My Books Summer Reading Journal

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FICTION

What’s the Plot? The plot is what happens in a story. Good plots are surprising and exciting. Retell the plot of your story in a few sentences. Then draw a picture of a surprising or exciting scene or event in the story. Title: _______________________________________________

The plot of this story is

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Help your child understand that most plots have problems and solutions. For example, in “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” the problem is that a girl goes into the bears’ home and makes a mess. The solution is that she gets scared when she hears them and leaves.

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