Identifying the

Elements
of Story
Spelling – Pre- test
1. trigger
2. exhausted
3. hesitated
4. wander
5. contentment
 Tell the meaning of the underlined words
based on how they are used in the sentence.
Choose your answer from the word box.

a. Without respect
b. Tired
c. Sympathy or sorrow
d. A small piece of wood
e. To travel without
direction in mind
1. He was so poor that he was
reduced to eating morsel of food
from his neighbor’s leftover.
2. Panting and exhausted, the fox
finally gave up.
3. He wander around it from
morning till dark.
4. The captain laugh scornfully.
5. She has a hard life and
deserves your pity.
Story Elements.mp4 Parts of a Story Song - Little Songs For Language Arts.mp4

What can you say about

the video clips?
What do the video
clips tell about?
 Recall the elements of the
story you just watched.
Explain the definition of each
element and try to give
examples based on your
previous reading.
Five Elements of the Story
1. A character is a person, or
sometimes even an animal, who
takes part in the action of a short
story or other literary work.
2. The setting of a short story is the time
and place in which it happens. Authors
often use descriptions of landscape,
scenery, buildings, seasons or weather to
provide a strong sense of setting.
3. A plot is a series of
events and character
actions that relate to the
central conflict.
4. The conflict is a struggle
between two people or things
in a short story. The main
character is usually on one
side of the central conflict.
5. The theme is
the central idea or
belief in a short
story.
Read the story “The
Hidden Treasure” then
fill in the story map
with the five elements.

Kids Moral Story - The Hidden Treasure.mp4

 The Hidden Treasure
Once, there was an old man who had
four sons. All four of them were very
lazy.
One day, the old man fell sick and
was counting his last days in bed. He
worried a lot about his sons’ future as
the young men hesitated a lot to work.
The sons believed that luck would
favour them.
 The old man’s health deteriorated every day
and he decided to talk to his sons about their
future. However, his sons did not listen to him.
Finally, the old man decided to play a trick
to let his sons realize the importance of work.
He called all his sons and let them sit near him
on his bed. He said that he had a treasure box
with gold coins and expensive gems for them
and wanted to share the treasure equally among
the four of them.
 The young men were very happy
and asked where his father had placed
the treasure. The old man replied, “I
cannot exactly remember the place
where I have hidden the treasure.
However, the treasure box is buried in
our land. I’m really not sure about the
place where I have hidden the treasure
box.”
 Even though the lazy young
sons were happy, they were sad
that the old man had forgotten
the place where the treasure
was hidden. After a few days,
the old man died. The sons
decided to dig the land to find
the treasure box.
 They worked very hard and dug
their land. They could not find any
treasure box in the land. Finally,
they decided to dig a spot in their
land that was a bit different from the
rest of the area. The sons believed
that the treasure was buried in that
spot. They dug the specific spot
deeply, but got nothing but water.
 A passerby who noticed the land and the
water flowing from the spot talked to the sons
about farming. Upon his advice, the four sons
sowed vegetable seeds, and planted greens and
flowering plants in their land. Since the land
was very fertile with abundant water, within a
few weeks, it became a fertile garden with
nutritious vegetables and greens. The four sons
sold the vegetables at a good price and earned a
good amount of money.
 Then they realized that it was
hard work that was referred to as
‘Treasure Box’ by their father.
Gradually, the four sons overcame
their laziness, worked hard, earned
more money and lived happily.
Hard Work Always Pays.
 I. Title of the Story
II. Characters III. Settings
1. Protagonist Time
2. Antagonist Place
IV. Theme:
Message/ Lesson
V. Plot
1. Introduction
2. Conflict
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Resolution
Write a summary of the story “
The Treasure” base on the
informations in the story map
that include the characters,
setting, conflict, plot, and theme.
 Write C if the phrase or sentence is telling
the character, S if it is setting, P if plot and
T if it is theme.

_____1. In a faraway land Judah.

_____2. His name is Isaac, he was poor.
_____3. He lived in contentment and
happiness.
_____4. The next evening, the dream came
back the second time.
_____5. When he arrived at the bridge,
he found that it was