1. Introduction to Narrative Elements
Setting, Mood/Tone, Character, Conflict, Plot, and Theme

2. What do you already know about these things?
Setting, Mood/Tone, Character, Conflict, Plot, and Theme

3. In your Reader’s Notebook…
Open to pages 56 and 57
Color the titles only for each box
Don’t color so hard that you can’t read the words

4. * You will add the illustrations in just a few minutes! *

6. Setting Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap
The time and place of a story
It can be specific or vague
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7. Mood/Tone Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap
These both relate to feelings while reading a book
Mood: How the writing makes the reader feel
Tone: How the narrator/author feels
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8. Character Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap
A person, animal, or object with human qualities in a story/passage.
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9. Conflict Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap
A struggle against opposing forces
In other words – a problem of some sort
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10. Plot Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap
The sequence of events that happen in a story
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11. Theme Illustrate this in a simple way on the front of the flap
The main idea or overall message of a story
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