1. Word cloud
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What is a point of view?
2. Slide
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Point of View
Point of view is the way a story is told from a certain perspective. In literature, it can be told from the narrator's point of view or from a character's point of view. Understanding point of view can help you better understand a story.
3. Slide
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Point of View
Point of View: the perspective from which a story or event is seen or told.
First Person Point of View: a narrative mode in which the story is told from the point of view of a character within the story.
Third Person Point of View: a narrative mode in which the story is told from a perspective outside of the characters in the story.
4. Slide
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Did you know?
Point of view is sometimes referred to as 'narrative mode', which is the way a story is narrated to the reader. In literature, the point of view is determined by the person who is telling the story, known as the narrator.
5. Open question
180 seconds
Work together in pairs: Q: What is the difference between first person and third person point of view?
6. Personalised Feedback
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How might the story have been different if it was told from a different character's point of view?
7. Drawings
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Brain break: Draw a dancing banana wearing a top hat and tap shoes, grooving to a funky beat
8. Poll
60 seconds
Who is telling the story in the first person point of view?
- The illustrator
- The author
- A talking animal
- The main character
9. Poll
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What does the third person point of view mean?
- One character tells the story. Use pronouns such as I, me, mine, or my.
- The narrator tells the story using the pronoun "you". The reader is a character.
- The narrator isn't involved in the events of the story. Story is told using pronouns such as "he", "she", "they", or "it".
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