Describing Setting

Describing Setting

Read the text samples and decide what is the author telling you directly about the setting, and what you can infer based on your clues.

Open Ended

What can we learn about the setting that the author says directly?

Multiple Choice

What can we infer based on the details?

• It is the afternoon time

• It is morning time

• the season is winter

• It is 1998

Open Ended

What can we learn about the setting based on the details the author gives us?

Multiple Choice

What can we infer about the setting based on details in the text?

• The story is set in America

• It is summer time

• The story is set in Europe

• The story is set in the future

Open Ended

What can we learn about the setting that the author says directly?

Multiple Choice

What can we infer based on the details?

• It's a Sunday

• The family lives in the Midwest

• Jose is at the gym

• It could be between 6pm and 10pm in the evening