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Who Is in the Story and Where It Happens

with Quill

Quill the friendly feathered owl sits inside a cozy treehouse library, holding an open storybook, pointing excitedly at a bright illustration of a bear and a fox standing in a snowy forest.

Identify the characters in a story by naming who the story is about.
Identify the setting of a story by naming the place where it takes place.
Distinguish a character from a setting when given a story example.
Point to clues in a story's pictures and words that show who and where.

Key terms

character: A person or animal that the story is about.
setting: The place where the story happens.
story clue: A picture or word that helps you find who or where.
story detective: A reader who searches for clues about characters and setting.

Who: Meeting the Characters

Characters are the people or animals a story is about. They talk, move, and feel things, and the story follows what they do. To find the characters, ask one simple question while you read or look at the pictures: who is in this story? A girl, a wolf, a brave little pig, or a talking owl can all be characters. They are the doers who make the story happen.

Where: Finding the Setting

The setting is the place where the story happens. It can be a cozy cottage, a dark forest, a sunny farm, a school, or even the moon. To find the setting, ask: where does this story take place? Pictures often show the setting clearly with trees, buildings, or sky. The setting is a place, never a person, so it answers where and not who.

Telling Characters and Setting Apart

Sometimes characters and settings appear together in one picture, so it helps to sort them. Point to anyone who can move and act, and that is a character. Point to the place all around them, and that is the setting. If something is doing an action, like running or playing, that action is neither a character nor a setting; it is just what the characters do in their place.

Worked examples

A bear and a fox stand in a snowy forest. Find the characters.

Ask who is in the story: the bear and the fox.
Both are animals that can move and act, so they are characters.
The snowy forest is a place, so it is the setting, not a character.

Answer: The characters are the bear and the fox.

A mermaid swims in the deep blue ocean. Find the setting.

Ask where the story happens: the deep blue ocean.
The ocean is a place, so it is the setting.
The mermaid is who the story is about, so she is the character, not the setting.

Answer: The setting is the deep blue ocean.

Hi there! I am Quill, and I love stories! Every story has two big parts I want to tell you about. First, there are CHARACTERS. Characters are the people or animals the story is about. In the story of the Three Bears, the bears and Goldilocks are the characters. Ask yourself: Who is in this story? Second, there is the SETTING. The setting is WHERE the story happens — a place like a house, a school, a park, the moon, or even your kitchen. Here is a helpful trick: look at the pictures throughout the book — especially the early pages — to find where the story is and who is in it. Pictures of people and animals? Those are your characters. Pictures of places — a beach, a bedroom, a jungle? That is your setting! Remember: WHO is in the story = characters. WHERE the story happens = setting. You are already a great story detective!

Activity

Sort each picture card into the correct box — character or setting.

Practice

In a story about a puppy in a busy city, name the character and the setting.

Decide if a sunny beach is a character or a setting and explain why.

Common mistakes to avoid

A place can be a character.A place is always the setting; only people and animals that act can be characters.
An action like running is a character.An action is what a character does, so it is neither the character nor the setting.

Check your understanding

In a story, a bear and a rabbit play in a meadow. Who are the CHARACTERS?

You open a book and see children playing on a snowy mountain. What is the SETTING?

A story is about a mermaid who swims in the deep blue ocean. Which one is the SETTING?

Recap

Every story has characters, the people or animals it is about, and a setting, the place where it happens. Ask who to find characters and ask where to find the setting, using picture and word clues to help you.

Reflect

What is one setting you would love to read a story about, and why?