Activity Sheet

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ENGLISH 6
QUARTER 1
Week 9-Day 2
Reading Comprehension
EN6RC-Ii2.24.5
Evaluate narratives based on how the author developed the element:
-point of view
Ppt. by: amlb -SVES-Bińan
 Let’s Try This Revisiting the Previous Lesson

 Can you still recall the title of the

story you read in the previous
meeting?
 What is it all about?
 Who are the characters?
 What problem did the main
character go through in the story?
 How did the story end?
 What is the theme of the story?
 What did you learn about theme?
 Let’s Do This Task 1. Taken from the Story
Now, read the following excerpt from the story, “The Red
Hen and Her Friends.”
Once, there lived a hen with her five chicks. The hen was as red as
beetroot. She had three friends: a duck, a cat, and a dog. They all lived
happily.

What pronouns are used in the narrative?

Who do you think is the narrator in the story? Is he/she one of
the characters? Why do you say so?
From what perspective do you think the narrative is narrated?
Why?
 Let’s Study This UNDERSTANDING POINT OF VIEW

The Point of view refers to the mode of narration that authors employ to let the
readers hear and see what takes place in the story.
Authors use three points of view in telling their story: “We felt like we
“I felt like I was were flying above
1. First person point of flying above the the clouds.”
view involves the use of clouds.”
either of the two pronouns
“I” and “we.” In the first
person point of view, the
narrator who may also be a
character, participates in
the action of the story.
 Let’s Study This 2. Second person point of view employs the
pronoun “you.” In the second point of view, the
“You went writer uses a narrative onlooker who is saying
to school something about you - the reader. “Sometimes,
you have to
that think twice or
morning.” even several
times before you
decide.
3. Third person point of view uses pronouns like “he,” “she,” “it,” “they” or a
name of a character. In the third person point of view, the narrator does not
participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly
what the characters think, and how the characters act and feel. We learn about the
characters through this outside voice.
Let’s Do More Task 2. Let’s Sort Out
With your partner, read each passage from different narratives
and identify the narrators' point of view. Complete the table by
writing the number of the passage under the appropriate
column.

First Person Second Person Third Person

Point of View Point of View Point of View
Passage 1: The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum

The Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's

basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long
time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the
Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in
which the poor creature picked up the nuts. His padded
hands were so clumsy that he dropped almost as many as
he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how
long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep
away from the fire, as he felt that a spark might get into his
straw and burn him up.
Passage 2: The Skull of Truth: A Magic Shop Book by Bruce Coville
and Gary A. Lippincott

To his astonishment, Charlie found himself standing next to his

bicycle, back where he had entered the swamp. That was bizarre
and upsetting but not as bad as the realization that he was still
holding the skull. He thought he had dropped it before he raced
out the door. He certainly hadn't intended to steal the thing. He
didn't even really want it!
Passage 3: Invitation to the Game by Monica Hughes

And we scrounged. Next to survival, scrounge was probably the

most important word in our new vocabulary. We found a store
that was throwing out water-damaged mattresses. Getting them
home was a problem, since we had to make two trips, leaving
Brad and Katie, armed with sticks to guard over the remained. I
truly expected them to be challenged by some gang boss, but
they said that the only person who came by was a scrawny little
rat of a girl living alone. We let her have one of the mattresses.
Passage 4: To Make French Toast

First, take out a skillet to cook and turn the stove on low.
Second, you will melt the butter in the pan and stir it with
a spatula. Third, beat the eggs. Fourth, lay the bread,
white or wheat, on both sides in the eggs. Fifth, sit the
bread on top of butter for 30 seconds and then turn over.
Now, you have a slice of French toast.
Passage 5:

"Do you love candy?" I asked my friend Roxanne. I

always make friends with other people.
Passage 6:

At the pizza place, Tony, the baker, was getting the pizzas ready for
baking. He flattened out a ball of dough into a large pancake and
tossed it in the air. He spread tomato sauce on it, sprinkled it with
cheese, and shoved it in the oven. Then the telephone rang. "A
fellow from the factory wants a large pizza delivered in a hurry,"
Tony's wife called. "OK, I'll get my coat," said Tony.
Let’s Test Ourselves Task 3. Read and Analyze
Read the following excerpts of the narratives then identify the
narrators' point of view. On the blank before each number,
write F if the excerpt of the narrative is in the first person, S if
it is in the second person, and T if it is in the third person.

_____1. Some dark night, Shelly said, "I hate squirrels,” but really she
loved them. Carol said, “They smell,” but really, she loved them too. Both
of them thought that squirrels were pretty cute.

