Subplots, Parallel Episodes, Climax, and Conflict (Grade 7)
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Subplots, Parallel Episodes, Climax, and Conflict (Grade 7)
Story structure for Grade 7: read the outline of a made-up short novel about a family bike shop, and explain how its main conflict, a subplot, two parallel episodes, and the climax build both its plot and its meaning. With an answer key.
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Read literary and informational texts, cite several pieces of evidence, find two or more central ideas and how they develop, analyze how setting, characters and plot shape each other, and summarize objectively.
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How to use this sheet
- Have the student mark the text while reading: a note in the margin for each paragraph’s point.
- For every short answer, have the student give a claim and a quote from the text that supports it.
- Discuss one question aloud before writing, so the student can test an idea before committing to it.
Common mistakes
- Retelling the plot when the question asks for a theme. A theme is a message about life, said as a sentence.
- Quoting without explaining. After each quote, the student should say how it supports the answer.
- Mixing up what a character says with what the author believes.
