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Who? What? Where? When? – Story Elements (Grade 2)

Master Teacher

Geraldine L. Yates

Time Allotment

Three 30-minute sessions.

Overview

In this lesson students will learn how to identify and describe character, setting, and plot in various stories from picture books and story videos. A Power Point presentation will be used to introduce story elements. Students will use picture books and story videos to practice identifying and describing the story elements.

Subject Area

Language Arts and Reading

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

identify characters, setting, and plot in a story.

South Carolina Curriculum Standards

(From the South Carolina Language Arts Curriculum Standards, grade 2, available online at www.myscscshools.com)

2-R2.1 Demonstrate the ability to identify and describe characters, setting, and plot in a literacy work.

Media Components

Power Point

PowerPoint Presentation provided online to download or teacher may make their own if proficient with program..

Video

StreamlineSC-Video on Demand http://www.streamlinesc.org/ clips from:

“A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog”
“Danny and the Dinosaur”
“Officer Gloria and Gloria”

Log in to http://www.streamlinesc.org/ to access SCETV’s Video on Demand and add three video segments to your Playlist. Log into the web site and select Subject: Language Arts/Reading, Topic: All, Grade: Gr.2. Click on A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog and select the “a” in front of “Frog Comes to Boy and Dog” (1:35). Add this clip to “My Playlist.” Select Continue button. Click to close window. Repeat same steps for “Danny Visits the Museum” (0:52) from Danny and the Dinosaur and “Gloria Livens Up the Safety Tips” (4:00) from Officer Buckle and Gloria. When finished Log Off

(Note to Teacher: If you don’t have an account with StreamlineSC, check with your media specialist about signing up for your own account.)

Materials

Picture books (number depends on if students will work in pairs or small groups)
Teacher created handouts for each student)
Pencils for each student

Prep for Teachers

Download the PowerPoint Presentation provided or create an original similar to the outline below if proficient with the program. Slides consist of the following:
1. Who? What? Where? When?- Story Elements
  - Who are the characters/
  - What happens in the story?
  - Where does the story take place?
  - When does the story take place
2. Who are the characters?
  People (From Power Point connect to Microsoft Office Online and
  Clip Art for pictures of men, women, boys, and girls)
  Who are the characters?
3. Animals
  (pictures of dogs, cats, bears, fish, etc.)
4. Characters
  Characters are the people or animals in the story (picture of a person and picture of an animal)
5. Where does the story take place?
  The setting is the place. (pictures of city, country, tropical scenes, etc.)
6. When does the story take place?
  The setting is the time. (pictures of past, present, future, seasons, etc.)
7. Setting
  The setting is where and when the story takes place (picture of place, season)
8. What happens in the story?
  The plot is what happens. (Action pictures)
9. A Day with Dad
  What is the plot? -What happened?
  (Connect to Microsoft Office Online. Search Clip Art and Media. Go to animals and then bears. There is a series of pictures on pages 11-14 which show a baby bear and his father doing a variety of things.)
10. Plot
  The plot is what happens in the story. (Connect to Microsoft Office Online. Search Clip Art and Media. Go to animals and then cats. Select pictures that show a dog chasing a cat and then the cat on the top of a fence from pages 49, 51)
11. Characters? Setting? Plot? (Pictures of children with obvious story elements. Connect to Microsoft Office Online. Search Clip Art and Media. Go to children.)
12. Who? The _____________ are the people and animals in the story.
  Where? When? The ___________ is where and when the story takes place.
  What? The _______ plot is what happens in the story.

Collect a variety of picture books with obvious characters, setting, and plot

Create hand out sheets with the following words and lines to fill out (2 sets per page):
Title (name of story)
Characters(Who are the people or animals?)
Setting (Where or when does the story take place?)
Plot (What things happen in the story?)

Introductory Activity

The teacher will use the prepared Power Point “Who? What? Where? When?- Story Elements” to introduce the elements of character, setting and plot or make her own. Slides # 11 and 12 are used as review and assessment. Students will examine each picture and discuss orally characters, setting, and plot.

Learning Activities

Step 1: Log on to http://www.streamlinesc.org/ to access StreamlineSC to retrieve the three video segments from your Playlist. (It is probably better if you download it to your desktop computer’s hard drive or a CD to start with. Many schools actually don’t have the band width to live stream) Students will view segments from three story videos. After each segment the class will discuss the characters, setting, or plot.

Step 2: The Focus for Media Interaction question for 1. “Frog Comes to Boy and Dog” (1:35) from A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog is “Who are the characters in this video clip?” Instructions: Locate the video clip on your hard drive or CD. Double click video clip icon. Click on silver circle in the bottom right of the video screen to show full screen. Click the x in the upper right corner when the clip is complete.

Step 3: The Focus for Media Interaction question for 2. “Danny Visits the Museum” (0:52) from Danny and the Dinosaur is “Where is the setting of the video clip?” Instructions: Locate the video clip on your hard drive or CD. Double click video clip icon. Click on silver circle in the bottom right of the video screen to show full screen. Click the x in the upper right corner when the clip is complete.

Step 4: The Focus for Media Interaction question for 3. “Gloria Livens Up the Safety Tips” (4:00) from Officer Buckle and Gloria is “What are 3 events that make up the plot of the video clip?” Instructions: Locate the video clip on your hard drive or CD. Double click video clip icon. Click on silver circle in the bottom right of the video screen to show full screen. Click the x in the upper right corner when the clip is complete.

Culminating Activity

Step 1: Pairs or small groups of students will examine picture books and determine the characters, setting, and plot.

Step 2: They will fill out the handout sheets made by the teacher. The teacher will decide on how many books each group will review.

Cross-Curricular Extensions

Writing: Materials for writing project: drawing paper, pencils, crayons.Students will show their understanding of story elements by writing and illustrating their own story. They will be able to tell the teacher who their characters are, where and when the story takes place, and at least three events that make up the plot of their story.

Community Connections

The local police department will be asked to bring the police dog to visit with the students. Students will write and illustrate thank you cards for the policeman and his dog.

Student Materials

The printed hand out is included or will be created by the teacher using a word processing program.