ELA.4.R.1.3

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Identify the narrator’s point of view and explain the difference between a narrator’s point of view and character perspective in a literary text.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: The term perspective means “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.” The term point of view is used when referring to the person of the narrator. This is to prevent confusion and conflation.
General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 4
Strand: Reading
Standard: Reading Prose and Poetry
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5010030: Functional Basic Skills in Communications-Elementary (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010045: Language Arts - Grade Four (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
7710015: Access Language Arts - Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5010024: Basic Skills in Reading 3-5 (Specifically in versions: 2021 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010104: Introduction to Debate Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2020 - 2022, 2022 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
5010015: English for Speakers of Other Languages Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2022 and beyond (current))

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ELA.4.R.1.AP.3: Identify the narrator’s point of view and character perspective in a literary text.

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Lesson Plans

Changing the Point of View:

In this lesson, students will determine the point of view of each paragraph and rewrite each paragraph in another point of view. They will also explain how changing the point of view changes the paragraph. Several student and teacher handouts are provided with the lesson.

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Point of View: Examining Four Types of Point of View:

In this lesson, students will identify and describe first person point of view, as well as third person limited, objective, and omniscient points of view. Several student and teacher handouts are provided with the lesson.

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Reading of the Folk Tale "The Sly Fox and The Little Red Hen":

This lesson will provide an in-depth look at the folk tale, "The Sly Fox and The Little Red Hen." By the completion of the lesson, students will have described the different character perspectives. They will also have written a new version of the folk tale based on the things they learned about the characters and that puts a twist on the original version.

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Discovering Florida's Past with A Land Remembered (Lesson 1 of 2):

Explore the adventures of the MacIvey family with A Land Remembered Student Edition, Volume 1. Tag along as the family overcomes tragedy in the Florida wilderness while learning to use evidence in the text to support thinking. In this lesson students will learn about what life was like for pioneers in Florida. Students will relate to the characters by writing journal entries from a character's perspective.

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