Fifth graders explore who is telling a story, from first person to third-person limited and omniscient, and how the narrator's point of view shapes what the reader gets to know.
Students will be able to…
Who tells a story changes what we know of it. What are the points of view a story can use, and how does each shape the reader's view?
Project this and open each card to explore the points of view a story can be told from and how each shapes what the reader knows.
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The same events feel different depending on who tells them. How can you tell who is narrating a story?
Students explore points of view.
Students identify POV in passages.
Students rewrite in a new POV.
Students reflect on POV's effect.
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
Describe how point of view influences a story.
Quote accurately when explaining a text.
Compare characters and narration in a story.
Use narration and point of view in writing.
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Have students take a short scene and rewrite it in a different point of view, then note what the reader now knows or loses, so POV becomes visible. A printable point-of-view worksheet is in the English Language Arts library.
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