• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Plot stages: exposition to resolution). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which plot stage matches this description? The turning point, when tension is highest and the conflict is faced head-on. (exposition / resolution / climax / rising action) → climaxPrompt: Think about where in the story each stage happens: beginning, middle, turning point or end.
2. Which stage of the plot does this moment from a story belong to? A month later, Priya eats lunch with her new teammates, already sketching next year's design. (rising action / resolution / climax / exposition) → resolutionPrompt: Is this introducing the story, building tension, the moment of highest tension, or calming things down?
3. Type the plot stage (in English) that matches this description. The opening, which introduces the characters, setting and situation. → expositionPrompt: Think about where in the story each stage happens: beginning, middle, turning point or end.

• Read the first lines of a short text aloud and ask what students predict will happen and why.
• Share the objective: Types of conflict in stories. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Which type of conflict matches this description? A struggle inside a character's own mind, such as fear, guilt or a hard decision.
• Step 1: Conflict drives a plot. It can be external (another character, nature, society, technology) or internal (the character vs self).
• Step 2: character vs self: A struggle inside a character's own mind, such as fear, guilt or a hard decision.
• Step 3: So the answer is: character vs self
• Answer: character vs self
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Which type of conflict matches this description? A struggle inside a character's own mind, such as fear, guilt or a hard decision. (character vs society / character vs self / character vs character / character vs nature) → character vs selfPrompt: Who or what is the main character struggling against?
2. What type of conflict is described? Before the final, Lena battles her own fear that she isn't good enough. (character vs self / character vs society / character vs character / character vs technology) → character vs selfPrompt: Who or what stands in the character's way?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Which type of conflict matches this description? A struggle against machines, artificial intelligence or technology that has gone wrong. (character vs society / character vs technology / character vs character / character vs self) → character vs technologyPrompt: Who or what is the main character struggling against?
2. What type of conflict is described? Omar must decide whether to tell the truth about breaking the window, even though it means losing his place on the trip. (character vs character / character vs society / character vs technology / character vs self) → character vs selfPrompt: Who or what stands in the character's way?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-7.