Character and Plot Development in Story Conflict

Teacher name

James H. Lambert

Subject

English

Grade Level

Grade 6

Time duration

45 Minutes

Materials needed

Lesson Objective

Purpose of the lesson

Activity

Assessment

Laptops
SmartBoard
Two (2) Short Story or Long Story Handout either two
individual short stories or two excerpts from a long story.
- Internet Access with Teacher Created Class Homepage
SOL 6.5 G Explain how character and plot development are used in a
selection to support a central conflict or story line.
The students will be able to explain how plot and character
development conflict support the central conflict of the story at hand.
Students will be able to show how a character (i.e. the protagonist)
conflicts with outside influences (i.e. the storyline and the antagonist)
and move the plot forward. This lesson will provide students with the
necessary tools to construct story elements for future assignments.
Important terms in this lesson include dynamic character, static
character, protagonist, antagonist, and central conflict.
On the SmartBoard, the teacher will review the major portions a story
static and dynamic characters, protagonist, antagonist, plot, and central
conflict. Student and teacher will step through activity with students
identifying key elements in stories they have read for book reports,
short stories for homework, or movies and television they have seen,
and potentially video games they have played. The teacher is not to
exclude medium as long as students can identify the key elements of
the story. Students will then read the short story or long story excerpt
hand out provided by the teacher. Once completed, the class will
individually open their internet browsers to the class homepage and
identify the six elements discussed above together in a class discussion
and provide examples from the text to support their argument. The
teacher will then provide a second excerpt or short story hand out and
the students will again read the text. Following the completion of their
reading, the students will open an assessment page on the class
homepage and submit their answers to the second handouts
protagonist, antagonist, plot, and central conflict with support reasons
from the text.
The teacher will review the students submission on their second
reading to check for student comprehension and for those students
who may be struggling with new concepts. Students will be provided

with a printout of their submission by the teacher with comments

attached. Those students requiring remediation will receive it from the
teacher until they have attained the required level of ability.