Learning Goals: To demonstrate
mastery of grade level skills in language,
literature, informational text, and
foundational skills in reading, writing,
speaking & listening.
KEY CONCEPT
PLOT AND THEME
1. What is the difference
between explicit and implicit
meanings?
KEY CONCEPT
PLOT STRUCTURE
2. Name types of Figurative
Language.
KEY CONCEPT
PLOT AND THEME
1. What is the difference
between plot and theme?
KEY CONCEPT
PLOT STRUCTURE
2. What stage of the plot is
considered the turning point
for the protagonist?
KEY CONCEPT
PLOT STRUCTURE
1. At what stage of the plot do
we see the immediate
consequences of the
character’s turning point
decision?
KEY CONCEPT
SYMBOLISM
2. What is a symbol? What
are some common symbols
that we see in literature?
KEY CONCEPT
PRONOUNS
Read the following sentences and
determine which pronoun is
correct:
1. (Me/I) and the boys decided to
go butterfly hunting.
1. My parents and (me/I) decided
we would take pictures.
The Butterfly
O’er grassy meadows
Beneath the clear blue sky
Through dazzling rays of sunlight
Drifts the lovely butterfly
She sways her wispy body
As gentle as a breeze
Jovial in her freedom flight
With pure and simple ease
Her beauty shimmers brightly
With colors all aglow
Sentiment of peacefulness
Is only hers to know
Once a fuzzy creature
Without beauty and grace
She flies in songlike elegance
In all of time and space
By: Lauren Pierce
KEY CONCEPT
VOCABULARY
The word shimmers suggests which of
the following?
A. Shakes
B. Shines
C. Fumbles
D. Flies
The Butterfly
O’er grassy meadows
Beneath the clear blue sky
Through dazzling rays of sunlight
Drifts the lovely butterfly
She sways her wispy body
As gentle as a breeze
Jovial in her freedom flight
With pure and simple ease
Her beauty shimmers brightly
With colors all aglow
Sentiment of peacefulness
Is only hers to know
Once a fuzzy creature
Without beauty and grace
She flies in songlike elegance
In all of time and space
By: Lauren Pierce
KEY CONCEPT
INFERENCE
Reread stanza #4.
Which line implies the butterfly was not
always magnificent?
The Butterfly
O’er grassy meadows
Beneath the clear blue sky
Through dazzling rays of sunlight
Drifts the lovely butterfly
She sways her wispy body
As gentle as a breeze
Jovial in her freedom flight
With pure and simple ease
Her beauty shimmers brightly
With colors all aglow
Sentiment of peacefulness
Is only hers to know
Once a fuzzy creature
Without beauty and grace
She flies in songlike elegance
In all of time and space
By: Lauren Pierce
KEY CONCEPT
INFERENCE/VOCABULARY
What does the word jovial mean?
A. Struggling
B. Sad
C. Happy
D. Thoughtful
The Story of the Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared.
He sat and watched the butterfly for several
hours as it struggled to squeeze its body through
the tiny hole. Then it stopped, as if it couldn't go
further.
So the man decided to help the butterfly.
He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the
remaining bits of cocoon. The butterfly emerged
easily but it had a swollen body and shriveled
wings.
The man continued to watch it, expecting that
any minute the wings would enlarge and expand
enough to support the body. Neither happened!
In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life
crawling around. It was never able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and haste did
not understand was that the butterfly
needed to struggle. The restricting cocoon
and the struggle to get through the opening
was a way of forcing the fluid from the
body into the wings so that it would be
ready to fly.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we
need in our lives. Going through life with no
obstacles would cripple us. We will not be
as strong as we could have been and we
would never fly.
KEY CONCEPTS
PLOT STRUCTURE
Using The Story of the Butterfly on slide 7, explain what is the main function of each
phrase from the story for questions 1 and 2:
1. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bits of cocoon.
A. Exposition
B. Rising Action
C. Falling Action
D. Resolution
2. Neither happened!
A. Rising Action
B. Climax
C. Falling Action
D. Resolution
KEY CONCEPT
INFERENCE/CHARACTER ANALYSIS
3. Why does the man want to help the butterfly?
A. He wants to see it fly
B. He is mean
C. He wants to help.
KEY CONCEPTS
PLOT STRUCTURE
Using The Story of the Butterfly on slide 7, explain what is the main function of the
following phrase from the story:
1. In fact the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around. It was never able to
fly.
A. Exposition
B. Falling Action
C. Climax
D. Resolution
KEY CONCEPTS
THEME
2. Write a complete sentence
explaining the theme of this story
Adult Butterfly
When the caterpillar has done all of its forming
and changing inside the pupa, if you are lucky,
you will get to see an adult butterfly
emerge. When the butterfly first emerges from
the chrysalis, both of the wings are going to be
soft and folded against its body. This is because
the butterfly had to fit all its new parts inside of
the pupa.
