Story Elements
This is where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
This author has visited St. George's twice. She wrote the novel Because of Winn Dixie and the Mercy Watson books.
Who is Kate DiCamillo?
This genre can have made up worlds with wizards and dragons.
What is fantasy?
In this mock newbery title, each chapter is told by a different character.
What is Operation Frog Effect?
These are the individuals that the story is about.
What are characters?
This author wrote the book The Legend of Zoey.
Who is Candice Moonshower?
This genre is set in the present day time period and could have happened. Andrew Clements books are usually this genre.
In the mock newbery book Coyote sunrise, name one of the questions Rodeo would ask to enter the bus.
What is your favorite sandwich? What is your favorite place? What is your favorite book?
This is the actual story around which the book is based.
What is plot?
C.S. Lewis wrote this famous series.
What is the Chronicles of Narnia?
These books take place in the past and can be about real events that happended, but with fictional characters.
What is historical fiction?
This mock newbery book was the graphic novel that won the 2020 Newbery Medal.
What is New Kid?
This is the main idea, belief, moral or lesson of the story.
What is theme?
This is the name of Allie's art book in Fish in a Tree.
What is The Sketchbook of Impossible Things?
This genre is a non-fiction book about someone's life.
What is a biography?
The very first Mock Newbery book The One and Only Ivan has a sequel coming out on May 5. Name the title of the sequel.
What is The One and Only Bob?
Most stories have this challenge or problem around which the plot is based.
What is conflict?
This genre leaves the reader with clues to solve.
What is a mystery?