Story Elements Nov 7-9

"These cookies taste awful!" "Yeah, they are really salty!" "Oh, no! Mrs. Malveaux must have added salt instead of sugar! She was going to take them to the bake sale."

• Mostly about the problem

• Mostly about the solution

• Mostly about the setting

Jame's room smells like dirty laundry. It is always a mess. The bed is always unmade. The garbage is overflowing. And his desk is covered with books and papers.

• Mostly about the character

• Mostly about the setting

• Mostly about the problem

Nabria loves to sing and dance. She has been in 3 musicals. Last year she won the school talent show. She wants to be an actress when she grows up.

• Mostly about the character

• Mostly about the setting

• Mostly about the problem

Max lay happily by the fire. He had been lost for 3 days. A nice lady had found him and brought him back to his family. It was good to be home.

• Mostly about solution

• Mostly about setting

• Mostly about problem

The people or animals who are important to the story

• dogs

• characters

• theme

• setting

The time and location where the story takes place

• setting

• character

• theme

• plot

The main issue or struggle that the main characters are up against

• plot

• conflict

• theme

• characters

The important events or actions that occur during the story

• characters

• theme

• plot

• conflict

When the character solves the problem

• resolution

• character

• theme

• setting

Can you fill in story map on a fiction story