Lesson 13: Skill: Point of View
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
After reading and discussing a model of close reading, students will be able to identify the author’s use of a particular point of view in a work of fiction to achieve a specific purpose.
1.What is one of your favorite stories?
2.Who tells the story? Is it one of the characters? Or is the narrator a person on the outside who tells the story from the perspective of one or more characters?
Instruction:
CCSS: RL.6.6
Application:
CCSS: RL.6.1, RL.6.6; SL.6.1.A, SL.6.1.C, SL.6.2
DOK 1 - 4
Pair with on-grade-level peers to read the definition.
Group students in mixed-level pairs for peer support as they follow along.
Allow students to work together to highlight and annotate the text, in English or in their native language.
Available scaffold:
visual glossary
speaking frames
annotation guide
Complete Your Turn Activity
Have students complete the multiple-choice questions to demonstrate their understanding of point of view