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Directions:Date:Read each story excerpt. In it are clues that will help you conclude if it is set in the
past, present, or future. Write your conclusion about the setting and why.An author gets you ready to read by setting the
stage—telling you where and when the story
takes place.- Captain Newton woke up in a small
barren room with a single way out, but
when he tried it, he was stopped by a
force field. “I can cut through it with
my laser,” thought the captain, but
when he reached for it, it was gone.
Luckily the Delaxians had not removed
his portable communicator...
The setting is in the ______________________I concluded this from ____________________
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_____________________________________- Susan put on her best dress and bonnet.
Today her family would join many
others on a wagon train west. She’d
heard stories, of course, about exciting
things and scary things other settlers
had encountered. She petted Old Jed’s
nose. “You’ll be all right,” she said
aloud, more to reassure herself than
the horse.
The setting is in the ______________________I concluded this from ____________________
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_____________________________________- Steven sat on the porch with his dad,
staring at the clear night sky. The
moon was full and bright. Just a few
days ago, they heard on the news that
John Glenn had become the first
American to orbit the Earth in a
spacecraft. Steven looked at the moon
and said, “Do you think people will
ever reach as far as the moon, Dad?”
The setting is in the ______________________I concluded this from ____________________
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_____________________________________- On Friday the Burks got into their van
and headed for the video store. The store
was having a promotion. If your rental
receipt had a red star, you won a coupon
good for five free movie rentals. The
children waited eagerly as the clerk rung
up their selection. And, there it was, plain
as day—a big red star on the receipt!
The setting is in the ______________________I concluded this from ____________________
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