Learning About the Beginning, Middle and End of a Story

This set of simple, yet effective classroom posters has been designed to remind students about the story elements that typically make up the beginning, middle and end of a story. The following questions are included to guide students:

• Beginning – How does the story begin? Who are the characters? What is the setting?
• Middle – What is the problem in the story? What happens to the characters?
• End – How do they solve the problem? What is the solution?

The simplistic design of these posters ensure students aren’t overwhelmed with too many words or too much imagery.

How to Use These Story Structure Posters in the Classroom

This versatile story structure resource can be used in a variety of ways, here are some suggestions:

• Print and display them in your classroom when exploring the beginning, middle and end of simple stories.
• Print the posters four to a page and hand out to students to stick in their books to use for individual work. 
• Print out a short story that you can cut up and then stick story elements underneath each of the posters to create an interactive display.

Print These Story Structure Posters For Your Early Year Students Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF version or editable Google Slide version.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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