Conflict 7 - Creative Writing Exercise: Suggest Simple Plots for Types of Conflict

Literary Core Skill:

Understand and review the five types of conflict.
Resources: Socratic List questions 6g – 6k; TC Syllabus section 5

Elements of Fiction:

Conflict

Assignment Type:

Creative Writing Exercise

Description:

This worksheet presents a “GI Joe” story prompt. Students create a simple plot for each category of conflict given a protagonist named Joe and a simple setting.

Grading Rubric:

Grading rubric: Equal parts credit for a) clean grammar/syntax/punctuation/spelling, and b) degree to which simple plots reflect conflict type.