Settings and Events of Text Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RL.4.3

Core Standard
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When we are trying to make sense of what we read it important to be able to identify the setting of the story. We need to pay strict attention to anything else that is going on during that historical time period. Movement in culture or wars that are happening during that time period can affect our thoughts on the story as a whole. Students need to break their events apart from the time period as well. Being able to identify significant events within a tale is fundamental skill that students will become more proficient with over time. These worksheets will help students better attain this process of determining these two qualities from any body of work.

Settings and Events Worksheets To Print:

A Worthy Opponent - Miss Peacock has pride in her golf game. A character is a person in a novel, story or play. But the word character also means the mental and moral qualities unique to an individual. A person's character is revealed by what they think, say and do.

The Pirate's Secret - The Captain has something that he is keeping from his mates. What is Captain Beanbaum's "awful, unfortunate and debilitating secret"? Quote passages from the text to support your answer.

The Dragon of the Dark Heart - A kingdom rules by a 10-year old? This just spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E! What is the event that causes the boy‐king to change his mind about the toys?

Witch Hill - Kayla's family moves East and things get complicated quickly. Why is the setting of this story important? Could it have taken place where Kayla used to live? Explain why or why not.

The Movie - Miss Mitchell's class gets ready for their 15-minutes of fame. Characters, setting and event all need to come together like a puzzle in order for a tale to work. Use the diagram below to map out the characters, setting and event in the story The Movie.

Falling Forever - Martin knew he was not supposed to climb up the mountain by himself. Martin has a character flaw. What is it?

One Wish - The single wish genie give Angela her chance. The backstory is what you find out that happened before the point at which the actual tale begins. What is the main event of the backstory?

Jeremy the Giant - Jeremy meant well, but he was rowdy and excitable, and he often got into trouble.

Quinton's Voice - Quinton came from a poor family that lived in the remote mountains, in a log cabin that Quinton's father had built himself.

Pen Pals - It is time for Daryl and his classmates to write their postcards to their pen pals.

Summer Time - It was the first day of summer. Patrick was eating a special last day of school breakfast?

Roller Blades - Lance shot out of the house and hit the sidewalk with a zoom. He loved the clatter of his rollerblades on the concrete, and the feel of the wind in his face.

Darlene - Grandpa Isaac loved to tell stories about things that happened, people he knew, and places he saw when he was growing up, and Dennis loved to listen to him.

Big Bertha - Once there was a hippopotamus named Bertha. Bertha was born in the zoo, and had lived there her whole life.

The Sighting - Nothing ever happened in Dudleysville. Kenneth and his friends sat outside Pop's ice cream shop on a summer afternoon and said this to each other as they watched the same old people walking up the same old street, the same old way, at the same old time of day.

How to Identify the Settings and Events of What You Read?


Settings and events described in a story have a huge role in the progression of the plot as well as in enabling the readers to feel connected to the text in an emotional as well as spiritual way. Identifying the settings and events in any tale is the most important step in understanding the text. While many people build this natural ability to figure out the settings and events in the story over time and with practice, many new readers find it a little difficult to work on these elements in a text.


You can identify the settings and events of what you read by identifying the following important elements:


Identifying the Place


Identifying the place of the story is important because it refers to the location of the tale. The place of the story is where the characters live and take actions. The place could be anything from neighborhoods and towns to cities and countries. Place matters a lot because each region has different cultures and norms that play a huge role in the development of the tale. In order to identify the place, just pay close attention to the narration of the story. The writer usually describes the setting of place at the beginning of the story. Traffic, hustle and bustle usually indicate that the story is set in a city. Whereas, donkey carts and mud houses indicate that the story is set in a village.


Identifying the Time


Time is also an important element of the story. Time can refer to the hours, seasons, or even the era in which the story is set. You can easily identify the time of the story by giving attention to the narration of the story. For example, if there is a lady gardening outside, it is most likely summertime. If the characters are wearing heavy coats and caps, it indicates winter. Darkness in the sky and the moon tells that it is the night time, whereas sun and fresh breeze indicates morning time. You can use such clues to identify the time of the story.


Mood


Another essential element of setting and events is the mood of the story. The mood of the story is often indicated in the beginning by the author. You can easily identify the mood by looking at the choice of words of the author. If there is an isolated cabin in the mysterious woods, the mood indicates fear and terror. On the other hand, if a woman is sitting by the window looking out at the rainstorm, then it indicates sadness and melancholy. The mood of the story can predict the chain of events as well.


Evaluate Your Mind


While reading the settings and events in any text, our mind responds in a different way as compared to their behavior while the other parts of the text are being read. While you read, try noticing how your mind makes up the images of whatever has been described in the text. That portion of the text is usually describing the settings. Moreover, the part of the text where your suspense is heightened and you want to read faster so that you can reach the end of the description is likely to be an event being described within the text.


Focus on the Language


The vocabulary used to describe something in the text depends on whatever is being described. The sentences that are full of adjectives, metaphors, and similes are mostly the ones describing the settings. On the other hand, parts of the text that move like a story, describing things in an order are likely to be the ones describing the events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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