Problem Solution Story elements in stories and books

Problem & Solution Story elements in stories and books. by Carolyn Wilhelm Illustrations by Siri Wilhelm

Attachments: Problem - Solution Student Assessment Rubric Problem Solution Bookmarks, art by Siri Wilhelm Sample class chart using Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game

What in the world are we learning about today? PROBLEM and SOLUTION

Did you ever have a problem? Did you know stories have problems, too? That is what makes them interesting.

When Reading, you will place this bookmark in your book where the story problem is found.

Place this bookmark on the page in your book where the story solution is found.

You will have two bookmarks to place in your story.

The correct answer will move when clicked: Passage from Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax: Is this a problem or a solution? He snapped, “I’m the Lorax who speaks for the trees which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please. But I’m also in charge of the Brown Bar-ba-loots who played in the shade in their Bar-ba-loots suits and happily lived, eating Truffula Fruits. “Now. . . thanks to your hacking my trees to the ground, there’s not enough Truffula Fruit to go ’round. And my poor Bar-ba-loots are all getting the crummies because they have gas, and no food, in their tummies! From Six by Seuss: A Treasury of Dr. Seuss Classics (Random House, 1991), p. 319 Problem Solution

The correct answer will fade when clicked: Knuffle Bunny by Mo Williams: Is this a problem or a solution? Mom immediately sees that "Knuffle Bunny" is missing and so it's back to the Laundromat they go. After several tries, dad finds the toy among the wet laundry. Problem Solution

Class example: Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game by David a. Adler What we noticed about the writing of the problem and solution in this story: Robert's guess was too amazing. Everyone else guessed a round number, and Robert's was the only not rounded off number. Cam said to Robert that he wrote his exact guess after Mrs. Bell told the number and revealed clues.

Class discussion pages:

Can we figure out this story? Move the sentences to the right story elements: Characters When and Where Problem Cell phones don't work well in the school. A tornado had hit the school and we were locked in with automatic locks. My friend and I! Reasons for the Problem Possible Solutions We could signal with mirrors out of the window in the moonlight! At school at midnight! We had no food and the phones were dead. There was no electricity.

Online links : PBS online stories to consider problem and solution Problem Solution Online lesson: setting, plot, and theme Setting, Plot, or Theme

Discussion: Did these people have problems to solve? Match the person with the problem. Lincoln Civil Rights in the 1960's MLK Washington The Civil War Should he become the first president?

Attachments Problem Solution Bookmarks. pdf Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game. pdf Problem. Solution. Student. Assessment. Rubric. pdf