Year 1 'Anna Hibiscus' Song': reading and writing worksheet

“Characters, setting and plot” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 English unit “'Anna Hibiscus' Song': reading and writing”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 24 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 18 to 20 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Characters, setting and plot

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · English · about 24 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can name the character, setting and plot in a story.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which mark ends this sentence? The dog runs fast ___ Circle it.
full stopquestion mark
2.
Which word starts with the sh sound? Circle it.
shiptentsockbag
3.
Which sentence starts with a capital letter? Circle it.
ali lives here.Ali lives here.

B Watch me, then you4 min

Leo ran to the park after school. The wind was strong. His kite flew high, then got stuck in a tree. His friend Jo climbed up and freed it.

A windy park with a kite high in the sky, and no people

Watch me

Who is it about? Leo, and his friend Jo.

Where and when? In a windy park, after school.

What happens? The kite gets stuck, then Jo helps.

Now you

1.
At the end, Leo smiled and said thank you. How did he feel? Circle the word.
happycrosssleepy
2.
Where does Leo's story happen? Circle it.
in a parkin a busunder the sea

C Your turn8 min

Read each question out loud. Then do what it says.

1.
Write each card in the right column.
Miaa sunny beachMia builds a sandcastleDada windy hillThen the tide comes in
Character Setting Plot
2.
Circle the character's name: Nia laughed while rain tapped the window.
Nialaughedrainwindow
3.
Join each person to the place where they spend their working day.
Lila, the bakerSam, the teacherOmar, the farmer
farmschoolbakery
4.
Number these plot steps in the right order.
1. Mia laughs and shouts
2. Mia gets wet in the waves
3. Mia runs down to the sea

Say it out loud: Which part of a story tells you who? Which part tells you where and when? Which part tells you what happens?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A sandy beach with a sandcastle near the waves, and no people

Kit says: “The setting is what happens in the story.”

1.
Kit has mixed up two words. Circle what the setting really is.
where and when the story happenswhat happens in the storythe people in the story

E Think deeper4 min

Make up a short story with a character, a setting and a plot. Read it aloud to a grown-up.

1.
Write three sentences: a character, a setting, and a plot event.

How did it feel?2 min

Think about the story you read today. Did it feel happy, or did it feel busy? Tell your grown-up.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Characters, setting and plot · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. full stop If they circle question mark, they may think it is asking something. Ask: does this sentence ask a question? No, so it ends with a full stop.

2. ship If they circle sock, they may hear only the s. Say the sounds slowly: sh, i, p. Then s, o, ck.

3. Ali lives here. If they circle the first sentence, ask them to point to the very first letter of each one. Which one is a capital?

B

1. happy If they circle cross, they may be reading one moment, not the ending. Ask: was Leo smiling at the end?

2. in a park If they circle under the sea, they may be guessing. Ask: where did Leo run after school?

C

1. Plot: Mia builds a sandcastle, Then the tide comes in · Setting: a sunny beach, a windy hill · Character: Mia, Dad If Mia is put under Setting, they may think names are places. Ask: is this a person or a place?

2. Nia If they circle rain, they may be picking out what the weather does. Ask: who is doing the laughing?

3. Lila, the baker → bakery; Sam, the teacher → school; Omar, the farmer → farm If they join a person to the wrong place, ask what that person does all day, and where they do it.

4. 1 Mia runs down to the sea · 2 Mia gets wet in the waves · 3 Mia laughs and shouts If they put the laughing first, they may be reading the last line first. Ask: what has to happen before Mia can get wet?

D

1. where and when the story happens If they circle what happens in the story, they have mixed setting up with plot. Ask: is the setting where, or what happens?

E

1. Look for: Three sentences: one names a character, one says where and when, one says what happens next.

Words to use

Say“Who is it about? Where and when is it? What happens?”

Instead of“Just tell me the ending.”

After the sheet

At bedtime, tell a three-part story about a toy: who it is, where it is, and what happens. Ask your child to point to each part.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

9 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Happiness in the Story(with a plan)
Speaking as Anna(with a plan)
Describing a place with words(with a plan)
Senses and sentences(with a plan)
Feeling words that fit(with a plan)
Describing my family(with a plan)
Starting a letter to Anna(with a plan)
Sharing your news(with a plan)
Ending my letter(with a plan)

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