Today’s Warm-up Please take the Understanding Theme Handout and complete the front side (Stories 1, 2, & 3). Write the theme (or message) of the story. Then explain, how do you know? Give an example from the story to support your answer.

Good Things…

Point of View

the perspective a story is told from Point of View the perspective a story is told from

Narrator the individual who is telling a story After I added the lizard lips to my potion... the individual who is telling a story

when a perspective is influenced by thoughts, opinions, and emotions Subjective when a perspective is influenced by thoughts, opinions, and emotions

when details are based on facts rather than feelings and opinions Objective when details are based on facts rather than feelings and opinions

What’s First Person Point of View? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJh59vZ8ccc

When I put my arms out like this Mommy always picks me up! 1st Person When I put my arms out like this Mommy always picks me up! when a character in the story describes things from their perspective

1st Person Uses words like: I Me My Our We Us

1st Person Advantages: you get to see what the character thinks, feels, and knows it feels like you are inside the story

1st Person Disadvantages: the narrator doesn’t understand everything that’s going on they may want to present themselves in the best light you don’t know the other character’s thoughts or feelings

What’s 3rd Person Point of View? http://youtu.be/c0JRZXwdMaE?t=53s

Once upon a time there lived an adorable owl... 3rd Person Once upon a time there lived an adorable owl... when the narrator is not a character within the story

3rd Person Uses words like: He She They Him Her Them Their

3rd Person Advantages: the narrator can reveal details that none of the characters know the narrator is more reliable

when writing: can be harder to express character’s emotions 3rd Person Disadvantages: tends to be less personal, making it difficult to connect with fictional characters when writing: can be harder to express character’s emotions

3rd Person Limited the narrator is not in the story, but shows the events through the eyes of one character

3rd Person Limited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbbanqTKc6M&feature=youtu.be

3rd Person Omniscient all knowing: the narrator is outside of the story, but takes you inside the mind of multiple characters

https://youtu.be/mTDs0lvFuMc?t=18s 3rd Person Omniscient https://youtu.be/mTDs0lvFuMc?t=18s

Good Things…

Let’s Talk about the Book Response… THE SSR One Pager counts as a Major grade and will be due Oct. 12th, which means you still have two weeks to get a book finished. You need to read and follow the instructions carefully, because if you don’t you will lose a lot of points. I do not want just a summary of the book. You need to answer the questions that are asked and your response should be at least ¾ a page in length (min. of 10 sentences). It can be typed or written neatly on notebook paper. The front cover sheet needs to be filled out and stapled to your response. Any questions?

Look at the follow examples and using the clues given in the story, Let’s Review Look at the follow examples and using the clues given in the story, determine what point of view you think is being used.

Third Person Omniscient Just outside the auditorium entrance, students milled about nervously and waited to be called in for the audition. A few had paired off to practice their lines together, but most stood or sat alone engaged in their own calming rituals. Ruth stood in the corner and talked to the wall in a low voice. She would be graduating this year, and she desperately wanted to be Juliet. She was trying to get just the right tone of voice for the balcony scene. Gary, dressed in all black, paced back and forth in front of the mirror- lined wall and periodically glanced at his reflection and smoothed his dark hair. He was auditioning for Mercutio, but he was worried that Mr. Glover would think he was too much of a “comedic” actor to give him a more serious role. Janis sat with her back against the row of lockers, her knees tucked up close to her body, and stared at the floor as she recited the lines in her head. She didn’t really care what part she got as long as she had a speaking role. She had been an extra in the last two productions and was ready for more responsibility. Third Person Omniscient

First Person I stared at the wall and tried to remember what it felt like to be fourteen and have a major crush on a guy. I’ve never felt love as intensely as Juliet. Personally, I always thought that Juliet’s character was a bit too impulsive and naïve. But, who was I to quibble with Shakespeare? I was willing to set aside my personal opinions for a chance to play one of the most famous female characters in drama. What better way to end my high school drama career than to play the role of Juliet. First Person

Gary paced back and forth in front of the mirror-lined wall Gary paced back and forth in front of the mirror-lined wall. He glanced toward Ruth and smiled. She looked so odd standing in the corner talking to the wall. He admired the way she could totally immerse herself in a character and ignore the outside world. He was too aware of what other people thought of him. He sometimes played the clown, but only when he knew that he could get a laugh. Mr. Glover said he tried too hard to entertain people. Maybe that was why Mr. Glover always cast him in a comic role. This time, though, he wanted a chance to try his hand at more serious acting. Mercutio’s character seemed the perfect role for him—sometimes foolish and other times brooding and angry. Third Person Limited

Now it’s your turn to change the point of view from which a story is told…. Everyone knows the story of “Mary had a Little Lamb”, but how would it change if the story was told from different points of view? First, let’s look at the original story… The original story is written in 3rd person and has an objective narrator, which means we don’t know anything about what the characters are thinking or feeling, just the facts. Imagine there is more to the story. What would happen if the police were called? Imagine a news reporter is live on the scene and interviewing all the witnesses involved….what would they say happened?

Changing Perspectives… Today, you will be getting with into groups and creating your own versions of what happened to Mary and her lamb to help us understand how changing the perspective of the story can affect it. We’re going to get into groups and spread around the room. I’m going to give you a card and you and your group will pretend you are that character and write in the FIRST PERSON as that character. Do NOT tell any of the other groups who you are and we will share at the end of the class and see if everyone is able to guess who you are based on the details, thoughts, and feelings you share in your version of the story.

Now it’s your turn… Why does the point of view the story is told from matter? Watch the following clip:

Now think about the different characters in the scene… how would the story change if it was told from their different points of view? Read the following paragraphs and decide what point of view it’s told from and which character’s perspective? Then explain at the bottom why the different perspectives are important and how they affect how the story is told?