Problem and Solution

Identifying Problem and Solution

Reading Response 1

Reading Response 2

I use the Reading Response 1 for both reading and writing. This graphic organizer helps the students visualize and organize the sequence of events in a story and identify the problem in the story and what the character did to try to solve that problem.

First, I introduce this to my students as a reading response. We read books that introduce a clear problem and show the choices the character makes to try to solve the problem. Verdi by Janell Cannon is a great book to use to introduce this reading response. (A list of books to use for this are on the way...)

After the students have had several opportunities to use this independently, I have the students use this to plan their own stories. Again, we use the same books we read as models for our stories.

Process:
Identify the problem
Identify one of the ways the character tries to solve the problem
Write a sentence about the possible solution
Write a sentence about how the solution failed
Identify the next possible solution and so on