English 4-Q4 Week 1

Write a short story

(fiction/nonfiction) with its
complete elements EN4WC-
IId-20
Let’s Try!
Read and identify the word described by the following statement. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

The final part of the story is called the __________.

a. Character
b. ending
c. problem
d. solution
This refers to where and when the story happened.
a. character
b. ending
c. problem
d. setting
This is the difficulty the characters are trying to overcome.
a. character
b. ending
c. problem
d. solution
This is how the problem is solved in the story.
a. ending
b. problem
c. setting
d. solution
These are the ones who take part in the story.
a. character
b. problem
c. setting
d. solution
Let’s Discover!
Read the short story and answer the questions below.

Learn to Wait

The little hen had learned to wait, but the little rooster had not.
Once they were walking together, and they came to a garden in
which was a bed of unripe strawberries. The hen said, "Let us wait
until the berries are ripe, and then we will come back and get some
of them." The rooster, however, would not wait, and ate green
berries until he got a bad pain in his stomach. He ran home as fast
as he could, and the little hen made him a plaster and gave him
tea, else the poor rooster would certainly have died.
 Another time, on a hot summer day, the little hen and rooster went together to the fields, and they were so warm that the perspiration stood out in drops all over them. They came to a clear, running brook, the water of which
looked good to drink. The rooster wanted to drink at once, but the hen said, "My dear rooster, don't drink yet. Wait until you are coo. I will wait, too." But the rooster was impatient, and drank at once as much as he wished.
 Before he could get home, he was taken suddenly ill and had to lie down in the field. The hen ran home and brought help. The doctor gave him bad medicine, and he had to lie in bed a long time but a last he got well
again. The hen thought that now at least the little rooster had learned to wait. But when winter came, and the water began to freeze, the rooster wanted to go sliding on the ice before it was hard. Then the hen said, "I beg
you, my dear rooster, wait a few days, and we'll go together."
 But the rooster would not wait. He ran out on the thin ice—it cracked—it broke—he fell through into the water and was drowned! The poor hen cried bitterly and said: "If my poor rooster had only learned to wait, he would
not have drowned."
1.Who are the characters in the story?
________________________________________
2. Where did the story happen?
________________________________________
3. What are the main events in the story?
________________________________________
5 Elements of the Story
• Character is a person or sometimes an animal, who takes part in the action of the story.It answers the question: Who are the characters in the story?

• Setting refers to the place and time the story happened.

It answers the question: Where and when did the story happen?
• Problem is the difficulty the characters are trying to overcome or solve.

It answers the question: What goes wrong?

• Solution is how the problem in the story is solved.
It answers the question: How do the characters fix the problem?

• Ending refers to the final part of the story.

It answers the question: How did the story end
Let’s Apply!
Based on the story we read outline the story to organize your ideas, write the title, the characters, setting, beginning, problem, solution, and ending.

Title:_____________
Characters:__________
Setting:___________
Beginning:________________-
Problem:______________
Solution:____________
Ending:_____________
Let’s Do It!
Identify the elements of a short story in each
number.

1. It refers to the place where the characters are and

where the story happened.
2. It is the difficulty the characters are trying to
overcome or solve.
3. It is a person or sometimes an animal, who takes
part in the action of the story.
4. It is how the problem in the story is solved.

5. It refers to the final part of the story.

Let’s Answer !
Read the short story below. Complete the outline using the template. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper
Erika at the Market
Erika and her mother are going to visit her grandfather in Bagbaguin, Santa Maria in Bulacan. They stopped by the market to buy her grandfather some fruits. Erika passed by the small toy store and stopped. She was so
amazed by the colorful toys. She was specially stunned by the toy horse. She turned around to ask her mother to buy it for her. .
 But when she looked behind her, her mother is not there. She looked left and right but her mother is nowhere to be found. She is unfamiliar with the place and she does not know what to do. Erika started
to cry. The person at the toy store got worried and called a security guard. “What is wrong little girl?” the security guard asked her. Erika told the guard that she got lost. The she was brought to the market’s
office where her mother was worriedly waiting for her. She ran towards her and hugged her tightly. “Oh, mama I was so worried. From now on, I will always hold your hand when we are outside.” said Erika.
 Erika’s mother thanked the security guard and they went to buy some fruits for her grandfather. “Lolo! Lolo! I
have a great story to tell you!” Erika shouted when they reached her grandfather’s house.
Based on the story we read outline the story to organize your ideas, write the title, the characters, setting, beginning, problem, solution, and ending.

Title:_____________
Characters:__________
Setting:___________
Beginning:________________-
Problem:______________
Solution:____________
Ending:_____________