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The Parts of a Story: Who, Where and What Happens

  • Grade 1
  • English Language Arts
  • 56 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC1-EN-01

A three-card picture story (Bear and Bunny have a picnic at the park, it starts to rain, they share an umbrella) is told first. Then three boxes ask who, where and what happens: Bear and Bunny are shown as the characters, the park as the setting, and the picnic, rain and umbrella, numbered first, next and last, as the events, ending on the recap "characters, setting and events: who, where and what happens."

Concept: The parts of a story: characters, setting and events

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The question this lesson answers

Here is a little story. Bear and Bunny have a picnic at the park.

Oh no! Then it starts to rain.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Here is a little story. Bear and Bunny have a picnic at the park.

Oh no! Then it starts to rain.

They share an umbrella and stay dry.

Let's ask three questions about this story.

Who is in the story? Bear and Bunny!

Bear and Bunny are the characters.

Where are they? They are at the park.

The park is the setting of this story.

What happens? First a picnic, next the rain, last the umbrella.

The things that happen are the events.

Now we know three parts of our story.

Characters, setting and events: who, where and what happens.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 1

English Language Arts, Story/text: elements of storyBC1-EN-01

Next: Sound Words: Buzz, Splash, Pop

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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