Describing Setting

What are the five ways you can describe a setting

In the following sentence what describes the WHERE of the settting?

Jill and Emily ran outside into the snow. It was a beautiful morning.

• Jill and Emily ran outside into the snow.

• It was a beautiful morning.

• Jill and Emily ran outside into the snow. It was a beautiful morning.

Which of the follwong sentences describes the WHAT of the setting?

It was a beautiful morning. They looked around, and there was fluffy, shining snow surrounding the house. Sounds of a strong wind were blowing through the trees. The snow was so appealing that the girls made a tall, cheerful snowman in the front yard!

• It was a beautiful morning. They looked around, and there was fluffy, shining snow surrounding the house. Sounds of a strong wind were blowing through the trees. The snow was so appealing that the girls made a tall, cheerful snowman in the front yard!

• It was a beautiful morning.

• They looked around, and there was fluffy, shining snow surrounding the house.

• The snow was so appealing that the girls made a tall, cheerful snowman in the front yard!

In this short passage what tells the WHEN of the setting?

It was a beautiful morning. They looked around, and there was fluffy, shining snow surrounding the house. Sounds of a strong wind were blowing through the trees.

• It was a beautiful morning.

• It was a beautiful morning. They looked around, and there was fluffy, shining snow surrounding the house.

• They looked around, and there was fluffy, shining snow surrounding the house.

In this short passage what tells the SMELL of the setting?

They gathered up the snow in their hands. The snow smelled crisp, and it was cold. The girls had a great day in the snow!

• They gathered up the snow in their hands.

• The snow smelled crisp, and it was cold.

• The girls had a great day in the snow!

• They gathered up the snow in their hands. The snow smelled crisp, and it was cold. The girls had a great day in the snow!

In the follwing passage what does the charaters hear in the setting?

Sounds of a strong wind were blowing through the trees. The snow was so appealing that the girls made a tall, cheerful snowman in the front yard!

• The snow was so appealing that the girls made a tall, cheerful snowman in the front yard!

• Sounds of a strong wind were blowing through the trees. The snow was so appealing that the girls made a tall, cheerful snowman in the front yard!

• Sounds of a strong wind were blowing through the trees.

What are the way(s) you can describe a setting?

• Hear

• What

• Smell

• When

• Where