Plot Structure

Romeo and Juliet
Mentor: Daniel McMahon
Intern : Uyen Vu
Teaching objectives :
 Demonstrate an understanding of a plot structure

 Use a plot diagram / terminology to present an analysis of the short stories
Stage Activities Students' task

Lead in : Let  Group students in group of three, 5 groups Write down the summary of the
students  Let students watch the video " Lifted " , write at lesson ( 6-7 sentences )
approach to least a 6 sentence summary. Use sequencing words First,
the concept of ( First, then, next..)( 10 minutes ) Then
PLOT  Write down the summary as a class, and teacher Next
gradually will write down the sentences in the white board Note down the students who have
(20 minutes) ( side by side with the slide ) ( 10 minutes ) done a good job to call their name
1. First, In the dead of night, somewhere in the later.
countryside, an alien is trying to abduct/ lift a
sleeping man out of the house under the watchful
eyes of his mentor/ with the supervisor of his
mentor
2. However, there are thousand /many switches he
must use to get the human inside the spaceship and
he is having trouble
3. Then, He flicks the random switches and bumps
the man into the wall and throws him/ bounces him
all over the house .Luckily, the man still keeps
sleeping through it
4. Eventually, the alien succeeds in getting the man
out of the house and into the spaceship, but he
accidently drops the man before closing the door
5. As the man is falling to the ground, the mentor
catches him and starts working with the switches
professionally/ with great speed to put the human
back to his bed and everything back to its places
6.Stu is very disappointed but the mentor cheers
him up by letting him drive the spaceship home./
allow him to drive the spaceship as an
encouragement
7. A moment later, the spaceship smashes into the
ground and destroys the man's house, thus leaving
nothing except for a tall pillar where the man is still
sound asleep in his bed
The way we arrange the events in order, we select
the significant ones and make sure all of the events
relate to each other, we are creating a PLOT
Presentation:  Introduce to the students the Plot : PLOT is Take note about the Plot Diagram
Plot important as it highlight the a specific and purposeful Discuss with others about type of
Diagram / cause- and -effect relationship. How do we build up a conflict...
Terminology plot for a story ? Work as a class, try to apply what have
introducing Diagram/Terminology as well as Plot elements learned into making the Lifted plot
(20 minutes ) introduction structure
Use triangle( let do some Maths ) hhahha( can Lifted plot diagram ( scaffold)
highlight the logical/ relevant/ time sequence in here Exposition Quite night and a boy is
too ) ( 10 minutes ) sleeping in his isolate farm house
However , if we take out the conflict, lets say we Rising action : An alien intern doesn't
eradicate/ delete the part when the man forgot closing know how to lift the man out of the
the gate and drop the man then the no turning point house
for the character to express their feeling/ personality Climax: The alien forgets closing the
or explain the causes of the next actions. So gate and lets the man fall into the
CONFLICT couldn't be get rid of ( 10 minutes ) can ground( Can't be debatable )
be more than one ... Falling action : Alien mentor catches
 Conflict discussion and type of conflict the man, fixes everything and lets the
 Ask students to put the sentences in the summary intern drive the spaceship
to fit the plot diagram ( lifted , work with the Resolution : Alien intern crashes the
whole class ) spaceship and the man is lifted in a tall
pillar, still sleeping soundly
Practice/  Arrange students in group, make a plot diagram Work in group, discuss and make a plot
Produce of the short stories ( one for each group, 5 groups ) diagram of the short stories
( 15 minutes )  Hand out 3 short stories , ask SS to highlight the only choose the significant events to
significant events ( will explain ) ( with highlighter ) make the diagram
- Red Riding Hood ( Highlight the important event)
- The Boy who cried wolf Then later, present their ideas for the
- Jack and the bean stalk other classmate...
 Discuss the Climax and share their opinion and Why do you choose this event as the
their type of conflict climax/ turning point of the story ?
Jack and the bean stalk : Why do you choose this event as the
Ex :Jack is a poor little boy who lives in the forest with falling actions
his mom
Ris: Jack sells the cow, sell the cow for some magic
beans.Mom gets angry and throws out of the window.
The next morning, jacks see the giant beanstalk and
climbs on it, see a castle and meet a giant
Climax : The giants go to sleep, Jacks steal a bag of
gold, the harp and the hen that lays golden egg.
The giant wakes up
Fall: the giant chases Jack, Jack chops down the
beanstalk, the giant dies
Resolution: Live happily after
The Little Red Riding hood :
Ex : Grandma gives red hood as a gift, grandma is ill so
prepare a basket of goodies for her ..begin walking
through the dangerous woods to deliver the basket
Rising : Wolf spots the little red ridding hood, and ask
her where is she going
The wolf returns to the Grandma house, eat her and
then wear her clothes, glasses
Little red arrives at the house and questions all of the
things that appear differently about her " Grandma"
Climax: Little red comments on the wolf 's noses, eyes,
ears and teeth and he responds by swallowing the little
red hood
Falling : the wolf falls asleep, the huntman come and
discover the wolf as the woman, and quicky cuts the
wolf's stomach
Resolution : The Huntman kill the wolf and out step the
Little Red and the Granny, safe and happy
Boys who cries wolf
Homework  Finish the Plot Diagram

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Romeo and Juliet

Mentor: Daniel McMahon

 Demonstrate an understanding of a plot structure

Stage Activities Students' task

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