Story Elements & Growing Together

What are the six elements of a story?

1. Character 2. Setting 3. Plot 4. Conflict or Problem 5. Climax 6. Resolution

Short story

1. Is a fictional narrative that is not part of a novel. 2. It focus on one main event.

Fable

1. Is a short story that teaches a lesson or present a moral. 2. often include animals as characters.

Story Elements

1. Realistic fiction 2. Short story 3. Fable 4. Folkale 5. Historical fiction 6. Imaginative story 7. Tall tale 8. Science fiction

Secondary characters of the story

Friend

Title of the story

Growing Together

Climax of the story

How Carmita adapts herself to live in Georgia.

Resolution

It is when the problem is fixed.

Conflict or Problem

It stops the character from doing something important to them.

Which story elements (Genre) is?

Realistic fiction

Plot

Series of events.

Historical fiction

Stories that are set in the past and portray people, places, and events that did happen or could have happenned.

Realistic fiction

Stories that have characters, settings, and plot events that are like people, things, events, or place in real life.

Science fiction

Stories that have event that take place in the future, in space, or in different worlds.

Prediction: What does Papi tell Carmen that makes her feel better? What will happen to make Carmen feel better?

The father told her she is like a branch from that Cuban mango tree. Georgia is like the magnolia tree. Eventually, the mango and magnolia will grow together.

Climax

The important thing that happen during the story.

angry

When you are mad at someone or something. Mad

Predict

When you guess what will happen next in the story.

Setting

Where the story takes place.

immigrant

a person or someone who comes to live in a new country

festival

a special event or party

Mel and Kai will _______________________ the parts of the plot to understand the story better.

analyze

It makes me _________________________ that they are always busy. It is hard to compare my old life to my new life.

angry

Sara and Anwar__________________ the chairs in a circle for the discussion.

arrange

Living here is a big ______________________.

change

I can __________________________________ soccer to football to show how they are alike and different.

compare

I used the ___________________________ of the sentence to understand the new word.

context

Everyone is busy all the time. I am __________________ about why people hurry so much.

curious

Vanya will ______________________________ to us why her family left their country to move here.

explain

An ______________________________ may travel many miles to get to a new country.

immigrant

My parents and I are ___________________ from a small country.

immigrants

neighborhood

is a place where people live and work together

community

is a place where people live, work, and carry out their daily lives.

familiar

is already know

tradition

is an activity or belief that people share for many years

learn

know about a subject by studying or practicing it

I would like to _____________________ the reasons.

learn

My parents _______________________ early every morning for work and come home late too.

leave

population

means the number of people who live somewhere

There, we lived in a quiet, ________________ town like any other.

ordinary

context

parts near a word that help you understand the meaning

Time

past, present, future

native

something that belongs to you, because of where you were born

strange

something that is not familiar

Our new home is _____________________ and different to me.

strange

Main character

the most important person, animal, or thing of the story

Title

the name of the story

Secondary character

the people, animal, or thing that interact with the main character

Author

the person who created the story

Sensory words

they help the reader hear, see, and feel the details of the scene.

analyze

to break down information into parts to understand it

explain

to make an idea clear, so people can understand

arrange

to put things in a certain order

compare

to think about how two things are alike and different

curious

want to know more about something

Theme

what the author want the readers to learn

change

when something is new or different

agree

with someone you have the same ideas

Plot of the story

1. Some days I still get homesick for Cuba, with its warm sea breezes and its mango trees. 2. I live in Georgia now, far from the sea. 3. There is only one tree in my yard, a magnolia tree. 4. It is no ordinary tree. 5. When my family came to this small town in Georgia, it was a big change from our tropical island. 6. Soon I learned enough English to make a best friend. 7. One day we had a silly fight over a bike, and my friend called me an ugly name. 8. I cry angry tears. 9. A moment like this comes for every immigrant child. 10. It is hard to leave a home you know. 11. Everything is strange. 12. I tell papi how I feel. 13. My father asks, Carmita, do you remember our mango tree in Cuba? 14. My father tell me that I am like a branch from that cuban mangro tree. 15. He says Georgia is like the Magnolia tree. 16. Eventually the mango and magnolia will grow together. 17. I am a tree that gives forth both mangoes and magnolias. 18. I am an American.

Folktale

1. Stories that reflects the customs and beliefs of a culture. 2. They were told orally and have been passed down through generations.

Why are the six story elements important?

1. They help us to understand what the story is about. 2. They help us to create a story map. Which can help us write our own story. 3. They also make sure that the story makes sense. What if the story had no ending? Would you be upset?

Other Elements of a story

1. Title 2. Author 3. Main character 4. Secondary character 5. Topic 6. Time 7. Theme 8. Sensory words

Character

1. Who the story is about. 2. It can be more than one person, animal or a thing.

leave

1. a place you go away from it 2. to go away

ordinary

1. a thing that is plain 2. not special in any way

Imaginative story

A story that explains how people and places come to be.

Tall tale

A variety of a folk story which recounts the deeds of a super hero.

Author of the story

Carmen Agra Deedy

On that Saturday, how did Carmen feel about her new home? Why?

Carmen feel angry, because a freind told her an ugly name.

Characters of the story

Carmita and Papi

Main characters of the story

Carmita and Papi

Conflict or problem of the story

Carmita feels angry, because a new friend told her an ugly name.

Resolution of the story

Carmita is like a tree that makes both mangoes and magnolias. She is an American.

Setting of the story

Carmita's new home in Georgia