Story Detectives
Where the story happens
Setting
A noun you can touch like “ball”
Concrete noun
Words that describe nouns
→ Answer: Adjectives
Words like “and,” “but,” “so”
→ Answer: Discourse markers
Words like “this” and “that”
→ Answer: Demonstrative pronouns
To tell a story again
→ Answer: Retell
Who are in the story
Characters
A noun you cannot see like “love”
→ Answer: Abstract noun
Give an adjective for “car”
→ Answer: (e.g., fast)
Which shows addition: “and” or “but”?
→ Answer: And
Used for something near: “this” or “that”?
→ Answer: This
What comes first in retelling?
→ Answer: Beginning
What goes wrong in the story
Problem
Is “dog” concrete or abstract?
→ Answer: Concrete
What adjective describes “flower” in “beautiful flower”?
→ Answer: Beautiful
Which shows contrast: “but” or “so”?
→ Answer: But
Used for something far: “these” or “those”?
→ Answer: Those
What comes after the beginning?
→ Answer: Middle
How the problem is fixed
Solution
Is “happiness” concrete or abstract?
→ Answer: Abstract
Choose the adjective: “The big dog barked.”
→ Answer: Big
Complete: I was tired, ___ I slept.
→ Answer: So
Fill in: ___ is my book (near).
→ Answer: This
What comes last?
→ Answer: Ending
What we learn from the story
Lesson/Moral
Give one example of an abstract noun
→ Answer: (any correct answer like joy, fear)
Give 2 adjectives to describe a cat
→ Answer: (any correct answer)
Give one discourse marker
→ Answer: (e.g., because, then)
Give 2 demonstrative pronouns
→ Answer: (this, that, these, those)
Name 3 parts of a story
→ Answer: Beginning, Middle, End