Homework- Stem Sentences

 Look over the stems list.  Start using the example words in a sentence- use dictionary.com if needed.  Write sentences using one example word on the chart provided.  Finish for HW.

 On the posters at your table, list everything you can think of about Point of View.  What do you think it is?  What does it sound like?  What do you already know about it?  You will make lists in groups and then after each group has a few minutes to send spies to different tables in order to try to steal.  Spies don’t speak or touch and they do not use pencils.

 The point of view is WHO is speaking in a story.  Point of view is very important because the author uses the speaker to give you selected information.  There are five types of point of view: ◦ First Person ◦ Second Person ◦ Third Person Objective ◦ Third Person Limited ◦ Third Person Omniscient

Does the narrator use “I” “me” “my” “we” “us” “our” YES NO Does the narrator tell us any of the characters thoughts and feelings that they did not say out loud? NO YES How many characters do you know the thoughts of? ALL NOT ALL QUOTES DON’T COUNT! Does the narrator use “you” “your” “yours” YES NO

Does the narrator use “I” “me” “my” “we” “us” “our” YES NO Does the narrator tell us any of the characters thoughts and feelings that they did not say out loud? NO YES How many characters do you know the thoughts of? ALL NOT ALL QUOTES DON’T COUNT! Does the narrator use __________ “your” “yours” YES NO

 Point of view carousel.  Travel around the room independently and read different passages with different points of view.  Use their charts from their notes to identify point of view of each short passage.

 1. When Frank and I stepped through the post office doors, there was a crowd gathered, gawking at the new fixture on the wall like a chorus of wide-mouthed frogs. I had to get closer, and that was where being a girl that's scrawnier than a wire fence came in handy. Fortunately, Frank, my twin of eleven years, was just the same.

 2. This particular summer had been very hot and dry, making the lean farm dogs sleepy and still. Farmers whistled lazily to themselves and would stand and stare into the distance, trying to remember what it was that they were supposed to be doing. By two o'clock in the afternoon, the town would be in a haze of slumber, with grandmas nodding off over their knitting and farmers snoozing in the haystacks. It was very, very hot

 3. One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years. After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.

 4. A great king of a land far away in the East had a daughter who was very beautiful, but so proud and haughty and conceited, that none of the princes who came to ask for her hand in marriage was good enough for her. All she ever did was make fun of them.  But the old king was very angry when he saw how his daughter behaved and how badly she treated all his guests. He vowed that, willing or unwilling, she would marry the first man that came to the door.

 5. The woman called the fire department and waited for their arrival. When they finally came they looked through the house to try to find the source of the smoke. After a few minutes they found a candle in the bathroom that was catching a towel on fire.

 You will each get a novel.  You will read the next chapter with your group.  Answer the following questions based on the novel. You must provide evidence to support your answers. 1. What is the point of view and how do you know? 2. What information do you get based on the point of view? 3. How does the point of view affect you as a reader? 4. Why do you think the author chose this point of view?

 Write one sentence to sum up what you learned today