Intensive Reading: Short Story - Setting (Time and Place)

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 8 English | Theme 2.0 Scientific Innovations | Sub-Strand 2.4.1 Intensive Reading: Short Story - Setting (2 Lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Identify the setting - time and place - of a short story
• Highlight the episodes in the short story chronologically
• Appreciate the differences in culture and setting

Summary

Setting is more than a backdrop — where and when a story happens shapes what characters can plausibly do and how events unfold. This topic covers identifying the time and place of a story, tracking its episodes in order, and noticing how a different setting can mean a different culture entirely.