Essential
Skills/Concepts Related to RL/RI 6.6
Point
of View
·
A NARRATOR IS a person who tells a story.
·
The
narrator may be one of the characters in the story, so readers learn what
happened from that character’s point of view.
·
This
is called the first-person point of view. The narrator uses words like I,
me, my, we, and our.
1st
Person Example # 1
As
soon as I walked into the room, I could tell something was wrong with my
computer. I took off my coat and sat down.
1st
Person Example #2
As
soon as Maria and I walked into the room, we could tell something was wrong
with our computer. I took off my coat and sat down.
·
Sometimes
the narrator isn’t a character in the story, but just someone looking in from
the outside and reporting what happened.
·
This
is called the third person point of view. The narrator uses words like he,
she, they, and their.
3rd
Person Example
As
soon as Maria and Mark walked into the room, they could tell something was
wrong with their computer. She took off her coat, hung it up, and sat down.
·
There
is a second-person point of view, but it’s not used very often in
literature.
·
The
narrator talks directly to a character in the story and uses words like you and
your.
2nd
Person Example
As
soon as you walk into the room, you can tell something is wrong with the
computer. You take off your coat, hang it up, and sit down.
·
Literary
works most commonly use either first- or third-person points of view.
·
Using
a second-person point of view to tell a story tends to get tiresome.
·
So
second-person is used more for giving directions, in personal letters, and
sometimes in advertisements.
Essential
Skills/Concepts Related to RL/RI 6.6
Author’s
Purpose
AN AUTHOR’S
PURPOSE is
why he or she wrote something. It might be to:
• inform readers.
Informative
Example
Every
president except George Washington has lived in the White House. However,
Washington did help design the building.
• teach readers how to do
something.
Teaching
Example
To
do a waltz jump, take off from the outside edge of one skate, make a half turn,
and land on the outside edge of the other blade.
• entertain or amuse readers.
Entertaining
Example
The
cat leaped just as Pam came in with a bowl of milk. Pam went down and the milk
went up and then down, on her head!
·
persuade readers to do something.
Persuasive
Example
Good
citizens donate old clothes to charity. It may be hard to give up a favorite
outgrown sweater, but we have needy people in our community. Why not let your
old sweater keep another kid warm this winter instead of hanging it in the
back of your closet?
·
Sometimes
an author has more than one purpose, such as wanting to inform readers but be
entertaining at the same time!
·
To
identify an author’s purpose, ask yourself questions like:
o
Did
I find out something new?
o
Did
I learn how to do something?
o
How
did this make me feel happy, sad, scared, or excited?
o
Did
the author try to get me to do something or think a certain way?
Extension
Activity for RL 6.6
·
Rewrite
a scene from The Absolute Value from the viewpoint or perspective of one of the
characters that we have previously studied (for example - Freak, Mike, Tony,
Joel, Jonas, Petra, and Calder).
·
You
do not have to select a major character, you can also select a minor character
if you would prefer.
Extension
Activity for RI 6.6
·
Create
a Point of View or Author’s Purpose Game based on the article (in your folder).
·
Be
sure to include:
o
Directions
o
Rules
o
#
of Participants
o
Materials/Supplies/Equipment
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