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True or False?. ____1. In the 1800’s, India was a colony of great Britain. ____2. In India, a bungalow is a type of house with a large outside porch. ____3. In India, a garden doesn’t necessarily mean a place where veggies are grown. ____4. Although a mongoose is small, it can kill a cobra.
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True or False? ____1. In the 1800’s, India was a colony of great Britain. ____2. In India, a bungalow is a type of house with a large outside porch. ____3. In India, a garden doesn’t necessarily mean a place where veggies are grown. ____4. Although a mongoose is small, it can kill a cobra. ____5. Rudyard Kipling wrote many stories using animals as the main characters. ____6. Knowing about the historical events of a time period is an important part of understanding a story’s setting.
Bungalows in India during the 1800’s had no electricity, indoor plumbing, or air conditioning. There were large porches where the family would gather, and there were often no real doors or windows.
What information is included in a setting? Location: Where does the story take place? In a house? A cave? A Yard? A city? A country? Time: What year, month, season, time of day? Historical Moment: What significant events were happening in the world at the time? All of these things help shape events and influence how characters act, speak, and respond to problems.
What do you know about the setting of RikkiTikkiTavi? Think about all of the elements of setting: time, place, and historical moment. In your writer’s notebook, either write a paragraph or a poem in which you use imagery to describe the setting of the story. OR Sketch a picture drawing details which show the important elements of the setting of the story. You may draw a map of the garden or the house.
