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Why are they important?
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Characters: Who are the main people in the story? Setting: When/where does the story take place? (Time, location, descriptive surroundings) Plot: What is the main problem in the story? What events lead up to the problem and solution? Solution: How is the problem solved?
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A Bad Case of Stripes Who was the main character? Camilla Cream was who the book was all about. Where is the setting? The story takes place in school and at her house.
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What is the plot? (Main problem/events) The problem was that Camilla felt different than her peers, and didn’t want to get made fun of for liking lima beans. Camilla developed a bad case of stripes and felt even more different than she would have eating lima beans. What is the solution to this problem? Camilla is given a lima bean from a wise woman. She becomes herself again and realizes that it’s okay to like different things.
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Who were the main characters? The grandma and the young girl (the author) What is the setting? (Time, location) It took place in the summer on a farm in Michigan
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What was the plot? The young girl was afraid of thunder and often hid under the bed during a storm. The grandmother and granddaughter took several trips around the farm and woods to gather ingredients to make a Thunder Cake. What is the solution? After making the Thunder Cake, the young girl never feared thunder again.
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The 4 main narrative story elements are: Characters Setting Plot Solution Let’s see if you can complete one more activity before working on this independently…
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