Friday
December 13, 2013 (12.13.13)
Materials
Agenda
Time Estimate
Composition Book
+ Pencil
5-7
10-15
20-30
Remaining
Activity
Warm Up
Notes: Point of View
Read: After I Was Thrown…
Outside: Practice POV Prompt
Announcements
 Today, for the last 30-40 minutes of class, we’ll be going
outside to practice a prompt. Remember, only a few
days remain in the race to get 240 points.
Warm Up
December 13, 2013 (12.13.13)
Volume-O-Meter: 0 (Silence)
Time: 5 Minutes
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Word Part of the Day:
phob / tim – fear
1. Write down the word part of the day and its definition.
Now, brainstorm and write down as many words as you
can that contain that word part.
2. What did you think of the video game (Tomb Raider) in
the last class? How was it an example of in medias res?
Transition
Notes
Point of View
 Refers to two (2) things:
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1. “The Persons” = 1st, 2nd, 3rd (what
perspective is the story told from?)
2. “The People” = (the specific character
that is telling the story)
 Easily abbreviated POV
1st person POV
 Writing from the “I” point of view
 “I picked up the ball and threw it.”
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 Video games = FPS (First Person
Shooter)  Bioshock
 Typically, the narrator is a character
in the story  probably protagonist
2nd person POV
 Writing from the “you” point of view
 “You picked up the ball and threw it.”
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 Rarely used in fiction
3rd person POV
 Writing from the “he/she/it” point of
view
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 “He picked up the ball and threw it.”
 Most commonly used
 Can be character in story, or not:
1. Subjective: narrator is limited in
knowledge (sometimes unreliable)
2. Omniscient: god-like; narrator knows
things characters do not
Benefits and Limitations of POV
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1ST
Deep, personal thoughts
Narrator is biased; does
not “see” everything
2ND
Reader is part of story
Can be childish if not done
correctly
3RD
Narrator can know things
characters do not; the
most professional
sounding
Difficult to make reader
feel involved in story
Let’s Read: After I Was Thrown…
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 Pg. 107
 Big Circle / Read Aloud /
Popcorn
 About the life of a dog…told
from the point of view of a
dog.
Let’s Go Outside
 Write down task:
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 Write a 1-2 page story told from
the point of view of something
non-human
 Grass, tree, animal, car, football,
toilet, etc.
A Few Rules:
 Must sit at least 20 feet away
from next person
 No yelling
 Work on story—no sleeping,
cell phones, etc.