1. Rope Burn Week 1

2. This Week’s Goal I will read and analyze the conflict and resolution in a story by completing a story map.

3. Humiliation A feeling of shame or embarrassment

4. Expectations Hopes about how well others will do, or about how they should behave

5. Fringes Areas along something’s edges, far away from the center of action.

6. Hesitating To pause before doing something because you are scared or unsure.

7. Sincere To be honest, and to mean what you say.

8. Coaxed Gently talked into doing something.

9. Week 1 Skill Conflict and Resolution All stories have a plot, the events in the story. These events contain a conflict and a resolution.

10. Week 1 Skill Conflict and Resolution At the beginning of the story, there will be a conflict, or a problem the character goes through

11. Week 1 Skill Conflict and Resolution At the end of the story, there is a resolution, a solution or fix to the problem.

12. Week 1 Skill Conflict and Resolution The conflict in a story usually has to do with a challenge faced by the main character.

13. Week 1 Skill Conflict and Resolution Conflict Plot Events Resolution

14. Week 1 Skill Let’s Try One! Freddy had trouble making friends at his new school. One day, he saw a poster about a meeting of the chess club, and he decided to go. Think about Freddy’s problem

15. Week 1 Skill At the meeting, Freddy met a boy named Dennis who lived on his block. “I didn’t know you played chess. you should come over after school so we can play a game,” Dennis said. Freddy was glad to meet someone new who liked chess.

16. Week 1 Skill Freddy’s Conflict (Problem): Freddy had trouble making friends at his new school.

17. Week 1 Skill Plot Events: 1. Freddy sees a poster for a chess club meeting. 2. Freddy goes to the meeting.

18. Week 1 Skill Resolution: Freddy meets Dennis, makes a new friend and finds someone to play chess with.

19. This Week’s Story StoryTown pg. 26 Preview the text. Find the genre and come up with a prediction of the story.

20. This Week’s Story Practice Book pg. 2 As we read, we will fill out this story map.

21. This Week’s Goal I will read and analyze the conflict and resolution in a story by completing a story map.