Notice a setting effect

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear.
• Primary check: Form: four short poem lines. Narration sample: We hid from the rain. Sound phrase: seven silver stars.
• An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.
• Original fable: A fox boasted that its paper boat was fastest. A turtle quietly checked the boat for holes. When water entered the fox’s boat, the turtle offered a dry leaf for a patch. The fox thanked the turtle and stopped boasting. This invented animal tale can support a lesson about careful preparation and accepting help. It does not establish facts about real animal behavior.

Learn the idea

A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship.

Find the condition in the narration, then connect it to the action the passage actually describes.

Example to read or listen to: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. The answer is darkness. The relevant input states: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. This fits darkness. A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship. Do not assume an unstated weather condition.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Find the condition in the narration, then connect it to the action the passage actually describes.
3. Check the worked solution: darkness. The relevant input states: Form: fox and crow learn not to boast, a fable. Narration sample: I lit a candle because it was dark. Sound phrase: big brown bear. This fits darkness. A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship. Do not assume an unstated weather condition.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Write four original poem lines about a rainy bus stop. Include a first-person word, one action caused by the rain and one alliterative phrase. Explain how the line form makes it a poem and how the sound phrase differs from rhyme. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: A setting can affect what a character needs to do. A dark room may require light; rain may lead to shelter. Use an explicit condition and action relationship.

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