“The Scholarship Jacket”

Learning Goals  Explore the idea of obstacles.  Recognize first-person point of view  Recognize third-person omniscient point of view  Make inferences (infer)

Narrator  the one who tells a story

First-Person Point of View  the narrator is a character in the story tells the story using the pronouns I, me, we, and us tells the story as he or she experiences it  A first-person narrator can describe his or her own thoughts, feelings, and impressions.  As you read “The Scholarship Jacket,” notice how the information you receive is limited to what the narrator sees, hears, thinks, and feels.

Third-Person Omniscient Point of View  Third-Person Point of View: A third- person point of view means that the narrator is not a character in the story.  In an omniscient third-person point of view, the narrator can reveal the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

Third-Person Omniscient Point of View  Omniscient  mniscient?s=t mniscient?s=t  Notice the prefix “omni”

Limited Third-Person Point of View  Third-Person Point of View: A third- person point of view means that the narrator is not a character in the story.  In a limited third person point of view, the narrator can tell the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

The Outsiders  What point of view was used? First Person Third person omniscient Third person limited  Explain

Reading skill: make inferences  Make logical guesses, or inferences, about things that are not directly stated.  Base your inferences on details in the story and on your own knowledge and experiences.  Infer

Think...  If a movie is based on a book that was told in the first person, what might the screenplay writer have to do or consider?