Developing Characters POV

I rode my bicycle up a steel hill. I was very hot and exhausted. It was a long race, but I was in lead. I raced down the other side as fast as I could. It began to rain a little and I could feel the cold wetness on my face.

What POV is this realistic fiction story told in?

For one Dojo point, how do you know?

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

"I guess the little runts are somewhere around here," grumbled Mr. Fritz as he poured his tea.

What can you infer about Mr. Fritz?

For one Dojo point, explain your ideas using evidence from the text.

• Mr. Fritz is playing hide and seek with the children.

• Mr. Fritz enjoys having kids around the house.

• Mr. Fritz does not like the children.

• Mr. Fritz is looking for the children so he can give them some tea.

It was a hot day and the bicycle racers were off to a great start. Shane quickly went ahead of the others. His face was red hot and he began to sweat as he went up the steep hill. It started to rain as he began down the other side of the hill.

What POV is this realistic fiction story told in? For one dojo point, how do you know?

• First Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

When the toddler's mother tried to pick him up to send him to bed, he became a bag of heavy bricks.

What can the reader conclude about the toddler based on the text?

For 1 Dojo point, explain your answer.

• The toddler was heavy.

• The mother was too weak to pick him up.

• The toddler was upset with his mother.

• The toddler did not want to go to bed.

Marek ran home as fast as he could. He dumped out his books from his bag onto the kitchen counter. He opened his notebook and was barely seated before he began to work on his homework. His teacher had given the class a large amount of homework and Marek had a big game that afternoon. He looked up at the clock that was ticking loudly across the room. Only one hour to go and he could go out to play. Could he finish in time?

What point of is the realistic fiction story told in?

• First Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

Bria missed her home back in Washington, but for the first time in three months, she began to smile.

What can you infer?

For 1 Dojo point, what words helped you draw this conclusion?

• Bria is getting to go back to Washington.

• Bria is getting used to her new home.

• Bria sees a familiar face.

• Bria doesn't want to live in Washington any more.

Scrat the squirrel sat on a fence watching a cardinal. The cardinal had an acorn and Scrat was wondering how he could get the acorn from the bird. The cardinal rolled the acorn across the sidewalk, pecking at it. The bird really wanted the acorn. Scrat licked his lips thinking about how delicious that acorn would taste. He twitched his tail as he tried to decide what to do.

What POV is the realistic fiction story told in?

For 1 Dojo point please explain your thoughts.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Janice has already decided that the outcome did not matter to her. She knew that she had tried her best and that was all that was important.

Which word describes Janice?

For 1 Dojo point, explain your ideas using evidence from the text.

• upset

• concerned

• worried

• unconcerned

"Here, you can have it then," Alexander grunted as he handed the hat back to Charles. During the exchange, it narrowly missed being dropped onto the slushy snow.

What can you infer about Alexander?

For 1 Dojo point, which details helped you determine your answer?

• He is frustrated about the situation

• He is disappointed with his friend.

• He doesn't really want to return the hat.

• He is clumsy and almost ruined the hat.

David turned to look at his father. His father explained his experience of losing five races in a row just to be able to win the sixth and best race.

"Thanks Dad," David said. David grabbed the science project that he had thrown into the corner earlier in the day and decided to give it another try.

How did David's fathers story change his thoughts?

• David decided to turn in his project just like it was.

• He decided to race one more time.

• David decided to quit working on his project.

• His fathers stories convinced him to keep trying and he decided to keep working on his project.