To Build a Fire Lesson Plan

Plot and Story

Kind of Activity:

Creative Writing

Objective:

Students will be able to identify the main events of the story, and create a more detailed background based on their character analysis.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.3.c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.5

Structure:

Discuss the difference between story and plot. The plot includes Koshkoosh's last moments. Identify the main events of the plot. The plot also includes reflections on events that predate what is going on in the final moments of Koskoosh's life.

Identify the main events of the story of Koskoosh's life. These flashbacks tell a story that is larger in time than the few hours that cover his...