1. The When and Where of the Story
Setting
The When and Where of the Story

2. What is the Setting?
The setting of the story is the place where the story happens and the time when it happens.
The settings answer the questions of where? and when?

3. What is the Setting?
The setting doesn’t have to be a real time and place.
The setting can be imaginary, like Neverland in Peter Pan or Wonderland in Alice in Wonderland.

4. TIME
When discussing the time that a story happens, the reader can analyze the Periods of Time, or
Past
Present
Future

5. TIME The time portion of setting also includes:
Seasons (summer, fall, winter spring)
Time of Day (morning, afternoon, night)
History of Time (during a war, during the depression, etc)

6. PLACE
When discussing the place where a story happens, the reader needs to analyze each place that the action occurs.

7. PLACE When thinking of the place, determine the general:
On a mountain, in outer space, in the ocean, in a cave
And the specific:
In South Carolina, in the Arctic, on Mars

8. Why is Setting Important?
The setting tells when and where a story happens, and therefore determines the genre (type) of book and the characters we will meet there.

9. Why is Setting Important?
For Example:
The time in a historical fiction book?
The time in a realistic fiction book?
The time in a science fiction book?
A book that place in an alternate universe?
A story that takes place during the Civil War?

10. Setting and Characters
The setting of a story determines the types of characters that will be present there.
We would expect to find football players at a football game.
We would expect to find soldiers during a war.

11. Setting and Characters
Who would you find in a story set in the past during westward expansion?
Who would you find in the future on a spaceship?
Who would you find in the present in the White House?

12. Essential Question
Describe the elements that create the setting in a novel.

13. Partner Practice
Complete the CLOZE worksheet working together using your notes from today’s lesson.