The Homecoming

What two things make up the SETTING of a story?

• time and place
• conflict and protagonist
• resolution and protagonist

What is the SETTING of "The Homecoming?"

• Malone, 2000+ years ago
• Malone, modern times
• China, 2000+ years ago
• China, the year 4017

What does CONFLICT mean?

• a problem
• the setting
• the main character
• solution

What is the CONFLICT in "The Homecoming?"

• The fat man & the old man ignored the woodcutter.
• The woodcutter was a busybody who never got his work done.
• The peach stone juices had magical powers.
• There was no conflict in this story.

How long did the chess match last?

• 7 hours
• 7 days
• 7 weeks
• 7 months

What does the MORAL of a story mean?

• conflict
• protagonist
• lesson
• setting

Which clue tells us that the peach was magical?

• The old man shared it with the fat man.

• The old man threw the peach stone over his shoulder.

• The juices gave the woodcutter energy that felt like lightening bolts zipping inside him.

• I don't like peaches

Which of the woodcutter's behaviors were CLUES to how he would behave in the forest?

• He stopped twice to "advise" other villagers.
• He packed a hatchet and long carrying pole.
• Stop picking on the woodcutter, you meanie-pants 6th graders.
• His wife made palm leaf fans.

He tries to give advice to several people along the way. 

• Climax 
• Rising Action 
• Falling Action 
• Resolution 

The woodcutter learns he has been away for thousands of years. 

• Exposition 
• Resolution 
• Climax 
• Rising Action