Describing Characters Settings and Events in Fiction Texts

Success Criteria:

I know that I have learned it when I can

analyze ​ how multiple characters, Settings, and Events Affect the plot of the story

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Subject | Subject

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Learning Intention:

I am learning to cite evidence to analyze the impact of characters, settings, and events on the plot​

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​A character trait describes the character, using their THOUGHTS, WORDS, and ACTIONS.

​We can analyze or look deeper into the THOUGHTS, WORDS, and ACTIONS because of the Setting and Events in the story.

​​Character traits

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​A setting is when and where the story takes places.

setting

The order that major events occur in a story

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Multiple Choice

Jake is Cassie's older brother. One day they are walking home from school when a cold front rolls in and the temperature drops 20 degrees. Jake is dressed more appropriately for the weather than Cassie. He takes off his hooded sweatshirt and offers it to her. She gratefully accepts. Jake is now colder, but he is happier.

What character trait does Jake show?

• considerate

• selfish

• cautious

• respectful

Multiple Choice

Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap. Some of the people sitting at the tables near him looked up from their books and gave him annoyed looks. Alex realized that he had disturbed them and held up his hand apologetically. The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made. Alex put the laptop in his bag and began walking toward the door. He held his head down low.

Which of the following choices is evidence that the setting is a library?

• He held his head down low.

• Alex shut the lid to his laptop with a loud clap

• The librarian turned toward him and shushed him loudly, perhaps louder than the noise that he had made.

Multiple Choice

Which questions about a story will the setting answer?

• What is the author’s attitude toward the characters?

• Where and when does the story take place?

• Who are the people the story is about?

• Why and when did the author write the story?

Multiple Choice

The sequence of events of a story is called the ____________.

• conflict

• plot

• action

• setting

Multiple Choice

What are traits?

• descriptive adjectives that tell what the character is like

• the struggles in the plot of the story

• all of the events that happen in a story

• the places where a story happens

Multiple Choice

Sam was trying to complete a homework assignment. After an hour of trying, he tore his paper in half and said, "I quit".

Sam felt __________ trying to complete his homework.

• happy

• excited

• worried

• frustrated

Multiple Choice

The setting affects how the _____ carry out the _____.

• mood, characters

• plot, mood

• theme, plot

• characters, plot