Author's POV_ELA 6 23/24

Multiple Choice

What is author's point of view?

• How the author feels about the topic

• The author’s position on/stance/opiniontowards the topic

• The words the author uses to persuade, inform, or entertain

• The perspective from which the characters experience a story

Multiple Choice

Which word should you NOT associate with author's point of view?

• Feelings

• Positon on

• Stance

• Opinion

Dropdown

POV or Tone?

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Select answer

:concerned

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Select answer

: Social Media is harmful to adolescents' mental health

Drag and Drop

Why is determining Author's POV important?



We cannot always ​

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the information given to us, especially as ​

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can publish to an online source, even if they are not an expert. One example of this is the website ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

trust

anyone

Wikipedia

opinion

tone

Multiple Select

Why is it important to determine author's point of view?

Choose all that apply!

• we can't always trust the information given to us

• Free cites like wikipedia are always a trustworthy platform to find information about a topic

• anybody can publish online, even if they aren't an expert on a topic

• authors or websites won't always be credible

Match

What questions should students ask to be critical readers?

• Who...

• Why...

• What...

• Is the writing/writer...

is writing?

is this person writing?

is the importance of the topic?

trustworthy?

• is writing?

• is this person writing?

• is the importance of the topic?

• trustworthy?

Multiple Choice

Which below best captures the topic of the text?

• Fortnite, which is a video game

• Fortnite

• the son's note to his mom

• author's POV

Draw

What word choice/evidence does the author use to describe the topic?

Highlight 3-5 words/phrases.

Open Ended

What is the author's point of view?

Use the frame: The author's point of view is ___________.
(Be sure to mention the topic in your response)