My View versus the Narrator's View
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Objective
I can tell the difference between my point of view and the narrator's point of view in a story.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
In a story told from third person, the narrator is outside of the story, but in a story told from first person the narrator is a character in the story.
- 2
A first person story creates closeness between the reader and the narrator, while a third person narrator is necessarily a bit removed from the characters.
- 3
In second person, the narrator addresses the story to the reader using the word 'you'.
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Practice
3 questions
Imagine you are telling a story about a day at the park. Give an example of a sentence you might use if you were telling the story from your own point of view (first person).
In the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears,' the narrator tells us what Goldilocks is doing and thinking, but we don't know what the bears are thinking. What point of view is the story told from?
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Exit ticket
Quick comprehension check
“Imagine you are reading a story about a girl named Lily who lost her dog. Here are two sentences from the story: Sentence 1: I felt so sad when my dog ran away. I miss playing fetch with him. Sentence 2: Lily's mom saw Lily crying. She knew Lily was very upset that Buster was missing. Which sentence is from Lily's point of view? Which sentence is from someone else's point of view?”
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