August 31, 2016 Agenda

Learning Target: I can identify the point of

view/perspective in a story. I can rewrite a
section of a story from a different point of
view/perspective.

Brain Buzzer: Open the blue

Literature book to page 52 again.
Reread the story!!! Yes, reread it by
yourself!!!

1) Students independently reread An

American Childhood by Annie Dillard, pg. 5257 of blue Literature book.
2) Review how you rewrite sections from a
different point of viewdiscuss how we rewrote
the section yesterday.

3) Students will work with a partner to rewrite

a section of the story and teacher will give
feedback.
4) Students will independently rewrite a
section of the story if there is time.

Focus on the following paragraph

from page 54 2nd to last
paragraph.
Wordless, we split up. We
were on our turf; we could lose
ourselves in the neighborhood
backyards, everyone for
himself. I paused and
considered. Everyone had
vanished except Mikey Fahey,
who was just rounding the
corner of a yellow brick house.
Poor Mikey, I trailed him. The
driver of the Buick sensibly
picked the two of us to follow.

The man apparently had all

day.
With a partner, rewrite this paragraph from
the point of view/perspective of Peter, one
of the boys who got away. Remember to
write it in 1st person from Peters point of
view. You will only know Peters thoughts
and feelings.
Once everyone is finished, come together
and discuss.
If time, independently rewrite the following
paragraphs from page 56 almost halfway
down. Rewrite it in 1st person from the mans
perspective.

He chased us through the

backyard labyrinths of ten
blocks before he caught us by
our jackets. He caught us and
we all stopped.
We three stood staggering,
half blinded, coughing, in an

obscure hilltop backyard: a

man in his twenties, a boy, a
girl. He had released our
jackets, our pursuer, our
captor, our hero: he knew we
werent going anywhere.

REVIEW:
1

Susan knew she would fail the test.

She hadnt studied at all. Her mother
also felt that Susan would do poorly,
because she always bombed her tests.
Her mom had no faith in her daughter.
What is the point of view?

How do you know?

I asked my uncle for help. He growled

and told me to figure it out myself.
How am I ever going to learn to fish?
What is the point of view?
How do you know?

Sam hated his sisters gerbil. He

thought the gerbil was always
bothering him. Sams friends would
come over and pet the gerbil.
Sometimes they would laugh at the
gerbil. But Sam vowed hed never own
his own gerbil when he got older.
What is the point of view?
How do you know?

Why do things like this always happen

to me? The girls think Im strange
because I love snuggling with my used
Kleenex. I dont think theres anything
wrong with that.
What is the point of view?
How do you know?

She asked me a simple question. She

knew I would say no, but she asked me
anyway.
What is the point of view?
How do you know?

Larry was the best mechanic in town.

He was confident in his own abilities.
He wondered each night if there was a
better mechanic on this planet better
than he was. Greg, on the other hand,
had no confidence in himself at all. He
was a terrible mechanic. He worried
constantly that he couldnt fix any car
very well.
What is the point of view?
How do you know?

Joeys grandmother loved Joey very

much. She always lent him money and
thought about him during the day. She
hoped he would be successful in life.
Joey took her money each week. He
spent the money on Justin Bieber
backstage passes.

What is the point of view?

How do you know?