Study Sync Skills Lesson: Analyze POV

Study Sync Skills Lesson: ​
Point of View in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”
Learning Objective:
I can identify the narrator’s point of view and explain how it affects our understanding of the story.

Standard: SC.ELA.6.AOR.3.1

​Point of view is who is telling the story and whose thoughts we understand.

​Step 1 & 2: Define POV and Key Terms

• 👁️ Narrator — the voice telling the story

• 🎯 Point of View — the type of narration used

• 🧠 Third-Person Limited — narrator knows one character’s thoughts

• 👤 First Person — narrator uses I, me, my to share their own thoughts

Match

Match the following

• 👁️ Narrator

• 🎯 Point of View

• 🧠 Third-Person Limited

• 👤 First Person

The voice telling the story

The type of narration used

Narrator knows thoughts of one character

Narrator uses “I, me, my”

• The voice telling the story

• The type of narration used

• Narrator knows thoughts of one character

• Narrator uses “I, me, my”

Step 3: Model
Checklist for POV

• 👁️ Who is talking? (narrator)

• 🎯 What POV is used?

• 🧠 Whose thoughts do we know?

• 👤 Do we see “I / me / my”? = first person

• 🧠 Do we see “he / she / they”? = third-person limited

• 👁️ Narrator uses he to describe Greg

• 🧠 We only know Greg’s thoughts

• 🎯 POV = third-person limited

Student Analysis

“Greg sat in the small, pale green kitchen listening… he had been hoping for the best.”

Excerpt (Paragraph 3)

Step 3:Analyze POV: Example 1

• 🧠 We know Greg feels scared because he held his breath

• 👁️ Narrator does not reveal Lemon Brown’s thoughts

• 🎯 Limited POV creates suspense

Student Analysis

“Greg held his breath… Lemon Brown stood at the top of the stairs…”

Excerpt (Paras 70-72)

Step 3:Analyze POV: Example 2

​Step 4: Your Turn:
How To Answer POV Questions

• Look for pronouns (👤 I, me vs. 🧠 he, she).

• Ask: “Whose thoughts do I know?”

• Use the POV Checklist icons.

• Choose the answer that matches what the narrator reveals.

Multiple Choice

Excerpt (Paras 74–75):
“Greg felt himself near panic… the scene could be even eerier. Greg wet his lips… tried to make a sound.”

Question:
Based on these lines, how does the author develop the narrator’s point of view?

• Narrator describes only actions, not feeli

• Narrator is Greg (👤 first person)

• We know only Greg’s thoughts and feelings (🧠 limited)

• Narrator is Lemon Brow

Multiple Choice

Excerpt (Para 71):
“Lemon Brown released his hand… Greg tried waving to Lemon Brown… maybe the man wouldn’t follow them…”

Question:
How would the story change if narrated from Lemon Brown’s point of view?

• Only the thugs’ thoughts would be shown

• Greg would use I/me/my (👤)

• Narrator would ask reader opinions

• We would know Lemon Brown’s thoughts (👤 first person)

Multiple Choice

Question:
Which paragraph best shows Greg’s thoughts and feelings?

Para 71: “Lemon Brown released his hand and moved toward the top of the stairs.”
Para 74:“Greg felt himself near panic… the scene could be even eerier.”

Para 75: “Greg put his hands to his mouth and tried to make a sound. Nothing came out.”

Para 77: “Greg saw Lemon Brown hurl his body down the stairs at the men.”

• 71

• 74

• 75

• 77