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Bungawitta Plot Diagram

Read the story, then answer the questions using details from the text. A plot usually moves from an introduction through rising action to a turning point, then a resolution and conclusion.

Bungawitta

Tahnee, Charlie and Matilda were on the ferry to Bungawitta, a small island where their aunt lived. They had packed a box of paper lanterns for the island’s evening harbour festival. Their aunt was counting on the lanterns to decorate the jetty. Halfway across the bay, the ferry jolted. The box slid off the seat and burst open. Lanterns tumbled across the deck, and a gust of wind swept several overboard. Charlie grabbed the box, but the remaining lanterns were crushed and damp. The festival was only an hour away. At first, the three friends argued about what to do. Tahnee wanted to ask the ferry crew to turn back, but the ferry had already travelled too far. Matilda noticed a basket of clean paper maps near the passenger seats. She suggested they fold the maps into lantern shapes. Charlie asked the crew for string, while Tahnee carefully folded the paper. Soon, other passengers joined in, making lanterns from spare maps and colourful ticket stubs. When the ferry reached Bungawitta, the friends hurried to the jetty. They tied up the new lanterns just as the festival began. Their aunt smiled at the bright decorations, especially the lantern made from the ferry’s route map. Tahnee realised that losing the original lanterns had led to an even more memorable idea. The friends joined the celebration, pleased that they had solved the problem together.

Understand the plot

Use evidence from the story in your answers.

1.Where are Tahnee, Charlie and Matilda travelling, and why are they carrying lanterns?

2.What is the main problem the friends face?

The ferry is going to the wrong island.
The lanterns are damaged and some blow overboard before the festival.
Their aunt forgets to meet them at the jetty.
The ferry crew will not let them travel.

3.Put these events in the order they happen. Write 1–4 beside each event: the friends hang their lanterns; the box slides and the lanterns spill; Matilda suggests folding maps; the friends board the ferry with the lanterns.

4.What does Matilda notice that gives the group an idea?

5.Which event is the turning point—the moment the friends find a way forward?

The ferry jolts in the bay.
The friends begin arguing.
Matilda suggests making lanterns from maps, and the others help.
The ferry arrives at Bungawitta.

6.How do the friends resolve the problem? Include one detail about how they make the replacement lanterns.

7.Match each plot part to the event that best fits it.

Introduction
Rising action
Turning point
Resolution
Conclusion

The lanterns spill and the friends realise they need a new plan.
Matilda suggests folding maps into lanterns.
The group makes replacement lanterns and hangs them at the jetty.
The friends celebrate and reflect on their solution.
The friends travel by ferry with lanterns for the festival.

8.True or false: The ferry turns back so the friends can retrieve the lanterns.

TrueFalse

9.Why is the lantern made from the ferry’s route map especially memorable?

10.What can you infer about the friends from the way they respond to the problem? Give one piece of evidence.

Draw a rising plot line and label Introduction, Rising Action, Turning Point, Resolution and Conclusion. Add a short event from the story at each point.