Strand/Topic: Language Arts Point of View

Expectations:
Reading: 1.9 (begin to) identify, initially with support and direction, the speaker and
the point of view presented in a text and suggest one or two possible alternative
perspectives
Media literacy: 1.5 identify, initially with support and direction, whose point of view
(e.g., that of the hero, the villain, the narrator) is presented in a simple media text
and suggest how the text might change if a different point of view were used

Grade: Date: Feb 12, 2014

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Is there a Connection for Students? Connections
to other Curricular Areas?
Drama curriculum:B1.1 engage in dramatic pal and role
play, with a focus on exploring main ideas and central
characters in stories from diverse communities

Equity/ Diversity and Social Justice (Teacher Actions)

Different people can have different perspectives, try to understand (empathize)

Part 1: Minds On

Review: Point of view meaning

Part 2:Action

Questions to Ask

Can anyone recount Beauty and the Beast?

Matching game as a whole class:

Define: characters, narrator, villain, hero explain
that traditional fairy tales are told by narrator from heros
point of view (with the example of the three little pigs)

Read: No Lie, I Acted Like a Beast

Venn Diagram on white board of how this version differs
from the original story.
Discuss versions - more than just a different point of
view
Write journal entry as Beast, telling how he feels

What does character mean?

What are some common
characters from a fairy tale?
What does character mean? Do
you know some common types of
characters that appear in fairy
tales? Sometimes stories are told
from the heros point of view but
not from them directly. The
Which point of view is this
story from: the hero or the
villain? Is there a villain?
Whats different between this
story and the original?
(version of a story with added
details)
How would you describe this
beast?

Accommodations/
Modifications
(content/process/
product)
Think Pair Share
One-on-one
explanation

One-on-one
explanation
afterwards
Scribing journal
Talk instead of writing

Materials

White board
Matching cards
of Three Little
Pigs that
explain villain,
hero,

White board
Book: No Lie, I
Acted Like a
Beast
Journal
worksheets

DebriefPart 3: Consolidate

Questions to Ask

Have one or two students share their journals, answer

questions from other students as the character.

What would the character

say?

Accommodations /
Differentiation
(content/process/
product)
One on one
discussion of journal

Materials

Review terms: characters, villains, hero, narrator

Assessment Tools (diagnostic/formative/summative)

Completion of worksheet
Class participation
Bringing past lesson to present, present lesson to next lesson
Next Steps
Write their own twist on a traditional narrative

Self Reflection
What went well?

What didnt go so well?

What do I need to change?