Setting Setting refers to the time and place

Setting

• Setting refers to the time and place in which the story takes place. • Consider: - Physical Setting: time, place, weather, etc. - Social Setting: war, revolution, etc. • Setting is important – often a character is in conflict with their surroundings.

A setting is described using the 5 senses: • Sight • Sound • Smell • Touch • Taste

• For this homework you have TWO tasks: ü Reading ü Writing

Reading Task

Choose one of the books you have been reading and ü Identify the setting. ü Identify the time of year. ü Identify the most important place(s) where key events take place. Now show what you have learned about their importance to the story.

ü Explain how successful the author was in his/her choice of setting.

Writing Task

ü Based on what you have learned during the Reading Task, you are to produce a short piece of writing that features your own setting. Touch For example: Smell Sight Sound “I stepped into the room and coughed at the musty smell that felt like it was already clogging my throat. I looked around. The yellow paint was peeling off the walls in strips and bubbles, exposing the greyish wall beneath. The battered, deep brown wood floors creaked as I stepped farther in. They looked like old blood. Dust webs floated in the air, stirred by the faint breeze I could feel coming in the door behind me. ”

Conclusion • Remember: a setting is the “where” and “when” in the story. • Settings are described through the 5 senses. • A character(s) can be in harmony or conflict with their setting.