Story maps, summaries and plots.

We have used story maps with several grades to begin learning how to summarize a story and identify the different parts of a story.

We learnt that story maps help us to identify the:

• WHO = Main characters.
• WHEN = When in time is the story happening. 
• WHERE = Where is the story taking place. 
• WHAT = What is the plot, the main problem, the theme...
• WHY = Why is this happening. 
• HOW = How can it be resolved. 

We also saw how the plot resolves the above questions and how narratives are built.



The Who-Where-When are part of the exposition.

The What-Why are part of the rising action.

The How is part of the falling action and Resolution.

With all this information each grade is developing projects like narratives and summaries based on the guided books they are reading in class.

Homework 5th grade 21 September 2015

Aldo and Sebas will read the "First reading" book they took home and will create a vocab list with the new words they learn.

Isabella and Isaac need to finish the summary on "Mittens".

The class has to investigate the meaning of "Figurative text."

The class will read chapters 5-6 by Friday this week.