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Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)
Distance Education for Elementary Schools
SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
IDENTIFYING THE EVENTS
OF THE PLOT OF A STORY
Revised 2010
by the Learning Resource Management and Development System (LRMDS), DepEd - Division of Negros Occidental
under the Strengthening the Implementation of Basic Education in Selected Provinces in the Visayas (STRIVE).
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GARDE VI
IDENTIFYING THE EVENTS OF THE PLOT OF A STORY
Hello kid! I guess you have learned in your previous grades
how to identify important details from stories you read. This
basic skill in Reading becomes useful in recalling names of
characters/events.
In this module, you will earn to identify the events of the plot of
a story
There are surely a lot of fun and games in this module that you
would enjoy doing as you are learning. START NOW and GO KID!
Read this
Welcome to the first stage of this module. Your task is to do the following exercises to determine your starting point. In every activity you still earn points. Add all your points gathered and in the end of this
module you’ll get a surprise.
I guess you are aware that many Filipinos particularly our doctors and nurses go abroad to work there for better living. You may be
surprised to know that even our Filipino priest do likewise.
Questions Answers
1. Why do Filipino priest move to the united states?
2. Aside from our Filipino priests, who went to US to work?
3. Who is Rommel Tolentino? 4. Why do you think many of our Filipino professionals decided to leave the country?
5. In your point of view, what possible effects would Filipino priest moving to US bring to the Catholic church – here and abroad?
Now that you have read the news article, answer the following questions and test yourself how well you can remember information. Work honestly with yourself; don’t look back at the article. Remember: Honesty is the best policy! Write your answer in you notebook.
Good job! Do you want to find out how good you were in this exercise? Turn to page ______ and check your answers.
Exercise 1 Pre-Level 1: Find out the things that happened to Danillo in the farm on the story below. Then, answer the questions that follow.
Let us find out how well you can recall details of the story. Write your answers in your notebook.
1. Where did exactly the story happen? 2. Where exactly can the farm be located? 3. Who were Danillo’s parents?
4. How many cavans of palay did father harvest? 5. What did the family have for lunch?
IN THE FARM
It was a Sunday in summer when Danillo together with his family went to a farm remotely located in Barangay Paitan in Bulacan.
In the farm, Danillo happily played with “Bambi” his pet dog while father and mother made themselves busy with farm work.
Mang Jose with some helpers harvested twenty cavans of palay which was 10% more than last year’s harvest. Aling Nene cooked “sinigang” and fried fish for lunch. They ate together happily.
The family enjoyed the day in the farm.
Welcome to our main lesson today – identifying the PLOT of a story.
Do you know what a story PLOT is?
A plot is the sequence of related events in a story. It is generally constitute by three (3) main stages. Beginning, climax and ending. However, in each stage, there are sub-stages found. Study the illustration below.
Alright, let us talk about the meaning of each stage.
a.) Beginning (initiating event) this is the beginning of the story
b.) Conflict – problems to be solved, struggle between two opposing
C.) Internal Response – character’s feelings about the problem and the decision made
D.) Attempt – action taken to solve the problem or achieve his goal
e.) Consequence – result of the attempt
f.) Climax – peak of the story/most suspenseful part
g.) Conclusion – states how the story ends
You have now the concept of how a story is organized according to the different events that happened. Your task now is to read the story below and identify important events that happened in the text.
Before going through that, do the exercises on Vocabulary Building.
VOCABULARY BUILDING
Complete the sentence by picking out the word that will fit in the meaning of each sentence. Do this in your notebook.
1. The old man _________ along the sidewalk.
2. She _______ the switch on to have light.
3. It was a ________ evening on a Halloween.
4. Delia is ________ as she covers herself in fear.
A NIGHT AT BENNY’S
No one answered. The whole house was blacker than octopus ink. Along the hall we groped, into the lounge. Benny flickered a switch on the wall. No light. “Felicity!” Benny called again. No reply. It was spooky, just like being
haunted house at midnight on Halloween. I reached out and touched Benny. He screamed “Don’t do that!” he roared.
We stood together in the hall, listening. We heard nothing but the sound of our panting breath. Shadowy figures loomed up in the dark. My heart pounded faster than a prize-fighter’s glove in a little fight.
“Ghost!” I squealed, pointing at the advancing shadows. “Help!” shrieked Benny.
