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Story Setting Visual Maps
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Story Setting Visual Maps
🗺️ Part 1: Understanding Setting Elements
1. What is the main purpose of setting in a story?
To tell us what characters look like
To create mood and help us imagine where the story happens
To explain the plot
To introduce new characters
2. Which of these are sensory details that help describe setting? (Tick all that apply)
The smell of fresh rain on grass
The character's name
The sound of waves crashing
The rough texture of tree bark
What happens next in the story
3. Complete this sentence: A vivid setting helps readers to _________________ the story world.
forget about
imagine and experience
skip through
change completely
🎨 Part 2: Planning Your Visual Map
4. What is the main location/setting from your story excerpt?
5. List three things you can SEE in this setting:
a) _________________________________
b) _________________________________
c) _________________________________
6. List two things you can HEAR in this setting:
a) _________________________________
b) _________________________________
7. What can you SMELL or FEEL (touch) in this setting?
8. How does this setting make you feel? What mood does it create?
🖼️ Part 3: Create Your Visual Map
9. Draw your story setting map in the space below. Include labels for sensory details (what you see, hear, smell, feel).
10. Reflection: How did creating this visual map help you understand the story better?
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