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Mapping Out Plot, Setting, and Conflict in The Fault

in Our Stars
Today you will create a map legend that any of John Greens readers could use to
better understand Plot, Setting, and Conflict in The Fault in Our Stars. We will
pretend that The Fault in Our Stars is a map, and you will create a legend for this
map.

You Will Need:

A partner
Two pieces of computer paper
Colored pencils
Your copy of The Fault in Our Stars

You Will Create:

3 symbols to represent setting in The Fault in Our Stars
3 symbols to represent plot in The Fault in Our Stars
3 symbols to represent conflict in The Fault in Our Stars

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Steps
First Sheet of Computer Paper:
Title your paper in the middle.
Split your paper into three quadrants. You may choose for these quadrants to
be horizontal, look like a peace sign, etc.
With your partner, choose three examples of setting in The Fault in Our Stars
and come up with a symbol to represent each place. These examples of
setting should be the three most significant places Hazel has been thus far in the
novel. Make sure they are specific places (i.e. Peter Van Houtens house, not just
Amsterdam.).
Create a symbol to represent each of the three examples of setting that
you choose (3 symbols in all). Draw these symbols on your computer paper.
Label each symbol.
Identify at least one significant plot development that occurs in each
example of setting that you choose (you will have at least one example of a plot
development to go along with your three symbols for setting).
Create a symbol to represent each of the plot developments you identify
(at least 3 plot symbols in all). Draw these symbols next to the setting symbols.
Identify one instance of conflict that arises or develops in each example of
setting you have chosen (3 instances of conflict in all).

8. Create a symbol to represent each of the conflicts you identify (3 symbols in

all). Draw these symbols in the same quadrant as the setting and plot
symbols that go with this conflict setting.
9. Write an MLA header, using both your names, on the back of this paper.

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Second Sheet of Computer Paper

Title this paper The Fault in Our Stars Legend Rationale
Write an MLA header using both the name of you and your partner.
Record your first example of setting.
Explain why you chose this example of setting as one of the most significant
places Hazel has been in the novel so far. You must choose a quote from the
novel that supports your claim that this example of setting is so
significant. Explain why this quote supports your choice of this setting.
Explain the symbol you chose to represent this example of setting. Think
about: why did you choose this symbol? What does it represent about the setting?
How does it portray the significance of the setting?
Explain the symbol you chose to represent the plot development (s) for
this first example of setting. Think about: what does this symbol represent
about the plot? Why is this plot development significant enough to be symbolized?
Explain the symbol you chose to represent conflict for this first example of
setting. Think about: what does this symbol represent about the conflict? Why is
this example of conflict significant enough to be symbolized?
Record your second example of setting.
Explain why you chose this example of setting as one of the most significant
places Hazel has been in the novel so far. You must choose a quote from the
novel that supports your claim that this example of setting is so
significant. Explain why this quote supports your choice of this setting.
Explain the symbol you chose to represent this example of setting. Think
about: why did you choose this symbol? What does it represent about the setting?
How does it portray the significance of the setting?
Explain the symbol you chose to represent the plot development (s) for
this second example of setting. Think about: what does this symbol represent
about the plot? Why is this plot development significant enough to be symbolized?
Explain the symbol you chose to represent conflict for this second example
of setting. Think about: what does this symbol represent about the conflict? Why is
this example of conflict significant enough to be symbolized?
Record your third example of setting.
Explain why you chose this example of setting as one of the most significant
places Hazel has been in the novel so far. You must choose a quote from the
novel that supports your claim that this example of setting is so
significant. Explain why this quote supports your choice of this setting.
Explain the symbol you chose to represent this example of setting. Think
about: why did you choose this symbol? What does it represent about the setting?
How does it portray the significance of the setting?

c. Explain the symbol you chose to represent the plot development (s) for
this third example of setting. Think about: what does this symbol represent
about the plot? Why is this plot development significant enough to be symbolized?
d. Explain the symbol you chose to represent conflict for this third example
of setting. Think about: what does this symbol represent about the conflict? Why is
this example of conflict significant enough to be symbolized?
6. At the bottom of your explanations for the setting/plot/conflict examples, answer
these questions: what is the relationship between plot, setting, and conflict? How
are they connected in such a way that helps us to better understanding of the
novel?