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Characters, Setting and Plot: The Parts of a Story

  • Grade 3
  • English Language Arts
  • 1 min 4 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC3-EN-01

A short story about Maya, Grandpa and a hat blown into a tree is read aloud, and three boxes fill in to show its characters (who), its setting (where and when) and its plot (what happens). The plot is followed from beginning to middle to end: the middle sentence is the problem, called the conflict, and the end solves it, before the story is read again with every part marked.

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The question this lesson answers

What are the parts of a story?

One snowy morning, Maya and Grandpa went to the park.

Transcript

What the lesson says

What are the parts of a story?

One snowy morning, Maya and Grandpa went to the park.

The wind blew Maya's red hat into a tree.

Grandpa used a long stick to get it back.

The characters are who is in the story: Maya and Grandpa.

The setting is where and when the story happens: the park, one snowy morning.

The plot is what happens, from the beginning to the end.

At the beginning, Maya and Grandpa went to the park.

In the middle, there is a problem: the wind blew Maya's hat into a tree.

The problem in a story is called the conflict.

At the end, Grandpa got the hat back, so the problem is solved.

Now read the story again and spot each part.

Characters are who, the setting is where and when, and the plot is what happens.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 3

English Language Arts, Story/text: elements of storyBC3-EN-01

Next: Theme: The Lesson a Story Teaches

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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