Hoodwinked (Narrator's Perspective)

Hoodwinked (Narrator's Perspective)

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What is Narrator's Perspective?

You may have heard the expression “There are two sides to every story.” This expression means that two people don’t usually see the same thing the same way. Imagine that you went to a carnival on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. One of your classmates also went to the carnival at the same time. You went because you love carnival rides, the scarier the better. Your classmate went because she is very good at carnival games and wanted to add to her prize collection.

What is Narrator's Perspective? (Continued)

On Monday, you return to school and compare notes about your weekends. She tells you how easy it was for her to beat the new games on the midway, and you tell her how scary the new rollercoaster was. As you talk, you realize that it seems like you weren’t even at the same carnival! It seems that way because you are each sharing your experiences from your own point of view. 

What is Narrator's Perspective? (Continued)

Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told. Your classmate and you each told stories of your weekend from the first-person point of view. You each could only include details from the parts of the carnival you actually experienced. Authors choose a point of view from which to tell their stories. The details they include are decided by the point of view they use.

In this lesson, you will learn to analyze fiction told from the first-person, third-person limited, and third-person omniscient points of view.

Now, watch this video with an overview of first- and third-person points of view.

Multiple Choice

Juan sat in the doctor’s office hoping that the doctor would forget about the shot that he needed. He was very nervous and scared.

• First Person

• Third Person

Multiple Choice

I love rock climbing! I go rock climbing every weekend with my dad. It is so fun to be up so high. One day, I hope that I can be a professional rock climber. That would be great!

• First Person

• Third Person

Multiple Choice

The narrator is the______.

• person telling the text
• main character in the story
• enemy of the main character in the text
• person listening to the text

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of point of view?

• Point of view describes when and where a story takes place.

• Point of view describes the conflict in the story.

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told or who is telling the story

• Point of view describes the turning point of the story.

So what's the relationship between point of view and perspective?

• Point of view focuses on the type of narrator used to tell the story

• Perspective focuses on how this narrator perceives what’s happening within the story

Important Points to Remember

• Everyone’s perspective should be different.

• You may have four people at one event, but each person comes away with a unique set of experiences or observations.

• The story changes depending on who tells it.

• That’s perspective.

  
  

Today's Lesson

• We are going to watch, "Hoodwinked", a movie that conveys narrative perspective. 

• Each character in the movie perceives a situation differently

• We must watch the movie to determine that character’s perspective.

Red's Story

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Open Ended

Please summarize what happened at the beginning.

Red's Story

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following events happened according to Red's Perspective?

• Red is riding through the forest and talks to granny about the missing recipes. Red takes her family’s recipe book

• Red talks to the wolf, gets scared and runs away

• Red and the goat get caught in an avalanche and red sees her granny after the train derails

• Red discovers the wolf and discovers granny in the closet and the ax man comes in

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Who does Red think is stealing the recipes?

• Granny

• The Bunny

• Wolf

Multiple Choice

What is wrong with the goat that Red meets on the mountain?

• Nothing is wrong with him, he is a normal mountain goat

• He has been cursed by a witch and must sing everything he speaks

• He was attacked by a hunter on the mountain and is missing his horns

• He has been cursed by a witch and can only speak pig latin

Exit Assessment

Multiple Choice

YES or NO: Everyone has their own perspective

Great Job! We will finish tomorrow!