Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain that setting includes time, place and the social, cultural and historical situation. (Guide: “Setting is a world, not only a place”)
- I can explain how details of setting convey the values of a society or household. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice question 5)
- I can explain how setting can shape characters’ options and create conflict. (Guide: “Reading setting in a longer work”; Practice question 6)
- I can explain how stage directions and props create setting in a play. (Guide: “Setting in drama”; Practice question 7)
Skills
- I can read the arrangement of people and spaces as evidence of rank. (Guide: Worked example 2, Steps 2 and 3; Practice questions 3 and 5)
- I can identify a contrast between places and say what it conveys. (Guide: Worked example 2, Step 4)
- I can use only the text’s details to describe a social or historical situation. (Guide: “Checking your inference”; Practice question 2)
- I can write a short explanation of social division using two details. (Practice question 8)
Reasoning
- I can explain how a setting is arranged to make an absence visible. (Practice questions 7 and 9)
- I can explain how a Prologue or opening description sets up the conflict before characters speak. (Guide: Worked example 1)
- I can say what a setting detail adds to the conflict, not only to the scenery. (Guide: “Strong and weak statements about setting in longer works”)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 3.4 study guide, Significant events in a plot, or return to the revision notes.