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Learning About Pronouns

For Students 9th - 12th
Present personal pronouns with this resource. This worksheet starts out with information about and examples of pronouns and personal pronouns. Learners review key teaching points about personal pronouns and then take a test. The first...
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Comprehension Questions: The City of Ember, Chapter 20

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Comprehension questions for the last chapter of Jeanne DuPrau's book The City of Ember assess factual recall, sequencing skills, and inference about the text. Note: One question about point of view is based on a sentence not related to...
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Writing Process

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read "The Great Kapok" and choose to agree or disagree with the main character's decision. They gather and organize details from multiple sources to defend their standpoints. They begin prewriting steps of process writing.
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The Right Point of View

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Helping students identify and apply point of view in reading and writing.
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Treaty Trail: Historical Perspectives Point of View

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the point of view of key figures present at the Walla Walla Treaty council. Students analyze primary and secondary sources to determine how various groups of people involved in the treaty council viewed the...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine Nathaniel Hawthorne's style of humor and compare it to other humorists. They discuss the purpose of literary humor and determine how it develops characters and plots in stories. They analyze the use of different...
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Point of View

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write a story from a different point of view.  In this point of view lesson, students read Lewis and Clark and Me:  A Dog's Tale and discuss the point of view as it is written.  Students then discuss different...
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The Red Studio Turns 100!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students observe the art of Henri Matisse and discuss the ideas and feelings his art brings about. In this Henri Matisse lesson plan, students look at many of his artistic paintings and discuss and write in a journal the point of view...
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What is "The American Dream"?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read the story Marriage is a Private Affair and analyze the 'American Dream.' In this American Dream lesson, students free write about the American Dream. Students read the story and discuss the themes. Students write a letter...
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Dissecting the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine an editorial point of view in journalism and explore how this contributes to the West's understanding of events in the Middle East. They discuss the concepts of objectivity and subjectivity, and how tone and vocabulary,...
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Write for Change

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss and list injustices experienced in the novel "Hoot". They review the different ways letter writing was a part of the novel "Hoot". They choose one issue that is of concern to them and state their viewpoint on the issue....
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Saving the Titanic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research the Titanic using fiction, nonfiction, images, and Internet based resources. They determine if it is appropriate to raise and save the Titanic and its artifacts before planning and writing an opinion piece which defends...
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From My Point of View

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a story from an online picture book. After reading the story, they pretend to be Gilbert, one of the main characters and create a narrative to accompany the illustrations. They compare their narrative with that of...
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Theft of the Mona Lisa

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students combine interpretation of the Mona Lisa's visual elements with research information about the artist, and others affected by the painting. Students note that the constructed interpretations differ based on the cultural and...
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Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's Tortured Sonnet

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read four of Shakespeare's sonnets and determine whether they are read from Macbeth's or Lady Macbeth's point of view. They support their decision using evidence from the text.
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What's the Point? A Lesson on Point of View

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book, Good Dog by Alexandra Day. In this writing lesson, 4th graders re-write the story from a chosen character's point of view. This lesson can be used with many other wordless picture books.
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Seeing Both Sides of an Issue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice the skill of seeing an issue from different points of view.
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Hawthorne: Author and Narrator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read various pieces of literature by Nathaniel Hawthorne to recognize the difference between a narrator and author. Students in small groups report on the narrative point of view represented in a story they have read.
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Perceptions

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars gain a better understanding of perceptions and how different points of view about the same set of events leads to conflict.
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Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury - Chapter 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast narrative speakers in Faulkner's novel, The Sound and the Fury. They discuss Jason as a representation of the Compson's changing family structure. Students describe Faulkner's South in the context of the...
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Point of View: Accounts of Former Slaveholders

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the housing and living conditions of slaves. They discuss the concerns of slaveholders concerning the health and well-being of their slaves. They analyze the importance of religion to the slaves as well.
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Korea's Involvement in World War II Whose Point of View?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research different points of view concerning Korea's involvement in World War II.
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Determining Point of View

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine web sites to determine point of view and bias in information sources. They determine the usefulness of information based on these biases or limitations.
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Cumming Study Guide: A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a compreshensive study guide for the novel A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka. It includes publication information, the characters, a plot summary, point of view, symbols, interpretations, major themes, study questions and essay...