Setting

Does a setting describe how something happens or where it happens?

• How it happens

• Where it happens.

Which feature can a setting include:

• Period of Time

• Cats

• Animals

• Trash

True or False: The setting doesn't have much impact on a story.

• True

• False

What are the three questions the setting answers?

• Where, When, What

• Who, How, Why

Why is setting important to a story?

• It explains the conflict of the story.

• It sets the mood and gives the context for the characters' actions in the story.

• It helps predict the ending of the story.

• It resolves the conflict between the characters.

Does a setting describe how something happens or where it happens?

• How it happens

• Where it happens.

Which feature can a setting include:

• Period of Time

• Cats

• Animals

• Trash

READ THE PASSAGE

Anne stared through the glass at the intense colors of the newly blooming flowers and green budding trees.

•

•"Anne, we still have ten minutes. Focus," Mrs. Lau said before launching into another equation. Ten minutes seemed like an eternity. Anne waited impatiently for the last bell to ring so she could race home

• The setting is a classroom at the end of the school day during the spring time.

• The setting is a classroom at the beginning of the school day in the fall.

• The setting is a classroom in the middle of the school day during the winter.

Read the passage.

•The village was full of rundown aluminum houses and rusty old bikes. Children with torn clothes and empty stomachs ran through the dirt streets, playing games to forget about their troubles. As the sun went down, lights flickered on in some of the windows. Children abandoned their games and wandered home. We approached one house, and knocked on the door.

Which of the following details about the setting hints at a conflict?

• Children abandoned their games.

• We approached one house.

• As the sun went down

• Children with torn clothes and empty stomachs.

Read the passage

It had been rough traveling so far. The rain had been relentless, flooding our tents. The wagon's wheels were constantly stuck in deep ruts of mud. Mosquitoes attacked us day and night. I longed for home—a roof over my head, a warm fire for toasting my feet, protection from the elements.

What detail tells you this passage's setting is sometime in the past?

• The rain had been relentless

• B. The wagon's wheels were constantly stuck

• A roof over my head

• Mosquitos attacked us day and night