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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Analyze Point of View in Literary Texts/fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will learn to identify the primary points of view used in fiction and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Venn Diagram, 3 Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A printable Venn Diagram with three circles to use when comparing and contrasting three things or topics. Directions on how to use this graphic organizer as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Mob's Voice vs. Hero's Voice

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this instructional activity, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is used to get students to explore point of view and issues related voice in writing and social justice. This instructional activity requires the...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Poetry: Varying Views of America

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson allows young scholars to examine the various views of American perspective through studying three poems by diverse poets: "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman, "I, Too, Sing America" by Langston Hughes, and "On the Pulse of...
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Tom Richey

Slide Share: Author's Purpose and Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This downloadable slideshow focuses on how an author's purpose and point of view work together in fiction and nonfiction, and how to identify the point of view.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Literature: Exploring Point of View

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains point of view by discussing examples of situations where mutiple people witness an event, but have different perspectives on what occured. It offers a link at the bottom of the page to information about types of point...