What are Settings?

What are Settings? exercise

• Place or Time?

  Hints

  Place means where a story takes place.

  Look for locations like a house or desert and match them to the Place category.

  Time means when a story happens.

  Time can be at night, in the summer or at 5pm on July 19th!

  Solution

  Time:

  • The clock reading 3:00
  • The calendar showing 3rd October
  • The sun showing daytime

  Place:

  • The island
  • The house
  • The tent in the forest

• Where and when is this story set?

  Hints

  Look at the picture, what do you see? What does the sky tell you about the time?

  A garden is outside, a museum is inside.

  Is this story set inside or outside?

  What time of day do hedgehogs usually come out?

  Solution

  Place

  • garden

  Time

  • evening

• Use the clues to find out the setting.

  Hints

  The whiteboard in the image tells you where the setting takes place.

  Are you more likely to find a whiteboard at home or at school?

  The calendar and clock in the image tell you the time and day.

  • What time does the clock read? AM or PM? Remember, AM is the morning and PM is the afternoon and evening.
  • Which day is circled on the calendar?

  Solution

  The correct answer is:

  • School
  • Morning
  • 4th April

  The whiteboard tells you the story is set in a classroom. So, the setting is at a school.

  The clock reads 8:00 AM. This tells you it is morning.

  The calendar shows the month of April and the 4 is circled. This tells us the day is 4th April.

• Do you know these key words?

  Hints

  Remember, setting includes the time and place a story happens.

  This is an example of a time a story could take place.

  Can you guess the definition of time from the options above?

  Ari and Zayd are at the beach. The beach is an example of a place.

  Solution

  • The setting is where and when a story takes place.
  • The time is when a story happens.
  • The place is where a story happens.
  • The character is who the story is about.

• Use the clues below to find the setting.

  Hints

  The moon tells you about the time the story takes place.

  What sort of time do you see a moon?

  The tree and tent tell you the place where the story happens.

  In which image would you most likely find a tree and a tent?

  Solution

  The correct answer is the campfire, shown above.

  This image matches the clues: night, forest and campsite.

• What's the story?

  Hints

  Who:

  Say which animals you see in the photo.

  What:

  Say what's happening in the photo. What are the characters doing?

  Where:

  Are the characters on a mountain? At the beach?

  When:

  Is it day or night? What season do you think it is?

  Solution

  Who: penguins and a seal

  • who = the characters in the story

  What: a party

  • what = the events that happen in the story

  Where: a hut on an iceberg

  • where = the place a story happens

  When: a winter day

  • when = the time the story happens