Strand/Topic: Language Arts Point of View

Grade: 1/2

Expectations:

Is there a Connection for Students? Connections to other

Curricular Areas?

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

Date: Feb 5, 2014

Equity/ Diversity and Social Justice (Teacher Actions)

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

Part 1: Minds On

Ask for volunteer retell of The Three Little Pigs

Read The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Part 2:Action

Questions to Ask

Class discussion:
Statements to be sorted into sections based on whos
point of view it is. Students will respond by howling or
oinking.

Write newspaper article from either: pigs point of view

or wolfs point of view

Accommodations/
Modifications
(content/process/
product)

Materials

What does point of view

mean?
Which point of view is
the original story from?
New story?

Explanation
Think pair share

White board
Book: The
True Story of
the Three
Little Pigs

What is similar about the

two stories, what is
different?
IS the wolf a trustworthy
narrator? Is the pig?
Can you imagine how
the wolf feels if the only
story we know is the one
from the pigs point of
view?
What are parts of a
newspaper article

Think Pair Share

More structure to
the articles (more
words written,
student to fill in
specific adjectives,
statements etc)

White board
Newspaper
article
worksheets
(one for pig,
one for wolf)

DebriefPart 3: Consolidate

Questions to Ask

Share Newspaper articles

Discuss how point of view is personal, so that means
there may not be a right or wrong

Which point of view is

correct?

Accommodations /
Differentiation
(content/process/
product)

Materials

Think Pair Share

Personal
discussions (to
assess whether
student
understands)

Assessment Tools (diagnostic/formative/summative)

Class participation in sorting statements, discussion
Writing: Do articles reflect the point of view of the character assigned?
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?