RL.6.6

Another word for point of view is _______________.

• first-person POV

• perspective

True or False: The point of view is oftentimes the perspective of the narrator or speaker.

• True

• False

True or False: How an event is described is directly affected by who is describing it.

• True

• False

The reader can analyze a character's perspective by examining which three elements?

• Thoughts, Feels, and Actions

• Likes, Dislikes, Actions

• Appearance, Home life, and favorite foods

The Settlers by Rowena Jackson

(1) Little Bear crept closer and closer through the tall grass until he had a better vantage point to watch the trail of wagons pass. He'd never seen white people before, though his father sometimes traded skins and bows with the men. Little Bear had heard all the warnings, but he still wanted to see what they looked like.

(2) One wagon fell behind the rest of the caravan. The rains of the past few days had turned the trail to thick mud, and the wagon's oxen were tired. They made it another few minutes before Little Bear heard a loud crack, and the back corner of the wagon crashed to the ground.

(3) Two people from the wagon inspected the broken wheel. Little Bear froze when one pulled out a rifle and fired it into the air. He crouched into a small ball in the weeds, his heart drumming in his ears. But then he saw other people running to help the stranded travelers, and he knew that the rifle shot had just been a signal.

Question: What two pieces of evidence from the first paragraph support this claim: Little Bear was curious about the white settlers.

• "Little Bear crept closer and closer through the tall grass until he has a better vantage point to watch the trail wagons pass."

• "He'd never seen white people before...."

• "Little Bear heard all the warnings, but he still wanted to see what they looked like."

• "...though his father sometimes traded skins and bows with the men."

(1) Little Bear crept closer and closer through the tall grass until he had a better vantage point to watch the trail of wagons pass. He'd never seen white people before, though his father sometimes traded skins and bows with the men. Little Bear had heard all the warnings, but he still wanted to see what they looked like.

(2) One wagon fell behind the rest of the caravan. The rains of the past few days had turned the trail to thick mud, and the wagon's oxen were tired. They made it another few minutes before Little Bear heard a loud crack, and the back corner of the wagon crashed to the ground.

(3) Two people from the wagon inspected the broken wheel. Little Bear froze when one pulled out a rifle and fired it into the air. He crouched into a small ball in the weeds, his heart drumming in his ears. But then he saw other people running to help the stranded travelers, and he knew that the rifle shot had just been a signal.

Question: Based on the following evidence what can you infer about how Little Bear feels? "Little Bear froze when one pulled out a rifle and fired it into the air" (Paragraph 3).

• Little Bear is ready to fight the settlers.

• Little Bear is startled by the gunshot.

• Little Bear wants to help the settlers.

• Little Bear knows he shouldn't have been curious about the settlers.

The individual who tells the story is the _______________.

(Choose all that apply.)

• narrator

• author

• speaker

• first person

If a narrator is not a character in the story and the narrator knows everything, the point of view is ________.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

• Third person limited

From which character's perspective would the reader most likely get the most reliable information?

• An 80-year-old woman who has a lot of life experience.

• A 15-year-old girl who has never left her hometown.

• A four-year-old boy who hasn't gone to Pre-K yet.

• A dog.

Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?

"Be careful," the bus driver said as Stanley walked down the steps.

Stanley wasn't sure if the bus driver meant for him to be careful going down the steps, or if he was telling him to be careful at Camp Green Lake. "Thanks for the ride," he said. His mouth was dry and his throat hurt. He stepped onto the hard, dry dirt.

From Louis Sachar, Holes. Copyright 1998 by Louis Sachar

• first person

• second person

• third person omniscient

• third person objective

• third person limited