Setting, Characters, Plot in A Long Walk to Water

Setting, Characters, Plot in A Long Walk to Water

Multiple Choice

REVIEW! What is the definition of setting in a narrative text?

• The specific time and place in which a story (or an event in the story) takes

  place.

• The people (or animals) the story is about.

• The causal sequence of events that provide the “why” for what happens in a story.

Multiple Choice

REVIEW! What is the definition of characters in a narrative text?

• The specific time and place in which a story (or an event in the story) takes

  place.

• The people (or animals) the story is about.

• The causal sequence of events that provide the “why” for what happens in a story.

Multiple Choice

REVIEW! What is the definition of plot in a narrative text?

• The specific time and place in which a story (or an event in the story) takes

  place.

• The people (or animals) the story is about.

• The causal sequence of events that provide the “why” for what happens in a story.

Open Ended

What is the MAIN difference in SETTING between Nya and Salva's stories?

Multiple Choice

In Chapter 2, how is setting impacting Nya?

• She gets a painful thorn in her foot during her walk to water.

• She gets a painful sun burn during her walk.  

• She trips over a rock and skins her knee.  

• The extreme heat causes her to walk slower.  

Multiple Choice

In chapter 2, how is the setting impacting the plot in Nya's story?

• It explains how Nya gets the water to and from her village. 

• It shows how easy and relaxing Nya's life is.  

• It demonstrates how brutal and dangerous Nya's living conditions.  

• It foreshadows how Nya and Salva's lives will come together.  

Open Ended

In chapter 2, how does the setting impact plot in Salva's story?

Open Ended

In chapter 2, how is the setting impacting Salva?