Author’s Purpose, Point of View & Perspective
What's Included:
1. Google Slides Presentation: 19 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the different types of POV.
2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- 1st person, 2nd person, and three types of 3rd person POV. There is also a Quizizz vocabulary practice embedded into the slides!
3. Whole Class Practice: Read through 6 different examples and students determine the type of POV used. (Answer key Included)
4. Student Practice: This can be used independently or with a partner. Quest activities can be completed digitally on the google slides or on paper.
Quest 1: Determine the type of POV from short paragraphs Quest 2: Determine POV from excerpts of famous books. Quest 3 & 4: Write POV sentences based on a picture Quest 5: Determine the type of 3rd person narration used in 3 paragraphs. Students will the write their own 3rd person POV paragraph given a prompt.
5. Answer Key and Instructions: Find your instructions, links, and answer key all on one PDF document.
Delivery: Google Slides Links, PDF Copies
What's Included:
1. Google Slides Presentation: 18 creative and colorful slides that will help your students understand the basics of argument and claims.
2. Vocabulary and Definitions: Introduces and explains- Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal Irony There is also a Quizizz vocabulary practice embedded into the slides!
3. Whole Class Practice: After a turn and talk activity where students work together to determine the differences between the types of irony, read through 6 different examples and students determine the type of irony used. (Answer key Included)
4. Student Practice: This can be used independently or with a partner. Quest activities can be completed digitally on the google slides or on paper.
Quest 1: Analyze if a situation is irony or coincidence. Quest 2: Identify how 4 different images represents irony Quest 3: Analyzing the song Ironic Quest 4: Analyzing a newspaper article to determine how irony is represented. Quest 5: Write a text message conversation that represents verbal irony
5. Answer Key and Instructions: Find your instructions, links, and answer key all on one PDF document.
Delivery: Google Slides Links, PDF Copies
In order to understand why an author would use irony, students need to understand irony and the different types. With this mini lesson, you will teach your middle school students the three types of irony, how to recognize it, and the purpose of each type.
Wow! I always wonder why it is so hard for middle school students to determine author's point of view and purpose? Is it because they struggle to put themselves in other's shoes? Is it because it takes a mature level of analyzing? I'm just not sure {but when I figure it out, I will write a book all about it! haha! }. However, what I do know is that this lesson is a great way to introduce determining author's purpose and point of view in informational text.
What's Included In This Mini Lesson:
Colorful Google Slides Presentation: 16 slides that includes RI 6 Common Core vocabulary (Author's Purpose, Author's Point of View, Analyze, Evidence, Conflicting Evidence)
Foldable: Help students keep up with their notes with a vocabulary foldable.
Class Activity: Students will work in pairs to read an article about the US penny. They will analyze the article to determine tone, author's purpose, author's point of view, and highlight evidence and conflicting evidence. Answers are included in the slides.
5 Quests:
Quest #1, #2, #3: These activities are designed to get students to practice using the skill of determining author's purpose and point of view by providing prompts to scaffold the ability to analyze an informational text. Links to the NewsELA articles I used with my class are included, however, you can use any informational text with these Quests! Answer Key for this part in not included due to variation of potential articles.
Quest #4, #5: The final two activities are designed to make the concepts relevant. Students will read a scenario and determine which side they are on. They will complete a chart to explain their position and possible conflicting positions and evidence. Next, they will write a point of view sentence to clearly state their opinion. Finally, they will write a paragraph to persuade and inform others. Answer Key for this part in not included due to answers being based on student opinion.
This Download Includes:
Google Slides Guide: As you guide your students in the investigation, use these slides to help you stay on track and as a visual tool for displaying instructions.
Student Printables: Creative sheets to keep your students engaged in the activity
Cross Examination Questions: 8 questions that will help your students deepen their understanding of perspective and point of view and make it relevant for them.
Collaboration Ideas: Teacher instructions include ideas and tips to make this activity collaborative and engaging.
Teacher instruction sheet: Includes start and end times for the clips, what to say, and how to get your class to go about coming up with the definition for point of view.
Delivery: All downloads are PDFs and There is a link to the Google Slides in the Teacher Instructions
Note: You will need the movie, Hoodwinked for this activity.
Anytime we come up and apply our own meaning to a word or idea, it just sticks and clicks. This activity will guide students to creating their own definition for Point of View and Perspective while watching clips from Hoodwinked. They will work collaboratively to create their definitions and answer questions that help them deepen their understanding of the terms.