This document contains a lesson on analyzing the elements of a story, including characters, setting, and plot. It provides examples of short stories and exercises for students to identify these elements. It discusses the key parts of a story including the beginning, middle, and ending, as well as the conflict and resolution. The lesson emphasizes identifying the characters, setting, and sequence of events in stories.

4. PANATANG
MAKABAYAN

6. PANUNUMPA NG
KATAPATAN SA
WATAWAT NG
PILIPINAS

8. CALABARZON
MARCH

10. ENERGIZER

27. Lesson: Elements of a Story
 Analyze a story in terms of its elements
EN4RC-Ib-2.1.1

29. Let us Read and analyze the selection below:
One day, a man wanted to sell his son’s
donkey to buy medicine for his sick wife. He
brought the donkey to the market.
“Could you buy my donkey?” he asked
his friend in a store.
“I’m sorry I have no use for a donkey.” His
friend replied.

30. So the man went to Francis’ bookshop.
Could you buy my donkey?”
“No I have truck that carries my goods,”
Francis said.
Then he went to an old lady’s pet shop.
“Your donkey is too old to be my pet,’
complained the old lady.
As the man was looking for somebody to
buy his donkey, he met the baker’s wife.

31. “My husband is looking for a donkey to
carry the sacks of flour from the port,” she
said.
The man went to the baker and sold his
son’s donkey.
He said, “Now I have money for my wife’s
medicine.”

32. 1. What are the highlighted words in the
story?
The highlighted words (one day, market,
store, Francis’ bookshop, and old lady’s pet
shop) in the story are the places and time
when the story happened. They are the
setting of the story.

33. 1. What are the encircled words in the story?
The encircled words (man, wife, his
friend, Francis, old lady, baker’s wife,
husband, and baker ) are the characters.

34. 1. What are the underlined words in the
story?
The underlined words are the series of events that
gives the plot of the story. The plot of the story
includes: beginning, middle, and ending. It also
includes the conflict and the resolution. The man’s
lack of money for his wife’s medicine is the conflict.
On the other hand, selling the donkey becomes the
resolution of the conflict/problem.

35. Three Basic Elements of a Story
• Characters
• Setting
• Plot / Events
( includes conflict and resolution)

36. Development / Pagpapaunlad
Write the answer on your activity sheet

37. A. Directions: Read the story below and analyze it in terms of its
story elements. Given in the following numbers are the elements
of the story, identify them as to Setting, Character or Plot. Do
this in your answer sheet.
One Saturday morning, Peter woke up early
to prepare breakfast for her mother. It was his
mother’s birthday and he wanted to surprise her.
He cooked fried rice , a fried egg and hotdog for
her. He set the table and put the cake that he
bought yesterday. When his mother came out of
her room, she was very surprised.

38. _______1. Peter’s mother
_______2. One Saturday morning
_______3. Peter cooks breakfast to surprise his
mother on her birthday.
_______4. Peter
_______5. Peter’s mother was surprised to see
her breakfast and birthday cake.

39. Answer Key:
1.Character
2.Setting
3.Plot
4.Character
5.Plot

40. Development / Pagpapaunlad
Write the answer on your activity sheet

41. B. Directions: Read the story below and complete the
table by analyzing the underlined story elements.
It was summer . The Solomom family wanted to go on a
journey. Dad wanted to go to Cebu. Mom wanted to go to Bohol.
Mark and Benedict wanted to go to Boracay. They love going to the
ocean.
In the end, the family decided to go to Boracay. They went to
the seashore right away. The sand on the beach was fine and white.
There were boats with white sails on the blue sea.
Mark built a sand castle. Benedict decided to ride a bike but
he bumped into a rock and fell. He got all bruised and blooded.
Benedict was sad. He could not swim that day.

42. ELEMENTS OF THE STORY
Setting
Character
Plot/ Events

43. Answer Key:
ELEMENTS OF THE STORY
Setting
• Summer
• Seashore
• beach
Character
• Mom
• Mark
• Benedict
Plot/ Events
• The Solomon family wanted to go to Boracay.
• The family decided to go to Boracay
• Mark built as sand castle. Bemedict decided to ride a bike but he
bumped into a rock and fell.
• Benedict was sad.

45. ENERGIZER

47. Engagement/Pakikipagpalihan
Write the answer on your activity sheet

48. Directions: Read the story below and analyze its elements.
Encircle the setting, underline the character and box the plot or
event in items 1-5
At five o’clock in the morning, the sun came up. A friendly
ladybug flew in from the left. It saw a leaf with many aphids on it,
and decided to have them for breakfast. But just then, a grouchy
ladybug flew in from the right. It, too, saw the aphids and wanted
them for breakfast.
“Good morning,” said the friendly ladybug.
“Go away,” shouted the grouchy ladybug. “I want those aphids.”
“We can share them,” suggested the friendly ladybug.
“No. They’re mine, all mine,” screamed the grouchy ladybug.

49. 1. Friendly ladybug
2. Five o’clock in the morning
3. It saw a leaf with many aphids on it, and
decided to have them for breakfast.
4. Grouchy ladybug shouted on the friendly
ladybug..

50. Answer Key:
1. Friendly ladybug
2. Five o’clock in the morning
3. It saw a leaf with many aphids on
it, and decided to have them for
breakfast.
4. Grouchy ladybug shouted on the
friendly ladybug..

51. Assimilation/Paglalapat
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52. Directions: Read the paragraph below and analyze the
story by completing the diagram below.
Every Friday afternoon, the parents of Mayao Parada
Elementary School go to their children’s learning center.
They submit the answer sheets to the teachers and at the
same time get the new one for the following week. They are
making sure that they are observing health protocols by
wearing face mask and face shield. They are also spraying
alcohol and following physical distancing. The situation is
challenging for parents, teachers, and especially the
pupils, but they are working hand in hand to continue
learning in this time of pandemic.

54. Copy this on your Notebook

55. A. Directions: Read the short story below. Analyze it and be able
to identify its elements. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
Buddy and the Cat
Little Buddy Cockroach is a house bug. Mother
Cockroach always tells him to stay in dark places
and hide. He listens to her with half an ear not
believing in what she says. “How could they not
like me? I have beautiful, shiny wings, and long
antenna. Surely, they would love me,” he thought.
One day, Buddy saw a black cat and said, “I will
show Mother Cockroach that she is wrong.”

56. But when the cat saw him, it immediately
jumped and started running after him with
its sharp claws. Buddy ran as fast as he
could to the dark place under the cabinet
and never came out.

57. ____1. What is the title of the
story?
a. Buddy and the Dog
b. Buddy and the Cat
c. Buddy and the Dinosaur

58. _____2. Who are the characters in the story?
a. Ant, Grasshopper
b. Mother Hen, Little Hen, Worm
c. Little Buddy Cockroach, Mother
Cockroach, Cat

59. 3. What is the setting of the story?
a. one day, in the house
b. one night, at the zoo
c. noontime, the garden

60. 4. What is the beginning of the story?
a. Mother Cockroach always tells Buddy
Cockroach to eat healthy foods.
b. Mother Cockroach always tells Buddy
Cockroach to stay in dark places and
hide.
c. Mother Cockroach always tells Buddy
Cockroach to sleep early at night.

61. 5. What is the ending of the story?
a. Buddy Cockroach learned to hide in
dark places.
b. Buddy Cockroach became friends with
the cat.
c. Buddy Cockroach learned to eat
vegetables.

62. Answer Key:
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a

63. After lunch ( at home)
Answer your activity sheet in Araling
Panlipunan.
( see your LM)
* Bring your MATHEMATICS Module
(LM) tomorrow.