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English · Grade 6

Narrator, Perspective and Language

Learners read one classroom mishap told by three different narrators, a storm description full of figurative language, Carl Sandburg's public-domain poem “Fog,” and two very different descriptions of the same cafeteria. They identify points of view and what each narrator can know, interpret similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole, analyze how word choice creates tone and mood, and rewrite a scene from a new perspective.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 minutes
  • Perspective and language check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, sort into groups and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Identify first-person, third-person limited and third-person omniscient points of view and explain how each shapes what readers know.
  • Interpret similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole and explain their effect.
  • Analyze how word choice creates an author's tone and a reader's mood.
  • Rewrite a passage from a different point of view or with a different tone, using purposeful word choices.

Lessons

  1. Who is telling, and what do they know? 6 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  2. Figurative language 7 steps3 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Tone and mood from word choice 5 steps3 practiceabout 23 min
  4. Change the narrator, change the story 4 steps2 practiceabout 24 min
  5. Perspective and language check 9 questions at the end

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