August 30, 2016 Agenda

Learning Target: I can identify the point of

view/perspective in a story. I can explain how the
story would be different if told from a different
point of view/perspective.

Brain Buzzer: Get a blue Literature

book from the bookshelf. Open the
book to page 52. Be prepared to
identify whose point of view the story
is told from.
1) Read and discuss An American
Childhood by Annie Dillard, pg. 52-57 of
blue Literature book.
2) How would this part of the story be
different if.

**Your literature book should be open to

page 52. The teacher or a volunteer will
begin reading the story An American
Childhood by Annie Dillard. At various
points, stop and discuss the story and
characters to make sure everyone
understands the story.
1. Whose point of view/perspective is the
story told from?
2. It is written in 1st or 3rd person?
3. What do you know about the narrator
based on the story?
4. Think about the man who was chasing
them? How do you think he felt? What
was he thinking during this story?
5. What do you think the man said to
them after You stupid kids,? (keep it
clean)
6. How do you think Mikey felt during all
this?

7. What do you think the boys who got

away were thinking after the man
started chasing just Mikey and Annie?

If time..
Reread the following paragraphs from
the story. (page 54 about halfway
down)
I had just embarked on the
iceball project when we heard tire
chains come clanking from afar. A
black Buick was moving toward us
down the street. We all spread out,
banged together some regular
snowballs, took aim, and, when
the Buick drew nigh, fired.
A soft snowball hit the drivers
windshield right before the
drivers face. It made a smashed
star with a hump in the middle.
Often, of course, we hit our
target, but this time, the only time

in all of life, the car pulled over

and stopped. Its wide black door
opened; a man got out of it,
running. He didnt even close the
car door.
He ran after us, and we ran
away from him, up the snowy
Reynolds sidewalk. At the corner, I
looked back; incredibly, he was
still after us. He was in city
clothes: a suit and tie, street
shoes.
Lets work together to rewrite this
small section from the mans point of
view/perspective. Remember we want
to write it in 1st person as if the man is
the one writing.