TEKS 5.10E: Identify Literary Devices
Point of View
About this lesson
Learning Target: I can determine the point of view a passage is told from and how that effects my understanding of the text.
Focuses On:
- Determining the point of view
- Identifying the narrator
- Understanding how point of view effects the reader's knowledge of the text
Builds On:
4.10E
Identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view
Next Level:
6.9E
Identify the use of literary devices, including omniscient and limited point of view, to achieve a specific purpose
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This lesson is designed to support student understanding of point of view and how if effects the reader's insight into characters and their feelings. Students begin by sorting sentences by tenses and reviewing basic characteristics of different points of view.
The two instructional blocks in this lesson focus on determining the point of view and its impact on the reader. In the first instructional block students name the point of view and the narrator in various types of text.
In the second instructional block students analyze how the point of view of a text determines what the reader knows about the actions and characteristics of the characters in a text.
Passages are intentionally built throughout the lesson to support deeper understanding and provide authentic ways to practice the skill.
Grade 5ELARTEKS 5.10E