We turned and ran. The ghost grabbed us. For ghosts, they sure hit hard. They hit so hard we knocked to the ground. They laughed as they clouted us: one two, one two.
“I told you I get even with you,” panted Felicity.
By the time Graham turned the electricity back on at the fuse box outside, Benny and I had recovered . . . sort of. Felicity threatened to dab us in if we didn’t go to bed, so we went.
Source: A night at Benny’s by Dianne Bates
Core English & Mathematics
Book 4 p. 53
Activity 1
Answer the following questions about the story to find out how good you are in remembering details. Write your answer in your notebook.
WORD BANK
1. How was the house described in the beginning of the story?
2. How many children in the story were playing ghosts at night?
3. Where was the fusebox positioned?
4. What was the atmosphere present in the story?
5. List down the phrases or sentences that prove Benny was scared.
Activity 2
After learning the different parts of a story plot, try completing the story map for “A Night at Benny’s” illustrated here by writing the
For you to master this skill more, continue doing the exercise on the next page.
Exercise 1 – Read the selection below.
A Boy Hero
It was raining so hard. Streets in Malabon were heavily flooded due to clogged drainage, high tide and garbage everywhere.
Lito was worried while watching some stranded vehicles outside the window. On board were mostly students and some others who were supposed to go to their workplace.
In a sudden, he heard a loud scream!
“Help! Help! Please, anybody help!” a middle aged woman was shouting in great terror as she was helplessly watching a little boy
drowning. In an instance, Lito immediately dove into the water. He swam as fast as he could but the flow of water was heavily opposing his
direction yet still he tried and tried grasping for breath. His
determination kept him to move on and at long last, he was almost there to save the young innocent boy of about 2 to 3 years old.
There it was! Lito was ended a hero. He saved the boy! He was not only a champion in swimming during athletic meets representing his school. Moreover, he was a champion of bravery in times most needed.
Well and good! The next thing for you to do is to identify important details and events that happened in the story by providing the needed information in the story map.
A B C
Setting Characters Plot
1. Initiating Event
2. Conflict
3. Internal Response
7. Conclusion 8. Ending
5. Climax
6. Consequence 4. Attempt Study these diagram significant events that
Exercises 2
Match the following parts of a story plot to its meaning. Write the letter of your answer in your notebook.
A 1. conflict 2. consequence 3. initiating event 4. attempt
5. climax 6. ending
7. internal response
B
a. peak of the story
b. move or act done to solve the problem
c. beginning of the story
d. feeling of the character towards the problem
e. result of the attempt
f. struggle or problem to be solved g. how the story ended
Exercises 3
Be creative! Provide your own plot based on the given situations.
1. Climax : There was a thick black smoke coming out from the roof top. Everyone is screaming.
Consequence : ____________________________________________
2. Conflict : Nina is supposed to graduate this year but she was not able to pass the final exams.
Attempt : ____________________________________________
3. Initiating Event : The whole class of Ms. Cruz went swimming. Everybody was happy when . . .
Conflict : ____________________________________________
4. Consequence : After 10 years of navigating, two detectives found the secret tunnel in the Philippines where a treasure was found.
Activity 1
Read the story below and identify the following events if beginning, conflict, response, attempt, climax, consequence, ending. Write your answer in your notebook.
A MODERN DAY FABLE
The animals were standing around a barbeque boasting about their strength. Horse sprung up and said, “I have never been beaten in the backyard sprint!”
“I challenge anyone to race against me,” he said. “Oh. . . I accept your challenge,” said the Turtle. The animals stared at each other in disbelief. “What a good one!” replied the horse. “I could bet you hands down.”
The two animals started the race. “On your marks, get set, go. . .” They went off for the race. Turtle plodded along and along and along. Horse was off us quick as lightning. Suddenly Horse stopped, there was a vacant weeded lot along the way. He got some and eat.
Turtle by now was about 5 centimeters away from the wooden fence. Just then, the horse in great surprise saw the Turtle won the race!
(Adapted – Core English and Mathematics 4
Page 79)
1. The animals were off for the race. ________________________ 2. The animals were standing around a barbeque boasting about their
strength. ____________________________
4. The Horse challenged any of the animals to race against him. ______________________.
5. The animals don’t believe the Turtle would win. _____________ 6. The Horse stopped to eat on a vacant lot of weed so the Turtle won the race. _________________________
