Lesson Idea

Title: “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”

Grade Level: 6th
Content: Language Arts
Standard Addressed:
ELAGSE6RL3: Describe how a particular story's or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes
as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves towards a resolution.
Amount of Time:
3 Days
Technology Standard Addressed:
Creative Communicator
6b. Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

SMAR Level:
Redefinition
Essential Question(s):
 What essential question or learning are you addressing?
o How do the characters in this text respond or change as the plot moves?
o How a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes?
o How to identify and understand the elements of plot?

 What would students care or want to know about the topic?

o Students would care to know how create a plot diagram.
o Students would care to know how to identify elements of a plot.
o Students would care to know how to conflict drives plot action.

 What are some questions to get students thinking about the topic or generate interest
about the topic?
o What is a plot diagram?
o What makes action happen in a movie?
o How does drama happen in a teen show?

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Learning Activity

Introduction:
There are two opening hooks for the plot diagram lesson. Part one is students will watch
the 3-minute trailer “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.” Another option for an opening hook
would be students are given the cover of the book and have to write what they think the book is
based on the art cover. Part two if the opening hook would be a pairing activity. Students will
gather in a pair of 2 and guide their partners through specific steps or processes by giving
detailed directions on how to create a windmill out of notebook paper and pencil. The partner
must follow explicitly. The motivation of this activity is to show that there is always a beginning,
middle and end to get to the finished product. Relating to the topic on how does a drama’s plot
unfold in a series if episodes. An alternative to this assignment is that students will start a story
using one sentence and past it to another classmate to continue the story. Each subsequent
response is showing how a plot starts and unfolds.

Instruction/Activities:
Step 1: Students will receive and work through the story “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”
identifying the significant events using the reader’s guide worksheet.
Step 2: After filling out the worksheet, that will be their guide on how to make their iMovie.
Step 3: Students will be in groups of four and create a plot diagram on iMovie.
Step 4: Students MUST have all of the following:
1. Your plot diagram MUST have all of the following:
 Fill in the Title and Author
 Fill in the Exposition
 THREE QUOTED EXAMPLES of Rising Action – Explain why
 ONE QUOTED EXAMPLE of Climax - Explain
 ONE QUOTED EXAMPLE of Falling Action - Explain why
 ONE QUOTED EXAMPLE of Resolution – Explain why
2. Your iMovie MUST have all if the following:
o Video
o Audio
o Music
o Words

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o Pictures
o Transitions

Final Product:
 Students will have created a plot diagram with the app iMovie.
 Students will have described how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds.
 Students will have a better understanding of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.

Evaluation or deliverable:
Evaluation
4 3 2
Content Clearly relates to the Relates to the learning Some relation to the
learning standard. standard. learning standard.

Transitions Titles and/or transitions Titles and/or transitions Attempts to use titles
& enhance the video. do not detract from the and/or transitions, but
video. they detract from the
Effects video.

Videos & Photos Video and Photos relate Videos and photos mostly Videos and photos are
to the subject. relate to the subject. few and some are off
topic.

Audio Movie includes voice and Movie includes voice and Movie has only music.
music. Audio levels are music. Audio levels are Audio levels are too low
just right. too low or too loud. or too loud.

Design Clips and photos are Clips and photos Clips and photos barely
appropriate to the content communicate the content communicate the
and communicate the information in an information intended.
information at a high effective manner.
level.

Mechanics Presentation has no Presentation has fewer Presentation has three or

misspellings or than two misspellings more misspellings and/or
grammatical errors. and/or grammatical grammatical errors
errors.

Reflective Practice
To extend this lesson further students can create an iMovie trailer. Students can choose a fiction book on
their reading level that they have not read previously. After they read the book, they can create a plot diagram on
iMovie that maps out the elements of the book. This activity will help students will a process of how a story starts
and ends. To extend this lesson to a higher technology level student can redefine plot diagrams by creating their own

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story on iMovie. This project can be published and shared with people outside the classroom. This will allow other
people to see their work and give feedback.

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