Evaluating Narratives:Setting and Characters

1. ENGLISH 6

2. REVIEW
What is your favorite/most liked story?
Why did you like/love it?
Why do you still remember it?

3. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. identify the elements in a story; and
2. evaluate narratives based on how the author
developed the elements; setting and characters.

4. Do you know what animal is this?
Have you seen this already?

5. How about this animal? Do you
have one?

6. Are you familiar with these
words?
glossy
surpass
caw
snapped
flatterer

7. Unlocking of Difficulty
My picture was printed in a glossy photo paper.
glossy-having a smooth, silk-like, reflective surface

8. Unlocking of Difficulty
Lito’s brother is an honor pupil too, but I guess he
will surpass his brother’s achievement.
surpass-to exceed, to go beyond

9. Unlocking of Difficulty
Kevin heard the familiar caw of a crow from above
in the tree.
caw-harsh cry of a crow

10. Unlocking of Difficulty
The crocodile snapped Captain Hook’s hand.
snapped-attempt to bite, attack or grab

11. Unlocking of Difficulty
The fox is a flatterer of the crow.
flatterer-one who flatters (flatter-to compliment
someone, often insincerely and sometimes to win
favor)

12. The Fox and the Crow
By: Aesop

13. The Fox and the Crow By: Aesop
One day, a Fox saw a Crow flew off with a piece
of cheese in its beak and settled on a branch of a
tree.
“That’s for me, as I am a fox, “whispered the
Fox. And he walked up to the foot of the tree.

14. The Fox and the Crow By: Aesop
“Good day, Crow,” he cried. “How well you are
looking today. How glossy your feathers are and how
bright your eyes are. I feel sure your voice will surpass
that of other birds, just as your figure does. Let me hear
but one song from you that I may greet you as the
queen of birds.”

15. The Fox and the Crow By: Aesop
The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw
her best, but the moment she opened her mouth
the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be
snapped up by the master Fox.

16. The Fox and the Crow By: Aesop
“That would do,” said the Fox. “That was all I
wanted. In exchange for your cheese, I will give you
a piece of advice for the future: “Do not trust
flatterers.”

17. Questions
1. What did the crow find one day?
A. a bird
B. a cheese
C. a fox
D. a tree

18. Questions
2. Where did the crow sit to eat it?
A. beside the tree
B. branch of a tree
C. foot of a tree
D. on top of the tree

19. Questions
3. Who wanted to take the crow’s cheese?
A. bird
B. fox
C. rat
D. tree

20. Questions
4. What plan did the fox have?
A. to get the cheese
B. to make friend with the crow
C. to seek advice from the crow
D. to share cheese with the crow

21. Questions
5. What is the morale of the story?
A. We should not trust flatterers.
B. We must share what we have.
C. Never trust people we don’t know.
D. We should make friends with others.

22. Questions
5. What is the morale of the story?
A. We should not trust flatterers.
B. We must share what we have.
C. Never trust people we don’t know.
D. We should make friends with others.

23. Setting and Characters
SETTING is the time and place in which the story
unfolds. The time could be in the past, the present,
or the future; during the day or the night; in any
season. The place, or scene may be imaginary or
real.

24. Setting and Characters
CHARACTERS most often are people or animals.
Writers use characters to perform the actions and
speak the dialogues of a story. They move a story’s
plot forward. They are the who of a story.

25. Characters
HERO is the chief male or female character in a book, play,
or movie, who is typically identified with good qualities,
and with whom the reader is expected to sympathize.
VILLAIN is also another character from the story. This often
refer to as the evil from the story

26. Setting and Characters
Complete the table with the setting and characters
from the story “The Fox and the Crow.”

27. Activity
Identify the elements using the pictures. Write
characters or setting. Write your answer in your
answer sheet.

28. Activity
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30. Activity
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31. Activity
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32. Activity
5.

33. Group Activity
Group Activity
Look at the pictures assigned in your group. Give
the title of the story, then identify the setting and
the characters. Discuss your work in the class.

34. Reminders
Choose a leader
Participate with your group
Respect your fellow groupmates
Follow the health protocols

35. Assessment
Write the letter of the correct answer in your
answer sheet.

36. Assessment
1. The element of a story that talks about the place and time.
A. character
B. conflict
C. plot
D. setting

37. Assessment
2. The character who does something for the welfare of
everyone.
A. hero
B. setting
C. theme
D. villain

38. Assessment
3. In a story, he/she is narrated as having a bad attitude.
A. hero
B. setting
C. theme
D. villain

39. Assessment
4. Which of the following is a direct description of the setting?
A. Her name is Perla.
B. He ran out to his car.
C. They had already met.
D. That morning he missed the bus.

40. Assessment
5. Which of the following is not a part of the setting?
A. scenery
B. time
C. villain
D. weather

41. Assessment
Answers:
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. C

42. Sum-up
What are the elements of a story that we have discussed?
Describe each element and give example.