Big Events

Worksheet Description

This worksheet is a narrative structure organizer that guides students through the process of dissecting a short story into its fundamental components. It is divided into three sections-Beginning, Middle, and End-each with prompts for “Who?” “What?” and “Where?” to detail the key elements of each part of the story. Students are instructed to either read or listen to a story and then fill in the organizer with the relevant details. At the bottom of the worksheet, there is a space for students to write sentences summarizing a significant event from each part of the story, synthesizing the information they have organized.

The worksheet teaches students to analyze and summarize a story by breaking it down into its essential narrative elements. It emphasizes understanding the characters involved (Who?), the events that occur (What?), and the setting (Where?) for the beginning, middle, and end of the story. This exercise encourages students to think critically about story structure and helps them to develop their summarizing skills, which are crucial for comprehending and retelling stories. Additionally, by converting their notes into summary sentences, students practice writing and synthesizing information, which is a key skill in language arts.