Internal vs External Conflict

Tommy has to attend baseball practice this afternoon if he wants to play in the game on Saturday. However, he agreed to watch his little brother so his mother could go to visit his aunt, who is in the hospital.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.8B

TEKS.ELA.E3.6B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2E

Maria could not decide if she wanted a salad or a sandwich for lunch.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Joanna did not raise her hand when the teacher asked if there were any questions. She was afraid her question would sound silly, and she could not remember if the teacher had already covered the information she didn’t understand.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Fearing the approaching storm, John closed all the windows in the house and went into the basement.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.8B

TEKS.ELA.E3.6B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2E

Tammy struggled to understand the book she was reading. It was far above her grade level, but she was very interested in the topic, and really wanted to try to read it on her own.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.8B

TEKS.ELA.E3.6B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2E

Tommy has to attend baseball practice this afternoon if he wants to play in the game on Saturday. However, he agreed to watch his little brother so his mother could go to visit his aunt, who is in the hospital.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

Tags

TEKS.ELA.5.8B

TEKS.ELA.E3.6B

TEKS.ELA.LG.2E

Faith and her sister, Olivia, are having a competition to see who can earn the highest grade during the grading period at school.

• Internal
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Tabatha wants to watch "Pretty Little Liars", which won't be on TV until 10:00 PM. She also has an important test in the morning and needs to get to bed early so she will be wide awake.

• Internal
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Harry accidentally steps on an ant hill and hundreds of ants swarm onto his feet.

• Internal
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Heather is worried that her new hair cut doesn’t look very good.

• Internal
• External

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3