Illustrating Literary Conflict in Holes

Activity Overview

Literary conflicts are often taught during ELA units. Building on prior knowledge to achieve mastery level with our students is important. An excellent way to focus on the various types of literary conflict is through storyboarding. Having students choose an example of each literary conflict and depict it using the Storyboard Creator is a great way to reinforce your lesson!

Examples of Literary Conflict from Holes

Types of Literary Conflict Graphic Organizer

MAN vs. NATURE

Everyone at Camp Green Lake must be very careful not to come across a yellow spotted lizard. If they are bitten, they will die.

MAN vs. SOCIETY

Kissing Kate becomes an outlaw after the townsfolk kill Sam.

MAN vs. MAN

Zero hits Mr. Pendanski with a shovel because he is mean to him, and calls him dumb.

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Template and Class Instructions

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Student Instructions

Create a storyboard that shows at least three forms of literary conflict in Holes.

Identify conflicts in Holes.
Categorize each conflict as Character vs. Character, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature, or Character vs. Technology.
Illustrate conflicts in the cells, using characters from the story.
Write a short description of the conflict below the cell.

Types of Literary Conflict Template Storyboard

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Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 4-5

Difficulty Level 2 (Reinforcing / Developing)

Type of Assignment Individual or Partner

Type of Activity: Types of Literary Conflict

Common Core Standards

[ELA-Literacy/RL/4/7] Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
[ELA-Literacy/RL/5/3] Compare and contrast two or more characters, settings, or events in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., how characters interact).
[ELA-Literacy/RL/5/6] Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

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Rubric

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Elementary Literary Conflict

Create a storyboard that identifies and illustrates literary conflict in the story.

	Proficient	Emerging	Beginning
Type of Literary Conflict	The type of literary conflict(s) is correctly identified as Character vs. Character, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature, or Character vs. Technology.	The type of literary conflict(s) is incorrectly identified as another type of conflict: Character vs. Character, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature, or Character vs. Technology.	The type of literary conflict(s) is incorrectly identified or is missing.
Illustration of Literary Conflict	Images clearly illustrate the conflict(s) and enhance meaning.	Images relate to the conflict, but do not show meaning.	Images are hard to understand or are missing.