_____2. You are a mountain climber. Three years ago, you spent the summer at
a climbing school in the mountains of Colorado. Your instructors said that you
had natural skills as a climber. You made rapid progress and by the end of the
summer you were leading difficult rock and ice climbs. (excerpt from The
Abominable Snowman by R.A. Montgomery)
_____3. It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body.
We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher
in the school. (excerpt from The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole
and Bruce Degen)

_____4. I have told you, reader, that I had learnt to love Mr. Rochester: I could not unlove
him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me--because I might pass
hours in his presence (excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte)

_____5. Lorraine, Cindy's mother, came out of her bedroom carrying a small mirror. She
peered at her reflection as she walked, carefully examining the lipstick she had just put on.
"Stop whinin' baby. Just straighten things up before you leave for school. I'm late for work."
"I'm not going to school today,” Cindy declared. She waited to see if her mother would get
angry and insist that she go. (excerpt from Someone to Love Me by Anne Schraff)
_____6. We lived on the main residential street in town Atticus, Jem and I, plus
Calpurnia, our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us,
read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment... Our mother died when
I was two, so I never felt her absence. (excerpt from To Kill a Mocking Bird by
Harper Lee)

_____7. They spoke no more until camp was made. Henry was bending over
and adding ice to the bubbling pot of beans. Henry grunted with a tone that
was not sympathy, and for a quarter of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry
staring at the fire, and Bill at the circle of eyes that burned in the darkness just
beyond the firelight. (excerpt from White Fang by Jack London)
_____6. We lived on the main residential street in town Atticus, Jem and I, plus
Calpurnia, our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us,
read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment... Our mother died when
I was two, so I never felt her absence. (excerpt from To Kill a Mocking Bird by
Harper Lee)

_____7. They spoke no more until camp was made. Henry was bending over
and adding ice to the bubbling pot of beans. Henry grunted with a tone that
was not sympathy, and for a quarter of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry
staring at the fire, and Bill at the circle of eyes that burned in the darkness just
beyond the firelight. (excerpt from White Fang by Jack London)
_____8. 168. That’s how many hours there are in a week. If you’re a student,
you probably feel like this isn’t enough. I know … You have so many assignments
to do, projects to work on, and tests to study for. Plus, you have other activities
and commitments. And I’m sure you want to have a social life, too. Wouldn’t it
be nice if you could study smarter (not harder), get good grades, and lead a
balanced life? (excerpt from How to Study Smart: 20 Scientific Ways to Learn
Faster by Daniel Wong)

_____9. As I walked inside the department store, I saw a woman and a child
arguing with each other. The child was asking her mother to buy him an
expensive toy. Then, I remembered my childhood days when I, myself, also did
the same thing.
_____10. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young duck named Ping. Ping
lived with his mother and his father and two sisters and three brothers and
eleven aunts and seven uncles and forty-two cousins. Their home was a boat
with two wise eyes on the Yangtze river. Each morning as the sun rose from the
east, Ping and his mother and his father and sisters and brothers and aunts and
uncles and his forty-two cousins all marched, one by one, down a little bridge to
the shore of the Yangtze river. (excerpt from The Story About Ping by Marjorie
Flack)
 Let’s Enrich Ourselves Task 4. The Search for the Narratives

Complete the table below by writing down in the left

column the titles of the three narratives that you have
read. In the middle column, write down excerpts of the
narratives. Then, write down the corresponding point of
Example: view in the right column.

Title of the Narrative Excerpt Point of View

Once, there lived a hen

The Red Hen and Her with her five chicks. The Third Person
Friends hen was as red as beetroot.
She had three friends: a
duck, a cat, and a dog. They
all lived happily.
 Title of the Excerpt Point of View
Narrative
1.
2.
3.
Let’s Remember This

Narratives provide a lens through which

readers look at the world. Point of view is the
way the author allows you to “see” and “hear”
what’s going on in the story. Skillful authors
can fix their readers’ attention on exactly the
detail, opinion, or emotion they want to
emphasize by manipulating the point of view
of the story.
ANSWER KEY
(For Teachers’ Use Only)
Task 1. Taken from the Story
 her, she, they
 The narrator may be someone who is not one of the characters in the story but sees
what’s going on with all the characters.
 The story is narrated on the third person point of view since it uses third person
pronouns and names of the characters. The narrator does not participate in the action of
the story as one of the characters.

Task 2. Let’s Sort Out

First Person Second Person Third Person
Point of View Point of View Point of View

Passage 3 Passage 4 Passage 1

Passage 5 Passage 2
Passage 6
• Task 3. Read and Analyze
• 1. T
• 2. S
• 3. F
• 4. F
• 5. T
• 6. F
• 7. T
• 8. S
• 9. F
• 10. T

• Task 4. The Search for the Narratives

• Answers may vary.