid aimed at helping students grasp the concept of conflicts with ease. This resource presents an organised, efficient framework and serves as an invaluable asset to both teachers and homeschoolers.

Design & Bonuses:

  • A 4-square design: This format allows for interactive learning via visual graphical illustrations and note-taking, all in a single page. Not only does it drive engagement, but it also assists learners in internalising information better.

  • Diverse Application: You can seamlessly incorporate this resource into numerous teaching scenarios – large group classes that encourage discussion or smaller groups focused on exploring myriad conflict situations. It's equally suitable as a homework assignment tool promoting independent learning.

The Four Main Types of Conflicts

This organiser adeptly covers four principal kinds of conflict - Person vs Person, Person vs Self, Person vs Nature, and Person vs Society - each dedicated individual sections well demarcated for easy identification and application.

Synopsis

In a nutshell, whether you're deciphering complex concepts like societal struggles or divulging individual battles within literature during your class session or require efficient revision tools to reinforce classroom teachings for your pupils while at home—the 'Graphic Organizer: Conflict' answers all these needs effectively. A worthwhile tool every educator should possess!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish internal conflict (Person vs. Self) from external conflict (Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, Person vs. Society).

  • Classify a story's central conflict into one of the four labelled categories.

  • Record examples from a class text in the quadrants for the conflict types that apply.

Teaching tips

  • Introduce the internal/external distinction before assigning the chart, since the four labels group Person vs. Self separately from the other three categories.

  • Pair this organiser with a current class novel or short story, having students record an example from the text in each quadrant that applies.

Skills covered

  • Conflict-type classification — students sort a story's conflict into Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, or Person vs. Society.

  • Internal/external distinction — the chart's layout separates the one internal conflict type from the three external types.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Literary conflict

  • Internal vs external conflict

  • Graphic organiser

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