Story Structure Practice

Story Structure Practice

by Aniya Reynolds

Open Ended

What are the three types of story structures?

Open Ended

What types of text are organized by scenes and lines?

Multiple Choice

What is a stanza?

• A stanza is a set of chapter in a chapter book.

• A stanza is a rhyming line in a play.

• A stanza is a set of lines in a poem.

• a stanza is Ms. Reynolds birthday 

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not a way to organize text?

• scenes

• chapters

• conflicts

• stanzas

​What is wrong with this story?

​My friends ate the cake and ice cream while I opened my gifts. This certainly was the best birthday party ever!

​I was so excited to start the party. My mom ordered a bouncy house and a blow up slide. Another activity mom planned outside was a pinata filled with candy. It took twenty-five whacks with a bat before the pinata burst open and we dove for candy.

​It was my birthday today and I couldn't be more excited. My mom has worked tirelessly to plan a big party for me.

Open Ended

What's wrong with the story?

How can we fix the story?

​After we played outside, my friends ate the cake and ice cream while I opened my gifts. This certainly was the best birthday party ever!

​I was so excited to start the party. My mom ordered a bouncy house and a blow up slide. Another activity mom planned outside was a pinata filled with candy. It took twenty-five whacks with a bat before the pinata burst open and we dove for candy.

​It was my birthday today and I couldn't be more excited. My mom has worked tirelessly to plan a big party for me.

How can we fix the story?

​​It was my birthday today and I couldn't be more excited. My mom has worked tirelessly to plan a big party for me. My mom ordered a bouncy house and a blow up slide. Another activity mom planned outside was a pinata filled with candy. It took twenty-five whacks with a bat before the pinata burst open and we dove for candy. After we played outside, my friends ate the cake and ice cream while I opened my gifts. This certainly was the best birthday party ever!

​I was so excited to start the party.

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Open Ended

Why is following a certain sequence important to a story?

Let's Look at this particular text:

​What kind of story structure is this?

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​How do we know?

Multiple Choice

Count and label the stanzas. How many stanzas are there? How many lines?

• 3 stanza's and 12 lines

• Ms. Reynolds lines 

• 4 lines 29 stanzas

• 4 stanza's 6 lines

Multiple Choice

Which line does it explain how the jungle is from day to day?

• In the third stanza, it describes the toucan flying up high above to trees to escape.

• in the fourth stanza about it being Ms. Reynolds birthday

• In the second line of the first stanza

Multiple Choice

What happens in the middle of the poem?

• In the middle of the poem the tiger tried to trick the toucan.

• in the middle they throw rocks into the pond.

• In the middle they go outside with Ms. Reynolds class

Open Ended

What happens in the middle of the text?

Open Ended

Which lines in the story reveal how Tim and Tina turned their nighttime responsibilities into a game?

Open Ended

Identify a character trait for Tina and Time. Use proof from the text.