As soon as the butterfly has rested after coming
out of the chrysalis, it will pump blood into the
wings in order to get them working and flapping
– then they get to fly. Usually within a three or
four-hour period, the butterfly will master flying
and will search for a mate in order to reproduce.
When in the fourth and final stage of their lives,
adult butterflies are constantly on the look out to
reproduce and when a female lays their eggs on
some leaves, the butterfly life cycle will start all
over.
KEY CONCEPTS
IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT
DETAILS
Reread the first stanza.
Which line explicitly states why
the butterfly’s wings emerge
folded against its body?
Adult Butterfly
When the caterpillar has done all of its forming
and changing inside the pupa, if you are lucky,
you will get to see an adult butterfly
emerge. When the butterfly first emerges from
the chrysalis, both of the wings are going to be
soft and folded against its body. This is because
the butterfly had to fit all its new parts inside of
the pupa.
As soon as the butterfly has rested after coming
out of the chrysalis, it will pump blood into the
wings in order to get them working and flapping
– then they get to fly. Usually within a three or
four-hour period, the butterfly will master flying
and will search for a mate in order to reproduce.
When in the fourth and final stage of their lives,
adult butterflies are constantly on the look out to
reproduce and when a female lays their eggs on
some leaves, the butterfly life cycle will start all
over.
KEY CONCEPTS
EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT DETAILS
Which stanza implies life goes
on?
The Butterfly
O’er grassy meadows
Beneath the clear blue sky
Through dazzling rays of sunlight
Drifts the lovely butterfly
She sways her wispy body
As gentle as a breeze
Jovial in her freedom flight
With pure and simple ease
Her beauty shimmers brightly
With colors all aglow
Sentiment of peacefulness
Is only hers to know
Once a fuzzy creature
Without beauty and grace
She flies in songlike elegance
In all of time and space
KEY CONCEPT
The author uses a lot of descriptive
words describing the butterfly in flight.
What do you think is the main purpose
of the descriptive words?
(For all written responses, be sure to
write 4 to 7 sentences, and include an
introductory statement, details for
support, and a closing sentence.)
KEY CONCEPTS
PLOT STRUCTURE
1. Which of the following words is a synonym for
denouement?
A. Rising Action
B. Falling Action
C. Resolution
D. Climax
2. What the character has learned or failed to learn and how
he has changed will be evident in which part of the plot
structure?
A. Resolution
B. Climax
C. Falling Action
D. Rising Action
The Butterfly
O’er grassy meadows
Beneath the clear blue sky
Through dazzling rays of sunlight
Drifts the lovely butterfly
She sways her wispy body
As gentle as a breeze
Jovial in her freedom flight
With pure and simple ease
Her beauty shimmers brightly
With colors all aglow
Sentiment of peacefulness
Is only hers to know
Once a fuzzy creature
Without beauty and grace
She flies in songlike elegance
In all of time and space
KEY CONCEPT
CONNOTATIVE LANGUAGE
A poem can communicate different meanings.
Which represents the poem The Butterfly:
A. Emotion
B. Paint a picture
C. Tell a story.
Don’t forget ALL written
response questions require
one full paragraph of at
least 4 to 7 sentences,
beginning with an
introductory sentence,
details for support, and a
closing sentence.
Answer Key
Slide 2: (1) Explicit meaning is directly
stated. Implicit meaning is implied;
there is additional meaning to the
words.
(2) Simile, personification, hyperbole,
alliteration, onomatopoeia, end
rhyme
Slide 3: (1) Plot is the events that make
up a story. Theme is the lesson or
message about life that a text
communicates to the readers . We
learn theme based on how the
character responds to the events in the
story.
(2) The Climax
Slide 4: (1) The Falling Action
(2) A concrete object that
represents abstract ideas. This can
include: a rose, a dove, light,
sunshine or storms.
Slide 5: (1) me (2) I
Slide 6: B
Slide 7: Without beauty and grace
Slide 8: C
Slide 10: B, B, C
Slide 11: D; Sometimes we need
struggles to get stronger.
Slide 12: This is because the
butterfly had to fit all its new parts
inside of the pupa.
Slide 13: Stanza 3
Slide 14: (HINT: Begin by restating the question)
The author uses a lot of descriptive words to describe the butterfly in flight to
demonstrate its beauty. For example, the text states the butterfly sways her wispy
body. The text also describes how the butterfly flies in songlike elegance. These
describing words show the butterfly is beautiful.
Slide 15: C, A
Slide 16: B – Paints a picture of a beautiful, happy butterfly