BME Plot Tracking Anchor Chart

Track story plots using the beginning, middle, end (BME) strategy. Record passage title in large blank space. Have students record either the beginning, middle, or end on a sticky note and place in the correct category OR complete whole group.

*B&W version for printing available in the download (p.2)

Standards

• RI.MC Meaning and Context
  • RI.MC.6 Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.
• RI.MC Meaning and Context
  • RI.MC.6 Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.
• RI.MC Meaning and Context
  • RI.MC.6 Summarize key details and ideas to support analysis of central ideas.
• RL.MC Meaning and Context
  • RL.MC.7 Analyze the relationship among ideas, themes, or topics in multiple media and formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
    • RL.MC.7.1 Retell text, including beginning, middle, and end; use key details to determine the theme in a text heard or read.
• RL.MC Meaning and Context
  • RL.MC.7 Analyze the relationship among ideas, themes, or topics in multiple media and formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
    • RL.MC.7.1 Retell the sequence of major events using key details; determine the theme in a text heard or read.
• RL Reading–Literary Text
  • RL.MC Meaning and Context
    • RL.MC.7 Analyze the relationship among ideas, themes, or topics in multiple media and formats, and in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities.
      • RL.MC.7.1 With guidance and support, retell a familiar text; identify beginning, middle, and end in a text heard or read.

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