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What is the setting?What is the setting?

The setting of a story is the place where it The setting of a story is the place where it happens and the time when it happens.happens and the time when it happens.

The setting can be real or imaginary.The setting can be real or imaginary. Characters interact within a setting to show Characters interact within a setting to show

and tell the story.and tell the story. Setting helps the reader share what the Setting helps the reader share what the

characters see, hear, smell, and touch.characters see, hear, smell, and touch.

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Details that describe:Details that describe: FurnitureFurniture SceneryScenery CustomsCustoms TransportationTransportation ClothingClothing DialectsDialects WeatherWeather Time of dayTime of day Time of yearTime of year

Time and place are where the Time and place are where the action occursaction occurs

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To create a mood or atmosphereTo create a mood or atmosphere To show a reader a different way of lifeTo show a reader a different way of life To make action seem more realTo make action seem more real To be the source of conflict or struggleTo be the source of conflict or struggle To symbolize an ideaTo symbolize an idea

The Functions of a The Functions of a SettingSetting

For each paragraph, For each paragraph, write the words that write the words that help to identify the help to identify the setting.setting.

Make sure to list at Make sure to list at least five words from least five words from each paragraph on each paragraph on your paper.your paper.

We left the home place behind, We left the home place behind, mile by slow mile, heading for the mile by slow mile, heading for the mountains, across the prairie where the mountains, across the prairie where the wind blew forever.wind blew forever. At first there were four of us with At first there were four of us with one horse wagon and its skimpy load. Pa one horse wagon and its skimpy load. Pa and I walked, because I was a big boy of and I walked, because I was a big boy of eleven. My two little sisters romped and eleven. My two little sisters romped and trotted until they got tired and had to be trotted until they got tired and had to be boosted up to the wagon bed.boosted up to the wagon bed.

That was no covered Conestoga, That was no covered Conestoga, like Pa’s folks came West in, but just an like Pa’s folks came West in, but just an old farm wagon, drawn by one weary old farm wagon, drawn by one weary horse, creaking and rumbling westward to horse, creaking and rumbling westward to the mountains, toward the little woods the mountains, toward the little woods town where Pa thought he had an old town where Pa thought he had an old uncle who owned a little two-bit sawmill.uncle who owned a little two-bit sawmill.

Share your answers with the class.

Elements of a SettingElements of a Setting

Setting

Place

Atmosphere

Time

History

EraLife

Mood

Weather

Feelings

WordChoice

Location

Physical

Day

Use as activator to activate prior knowledge. Write the web on the board or overhead and students create one at their seats. Then as class share and fill in.

Study the graphic organizer. Consider how each term helps convey setting.

Think of a place that you have been. Write a paragraph describing this place using the graphic organizer to help organize your thoughts.

Think of a place (in a story) you Think of a place (in a story) you have been.have been.

Students should share their paragraphs with Students should share their paragraphs with classmates. classmates.

Several students should share their paragraphs Several students should share their paragraphs out loud and the class should identify the out loud and the class should identify the words that identify setting.words that identify setting.