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Lesson 5.03

Instructions
You will complete a worksheet about the beginning of your novel OR short story. Use
the module 5 book list in the 5.00 lesson.
Step 1: Choose one of the short stories or novels from the list in the 5.00 lesson. You
can find the list of available stories on your teacher’s help site, or in the 5.01 Lesson on
page 10.
This lesson will focus on the Beginning of your novel or short story. In Module 1 and 3
you learned about the PLOT in a story. ALL your module 5 work will be about the
one short story or novel you chose to read from the module 5 book list.
Step 2: Use complete sentences to respond to each question about your novel
or short story. When providing quotations from your text, include page numbers
in parentheses.

EXAMPLE:
Q: Describe the protagonist of your novel or short story.
A: The protagonist of my novel is a tough, 16-year-old girl named Delaney who
is struggling to raise her little sisters.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.
Text Support: “Although she was just 16 years old, Delaney had spent much of
her life providing for her sisters. She displayed the toughness and weariness of
someone twice her age.” (Page 16).

1. What is the title of your novel or short story?

2. Who is the protagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the protagonist.

Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.

3. Who is the antagonist of your novel or short story? Describe the antagonist.
Provide a quotation from the text to support your answer.

4. Describe the main conflict in your novel or short story.

Which of the four major types of conflict best describes the situation you
described? (See page 8)

5. Choose a short passage that develops the setting of your novel. Include the
quotation and answer the associated questions in the space below.

a. Quotation from the text:

b. What do you see, hear, or smell as a result of the description you have
chosen?

c. How do these details affect the mood or emotional setting of your novel or
short story at this point?

6. How do events develop our understanding of the plot and the characters?
Complete the chart below to answer this question.

Event from
the Rising
Action

Develops the
Plot

Character’s
Name

Character’s
Response to the
Event

What the
Response
Reveals About
the Character

Choose two
events from the
rising action of
your novel or
short story and
record them
below.

In complete
sentences,
explain how the
event develops
the plot.

Identify a
character who
was a part of
the event or
affected by the
event. Write his
or her name
below.

Record the
character’s
response to the
event. This box
should be
completed with a
direct quotation from
your reading. Make
sure you use
quotation marks
around any material
that comes from
your novel or short
story.

In complete
sentences, explain
what you can infer
or what you learn
about the character
based on his or her
response.

EXAMPLE:
Event: Outlaws
tried to rob the
stagecoach. Lone
Stranger and
Pronto saved the
people and scared
the outlaws.

EXAMPLE:
This event
prevents Lone
Stranger and
Pronto from taking
their vacation and
getting home to
see their loved
ones.

EXAMPLE:
Lone Stranger

EXAMPLE:
“We are headed to
Rock Creek on our
way to Rolling Ridge.
We’ll ride along with
you, just in case there
is any more trouble.”

EXAMPLE:
This example shows
that Lone Stranger is
brave and helpful to
others.

Event 1

Event 2

Step 3: Save this file to your computer.
Step 4: Submit this file in the ASSESSMENTS tab under Lesson 5.03.
GRADE yourself on THIS rubric! It is the SAME rubric your teachers will be using when they grade
this assignment for you.

5.03 Rubric
Task Success Achieved Points I THINK I
Earned

Understanding of
Character

10-8

____ I accurately identified and described the protagonist
and antagonist of my novel or short story.
____ I used appropriate quotations from the text to support
my descriptions.

Understanding of
Conflict

10-8

____ I accurately identified and described the conflict.

Understanding of Setting

10-8

____ I chose an effective passage that develops the
setting of my story.
____ I showed an excellent understanding of how this
passage develops the setting and affects the mood.

Understanding of the
Events in the Plot

15-11

___ I correctly selected two events from the rising action.
___ I offered an excellent explanation of how these events
developed the plot of the story.
___ I provided effective evidence from the text to show the
character’s reaction to the event.
____ I insightfully explained what the reaction reveals
about the character.

Clear Writing 5-4

____ I used correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.