Section 4. Point of View
Video 4: Watch Leslie use the Excerpts to Write About activity to teach point of view.
Lesson 13. What Is the Author’s Purpose?
- Prompts for Noticing Point of View
- Write-About-Reading Template: Author’s Point of View
- Excerpt to Write About: Foreword by Jane Goodall From Untamed: The Wild Life of Jane Goodall by Anita Silvey
Lesson 14. Determine Author’s Purpose and Point of View
- Write-About-Reading Template: Notice Perspective
- Excerpts to Write About: “Students Lead the Way” and “Retaliation and Intimidation” From The Split History of the Civil Rights Movement by Nadia Higgins
Lesson 15. Compare and Contrast Accounts
- Prompts for Comparing and Contrasting Accounts
- Write-About-Reading Template: Analyze Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts
- Excerpts to Write About: Freedom’s Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories by Ellen Levine
Lesson 16. Explore Same Topic, Many Points of View