Grade 1 · Reading · Lesson 10

Main Characters and Setting

Every story has two key ingredients you need to find: the main character and the setting. Once you can spot these, you understand the whole shape of the story.

What this lesson teaches

1Identify the main character as the person or animal the story is mostly about
2Distinguish the main character from minor characters using story evidence
3Identify the setting as the place
4Time where the story happens

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