Story Maps

I have two bullitin boards in my classroom. My goal is to have these boards last the entire year. One of the boards in my goal board for the year and the other is a liturature story map. There are five labels on this board:

Plot

Setting

Characters

Problem/Solution

Author's Purpose

These labels as well as the heading "story maps" were created by using an old map.

After students are done reading a story they are given five post it notes to write a couple of sentences about each of the five elements in that story. We do not use this board all the time, but it has come in handy.

Other ideas for an interactive bulliten board would be a plot line so students could identify the: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution of stories that they have read.