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LadderofLearning:PointofView

Youwillclimbtheladderbyansweringthefollowingquestions.Foreachsectionoftheladder,choosea
questiontoansweraboutyourleveledreader.Thequestionswillgetharderasyougo!Dontgiveup.Besureto
useevidencefromthestoryandanswerincompletesentences.

Chooseaquestionandcircleit: Answer:
1. Definefirstandthirdpersonpointofview.
2. Whotoldthestory?
3. Writedownasentencefromthepassagethat
showstheauthorspointofview.
4. Whatisthepointofview?
5. Whoisthenarratorofthisstory?

Chooseaquestionandcircleit: Answer:
1. Howdoestheauthorspointofviewaffectthe
eventsinthestory?
2. Whatsentencefromthepassagebest
supportstheauthorspointofview?
3. Whatisthedifferencebetweenfirstandthird
personpointofview?
4. Howdoestheauthorfeelabouttheproblemin
thestory?
5. Whatdoestheauthorthinkismostimportant?

Chooseaquestionandcircleit: Answer:
1. Whatstrategiescanyouusetodeterminethe
authorspointofview?
2. Iftheauthorrewrotethisfromanopposing
viewpoint,whatwouldneedtochange?
3. Whatquestionswouldyouasktheauthor
abouthisorherpointofview?
4. Howcouldyouchangethisnarrativesothatit
iswrittenfromadifferentpointofview?
5. Whateventsinthenarrativewouldchangeif
thenarrativewaswrittenfromadifferent
characterspointofview?



Chooseaquestionandcircleit: Answer:
1. Whydoyouthinktheauthorchosetowrite
fromthepointofviewtheychose?
2. Doyouthinktheauthormadethebestchoice
whenchoosingwhichpointofviewtowrite
from?Whyorwhynot?

Chooseaquestionandcircleit: Answer:
1. Whatwouldyouhavedonedifferentlyfrom
themaincharacter?
1. Wouldthestorybebetterifitwaswrittenfrom
adifferentcharacterspointofview?Ifso,
who?
2. Doyouagreewiththeauthorspointofview?
Whyorwhynot?

Chooseaquestionandcircleit: Answer:
1. Rewritethestoryfromadifferentcharacters
pointofview.
1. Writeadiaryentryfromthemaincharacters Completethisactivityonanothersheetofnotebook
pointofview. paperandstapleittothissheet
2. Pretendthestorywaswrittenaboutyou.
Rewritethethestoryfromyourpointofview.
3. Turnthestoryintoascriptwithdialogue.