Plot Development
Writers' Window Story Planner
This is a printable planning page to figure out the main elements and events in a story.
Writers' Window Story Builder
Select how many characters you want in your story and this page will generate for you a setting, the characters, and the conflict/ problem for the story for you to write about.
Story Structure
An excellent lesson plan on how to teach story structure. I am particularly a fan of the story structure diagram which I have printed and laminated.
Read Write Think - Teaching plot
through short stories
A lesson plan with printable resources and interactive activities to support it. Very useful! Includes this downloadable powerpoint on elements of plot.
Kim's Korner on Plot
A number of links to printable on plot found on other resource websites.
Elements of Plot
Some useful statements about plot at different levels and ideas for activities.
Glencoe Literature Course - Genre Study
A great plot diagram and an online interactive activity based around plot.
Interactives - Elements of a
Story
This online activity takes the story of Cinderella and breaks it down into each plot element. First the story is told with text and animated pictures and then each part is analysed. An excellent resource.
This is a printable planning page to figure out the main elements and events in a story.
Writers' Window Story Builder
Select how many characters you want in your story and this page will generate for you a setting, the characters, and the conflict/ problem for the story for you to write about.
Story Structure
An excellent lesson plan on how to teach story structure. I am particularly a fan of the story structure diagram which I have printed and laminated.
Read Write Think - Teaching plot
through short stories
A lesson plan with printable resources and interactive activities to support it. Very useful! Includes this downloadable powerpoint on elements of plot.
Kim's Korner on Plot
A number of links to printable on plot found on other resource websites.
Elements of Plot
Some useful statements about plot at different levels and ideas for activities.
Glencoe Literature Course - Genre Study
A great plot diagram and an online interactive activity based around plot.
Interactives - Elements of a
Story
This online activity takes the story of Cinderella and breaks it down into each plot element. First the story is told with text and animated pictures and then each part is analysed. An excellent resource.
Overall Story
Planning/ Shape
Booster Unit on Endings
An excellent explanation of ways you can finish a story in style.
An excellent explanation of ways you can finish a story in style.
Writing a Good
Ending