"All Summer in a Day" Plot Diagram

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Activity Overview

Have students create a plot diagram of the events from "All Summer in a Day". Not only is this a great way to teach the parts of the plot, but it reinforces major events and help students develop greater understanding of literary structures.

Students can create a storyboard capturing the narrative arc in a novel with a five-cell storyboard containing the major parts of the plot diagram. For each cell, have students create a scene that follows the short story in sequence using Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.




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Student Instructions

Create a visual plot diagram of "All Summer in a Day".


  1. Separate the story into the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
  2. Create an image that represents an important moment or set of events for each of the story components.
  3. Write a description of each of the steps in the plot diagram.



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