Plot Structure

Edward Hynes Lakeview

6th ELA - Visual Art

Mr. Adam & Mrs. Breaux

Mrs. Breaux’s 6th grade class has been learning plot structure while reading Gary Paulsen’s 1986 Hatchet. Using visual arts to transform and collaborate, students illustrated chapters that included text evidence to support the direction of the plot. Once the entire novel had been storyboarded by students, the pieces were installed to reflect the rise and fall of plot structure including: Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.

Students were led in a gallery walk to observe their collaborative work and discussed the tension of scenes and how it drives the overall plot structure. This lesson is part of a larger of students dissecting plot, character, and essay formulations.