Parts of a Story

Refer to Parts of Stories and Poems

UW.3.R.RL.05

Refer to parts of stories and parts of a poem when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapters,
describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

Highly Proficient: The Highly Proficient students can use
specific vocabulary when identifying the parts of stories,
dramas and poems when writing or speaking about a text.

Essential Questions:

•What are some forms of literature? How can we distinguish the
various types?

2. What determines types of literature? How can you use
structural elements to find information?

What are the parts of a story?

Anticipatory Set

1) List two things you know about
stories.

2) Be ready to share out in 3 minutes.

*Stories are usually in books, but they don’t

have to be.

*All stories have titles.

*Longer stories, are split into chapters.

*Each chapter will have a title.

*Chapters are broken into paragraphs that are
made up of sentences.

*Each chapter will have new information or
events, and will build from the previous chapter.

*Stories have characters.

*Stories have a setting.

*Stories have a beginning, middle, and end.

*Stories have plots.

-A plot is the sequence of events.

-A plot usually has a problem and a
solution.

The next slide is an example of a story.

At the amusement park, Johnny, dropped his wallet.

He didn’t realized it, until he went to buy a ice cream

cone. A stranger found his wallet and turned it in to the

lost and found booth. Johnny thought he would check to

see if there was a lost and found booth. He located the

booth, and he was able to get his wallet back. Johnny

decided that it was time to leave the

park, but not before he stopped to

buy his ice cream cone.

Chapter 2-Johnny Enjoys Day 2 of His Vacation

Can you answer these questions?

-Who was the character?

-What was the setting?

-What was the beginning, middle, and end?

-What was the plot?

-If this story was in a book, what would make a good

title for that book?

-What do you think might have happened in chapter 1?

-What would be a good title for chapter 2?

What are the parts of a poem?

Anticipatory Set

1) List two things you know about
poems.

2) Be ready to share out in 3 minutes.

*Poems can be similar to stories.

-Poems can be found in a
book.

-Poems can have characters and

settings.

-Poems can have a beginning, middle,
and end.

-Poems can have a plot.

*Poems are also very different from stories.

-Stories have paragraphs. Poems have
stanzas.

-Stories have sentences. Poems have

lines.

*Poems are a free style of writing.

Free style means that the writing piece doesn’t have to

following normal writing rules.

The writing piece may or may not have capitalization,

complete sentences or have ending punctuation like

periods, question marks, or exclamation marks.

*Poems may or may not rhyme.

*Poems are often written down the middle of

the page or if written from the left margin,

the words don’t go across the entire page.

Let’s Review-Poems Have Stanzas

Stanzas are…
-a group of two or more lines

-do not not include the title

-a poem has to have at least one stanza

Let’s Review-Poems Have Lines

lines are…
-each line in a poem, is called a line whether

it has punctuation or not

-at least one word long

-the title is not counted as a line

*You know a story has paragraphs and

sentences.

*You know a poem has stanzas and lines.

*You know a story and poem look very
different from one another.

Let’s Review What You Know!

Janet really enjoys reading poetry. She

didn’t want to read poetry anymore. She

wanted to write poetry! She wanted to know

how to create verses and stanzas, and create

rhyme within poetry. She knew if she could get

her thoughts and feelings written into poems,

that others would enjoy reading them.

This is an example of a story. How many

paragraphs and sentences do you see?

This is an example of a poem. How many stanzas and

lines do you see?

A linnet in a gilded cage,-
A linnet on a bough,-
In frosty winter one might doubt,
Which bird is luckier now.

But let the trees burst out in leaf,
And nests be on the bough,
Which linnet is the luckier bird,
Oh who could doubt it now?

A Linnet in a Gilded Cage

by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Let’s Test Your Knowledge About

Stories and Poems!

This poem has _________ line.

When I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave me
To dig the sandy shore.
My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up
Till it could come no more.

At The Sea Side

A Poem, by Robert Louis Stevenson

1

2

3

4

5

6

Finally, after 2 months, Sam and his friends reached the
island marked on the map. They all exited the boat and
excitedly set up camp. They soon realized that no one was
living on this island. They were all alone. They grabbed the
map, and they tried to figure out where to start following the
path shown on the map. The start of the path was right where
they had set up camp.

Chapter 2

Examine the Map

Is this a story or a poem?

How do you know?

IN the heart of a seed
Buried deep, so deep,
A dear little plant
Lay fast asleep.

"Wake!" said the sunshine
"And creep to the light,"
"Wake!" said the voice
Of the raindrops bright.

The little plant heard,
And it rose to see
What the wonderful
Outside world might be.

The Little Plant
by Kate L. Brown

This poem has _____ stanzas.

Each stanza has how many
lines? ________

1

2

3

Where Innocent Bright-Eyed Daisies Are

by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Where innocent bright-eyed daisies are,
With blades of grass between,
Each daisy stands up like a star
Out of a sky of green.

Is this a story or a poem?

How do you know?

I am reading a book about mammals. I want to read about

ocean mammals. I look at the table of contents, and I see that I

can read about ocean mammals in a particular…

• line

•stanza

•chapter

•book

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Billy has this written on his paper. He wants to take notes
as he reads. What type of literature is Billy reading?

a)

a poem b) a stanza

c) a line d) a book

Closure

1) Name one thing that is similar about stories and poems.

2) Name one thing that is different about stories and poems.

3) Restate today’s objective.

4) Be ready to share out in 5 minutes.