First vs Third POV

To help Ruby, I tried to explain integration more than once, but I'm not sure she understood. I said people become afraid of anyone whom they think is really different from them. 

• First Person
• Third Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Rosa Parks was tired. She had worked hard all day. To ride home, she took a seat on the Cleveland Avenue bus in Montgomery, Alabama. 

• First Person
• Third Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When we were young all the children along Auburn Avenue played together, even the two boys whose parents owned the store. And since our house was a favorite gathering place, those boys played with us in our backyard. 

• First Person
• Third Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"I'm out to win," Jeff said, hoping it didn't sound as banal in Manning's ears as it sounded in his own. Ned Manning's eyes widened in mock astonishment. 

• First Person
• Third Person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

There she was talking to her mother and playing games with her sisters. Here, she lived in the dormitory with a hundred other girls. There, she was riding her pony and listening to her grandfather tell stories. 

• First Person
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Charlie was better at his studies than Jim. He didn't seem to mind the military discipline or being stuck at a desk. Solving a math problem was a challenge to Charlie the way winning a race was to Jim. 

• First Person
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Ever since he was a little boy, Rico was one of the best young baseball players in the Dominican Republic. Carlos was sure that one day his big brother would play for a major league team. 

• First Person
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

I heard the Great Spirit's words. We took the many gifts Mother Earth gave us but we did not give back. Mother Earth continued to sacrifice for us. But we never sacrificed for her. 

• First Person
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

This is my favorite blanket. It keeps me warm during the cold winter months. I don't think Great Spirit wants an old woman like me to be cold and suffer. I will go to my tepee and think about the Great Spirit's message. 

• First Person
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Katcha Diaz graduated from the University of Washington with two degrees. She lives in Davis, California, with her Yorkshire terrier, Mister Keeper. 

• First Person
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A