Select a children's story, and answer the following questions to build
an understanding of the above literary elements.
| Setting | Where and when does the
story take place? Can the setting be changed to another time and place and still work? |
| Plot | What are the two most significant events in the story? What is the conflict or problem? Is the solution appropriate? Can you come up with a better one? |
| Characters | Who are the major
characters? Describe them in a few sentences. Have they grown or changed in the story? If yes, how? |
| Theme | Is there a message in the story? What is it? Summarize it in 1-2 sentences. |
| Style | Is the writing appropriate to your pupils' level? Is the language too flowery or figurative for your pupils? Can you rewrite it in simpler language if the answer to the above question is YES? |