2. Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes

3. Date: October 7 th, 2010 Standards: 1.1 Reading Critically in All Content Areas 1.5 Quality of Writing Objectives: To create sentences using correct Point of View. Bell Ringer: Write a brief paragraph (4- 6 sentences) that describes your reaction to the ending of Flowers for Algernon, using 1 st POV.

4. Point of View – the perspective from which a story is told

5. In reading this story, I experienced a wave of emotions. I have mixed- feelings about the experiment. I can see various pros and cons to Charlies experience, so its difficult to decide its worth. I would never want to be in Miss Kinnians position. The ending was most heartrending to me!