Perspective

What detail from the text best shows Victor's perspective?

• Victor was too weak from failure to join the class.

• He felt awful. Teresa sat a few desks away, no doubt thinking he was a fool.

• He bit his thumb until he tore off a sliver of skin.

I have a bad anger with mother and father. I will show them. I will do what I did that once. I will screech and laugh loud. I will run on the walls. Last, I will hang head down by all my legs and laugh and drip green all over until they are sorry, they didn’t be nice to me. If they try to beat me again I’ll hurt them. I will.

What is the narrator's perspective?

• The narrator is angry at being mistreated by Mother and Father.

• The narrator is sad at being mistreated by Mother and Father.

• The narrator is determined to escape.

I remember thinking; I’m a Negro and a Puerto Rican. Suppose I approach this white lady in this deserted subway station late at night? What would she say? What would be the first reaction of this White American woman? Would she say: 'Yes, of course you may help me', or would she think I was trying to get too familiar or would she think worse?

What is the narrator's perspective?

• He thinks the white woman may be prejudiced, so he is unsure if he should offer help.

• He thinks the white woman is prejudiced so he will not help her.

• He is worried the woman will be unsafe riding the subway late at night.

I remember thinking; I’m a Negro and a Puerto Rican. Suppose I approach this white lady in this deserted subway station late at night? What would she say? What would be the first reaction of this White American woman? Would she say: 'Yes, of course you may help me', or would she think I was trying to get too familiar or would she think worse?

What detail best reveals the narrator's perspective?

• Suppose I approach this white lady in this deserted subway station late at night

• Would she say: 'Yes, of course you may help me', or would she think I was trying to get too familiar or would she think worse?

• I remember thinking; I’m a Negro and a Puerto Rican.

I have a bad anger with mother and father. I will show them. I will do what I did that once. I will screech and laugh loud. I will run on the walls. Last, I will hang head down by all my legs and laugh and drip green all over until they are sorry, they didn’t be nice to me. If they try to beat me again I’ll hurt them. I will. What detail best reveals the narrator's perspective?

• Last, I will hang head down by all my legs and laugh and drip green all over

• I will screech and laugh loud. I will run on the walls.

• I have a bad anger with mother and father. I will show them.

I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. I didn't go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone. I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with. I am Outcast. What detail best reveals Melinda's perspective?

• I didn't go to the mall, the lake, or the pool, or answer the phone.

• I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons.

• I have entered high school with the wrong hair, the wrong clothes, the wrong attitude. And I don't have anyone to sit with.

When we arrived at the park, I let Victoria off her lead. Immediately some scruffy mongrel appeared and started bothering her. I shooed it off, but the horrible thing chased her all over the park. What detail best reveals the narrator's perspective?

• Some scruffy mongrel appeared and started bothering her.

• When we arrived at the park, I let Victoria off her lead.

• I shooed it off

Author's perspective is

• The creators of the texts feelings about what they are talking about (viewpoint)

• Who is doing the telling in the text

• The message, lesson, or moral

• What the passage is mostly or mainly about.

What is the author’s perspective about bees?

• Positive

• Negative

The average school day for kindergarteners is getting longer, and it's paying off in improved reading skills. This improvement will continue from elementary school to HS. These children will be able to get better jobs when they are adults.

What is the author’s perspective about full day kindergarten?

• In favor of full day Kindergarten

• Against full day kindergarten