Date: 2/23/2017 Setting: Resource Room (Grade 5)

Subject: Language Arts Lesson: Introducing Point of View

Grade: 5 Time: 30 minutes

Objective & Big idea: The authors point of view impacts how a story is written or told.
Standards
Objective: Students will differentiate between first, second, and third person
narrative writing.

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 - Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of
view influences how events are described.

Materials Flocabulary POV video (3:07)

Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
POV Anchor Chart
Examples
Highlighters
Practice Sheets
Pencils
Plicker cards (pre-prepared)
iPhone or iPad
Laptop
Writers Notebook

Opening Read Aloud: Voices in the Park Accommodations

This book is about the same story told in different
5 minutes ways
While I read, I want you to look for the similarities Allow students to
and differences of these different ways. jot down notes to
(4 different narrators with different perspectives) keep track of
The authors point of view changes the way the ideas as I read
story is told.
How did the story change with each new voice?
In our own writing, why might it be good to use
different points of view?
What might be easy or hard about using different
points of view?
In this unit, we are going to look at how the POV
changes the way our stories are told.
Today, we are going to focus on different types of
points of view.

Presentation Watch Flocabulary POV Video (3:07)

POV Anchor Chart
5 minutes Revisit each POV, including keywords to help
identify the POV
Guided & We Do
Individual 3 example sentences - identify POV and
Practice keywords as a class
Gulp! I was so scared. This was the craziest Read examples
13 minutes thing we had ever done! I looked down at the and practice
huge drop below me. My friend had already problems aloud
jumped, and now it was my turn to go as she while they are
cheered me on. (First Person) visible to
Your turn is next. You look over the edge and students.
see how far you will fall. Youre going to have
to be brave, take a deep breath, and jump! Students or
(Second Person) teacher physically
Ms. Jankowski was terrified. She was about highlight
to do the craziest thing in her life. Her hands keywords as they
were shaking, but she knew she had to do it. are identified
She took a deep breath and jumped off of
the bridge. She hoped that the bungee cord
would catch her! (Third Person)
You Do
Distribute writing sheet, students will complete Provide
individually. highlighters to
Identify if the examples are written in first, visually highlight
second, or third person, and underline the keywords.
keywords. Create an example sentence for each
POV

Closing Plickers Challenge Use color-coded

(use as data as formative assessment) answer choices on
7 minutes Next week, we will start to practice using different plickers card
points of view in our writing. (front & back) to
help students
Extra time/Early finish: POV Practice - Freewrite answer questions.

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