INTERACTIVE ENGLISH NOTEBOOK PAGE 1 and 2

WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE...

NOTES

Page 2

Watch the video. Students will identify the following: plot, setting, complications, protagonist, antagonist.

NOW LET'S MAKE THE PAGE FOR YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK

1. Color and cut out the pieces of the templates

2. Fold the tab forward and glue only the tab down into the notebook so that it flips up.

3. Write the definitions for each term under the template

4. Add to Table of Contents!

Definitions for Page 2

plot – the chain of events that make up a story

setting – the time and place of a story

complications – problems that arise as characters struggle to reach their goals

protagonist – the main character in a story

antagonist – the character (or force) in conflict with the protagonist

Answers for Fugu:

plot – A puffer fish wishes to escape from the chef who plans to cook him.

setting – the chef’s kitchen

complications – The fish cannot get back to the water; the ocean he sees

is just a painting.

protagonist – the puffer fish

antagonist – the chef

Challenge: How would these answers be different if I told you
that the chef is the protagonist?

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