1. Point Of View, Motivation, Traits And Feelings
Created by George Pitlik
Assessment Department
Georgetown ISD
TEK: Reading 5.12H
For the Texas Center for Academic Excellence © 2002
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2. What Is Point Of View?

3. Whose Point Of View Is Correct?

4. Maria And Her Flag
Maria was on the flag squad that performed at half time during football games. It was the first game that her grandparents and uncle Luigi attended. Maria waved her flag while looking for her family in the large crowd. Just as she spotted her grandmother, her greatest fear came true. She lost her grip on the flag, and it started to fall. Even though she caught it quickly, Maria’s face became red. She felt as if she had made a horrible mistake and everyone was staring at her.
When Maria’s flag started to fall, she felt that everyone would think she was-
A careless
B clumsy
C sad
D angry

5. What Is Her Grandmother’s Point Of View?
Maria was on the flag squad that performed at half time during football games. It was the first game that her grandparents and uncle Luigi attended. Maria waved her flag while looking for her family in the large crowd. Just as she spotted her grandmother, her greatest fear came true. She lost her grip on the flag, and it started to fall. Even though she caught it quickly, Maria’s face became red. She felt as if she had made a horrible mistake and everyone was staring at her.
When Maria’s flag started to fall, her grandmother felt that Maria would think she was-
A careless
B angry
C sad
D embarrassed

6. A New Word To Learn “Perceives”
Perceives: To become aware of through the senses
The five senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.
We use our senses to understand the world. We perceive the world through our senses.
We all perceive the world differently. I like to eat liver, do you? Me You

7. How we Perceive Something Determines Our Point of View.

8. What Does Motive Mean? The dictionary states that:
“a motive is something that causes a person to act.”

9. What Is The Motive To Work?

10. Motives Can Come From Inside A Person.

11. Motives Can Be Bad.

12. Motives: A Review “a motive is something that causes a person to act.”
Motives can be good or bad.
Sometimes motives are material. An example is money.
Sometimes motives come from inside a person. An example would be helping a child just because it makes a person feel good.

13. Quiz on motives
Sarah worked very hard in school. Her parents gave her money for good grades. Sarah also took baby sitting jobs and worked part time at the grocery store. Every day, she walked by the bicycle store and looked at the beautiful red mountain bike in the window.
Sarah’s main motive for working so hard in school and doing jobs was
A she enjoyed studying her school work
B she loved watching children
C she wanted to earn money for a bicycle
D all her friends worked at the grocery store

14. What Are Traits? A distinguishing quality (as of personal character)
An inherited characteristic

15. A Distinguishing Quality
Personality traits:
Helpful
Easily angered

16. An Inherited Characteristic
Traits can be inherited such as wavy hair or being very tall.

17. Traits Can Be Acquired.

18. People Can Change Traits.

19. Traits: A Review A distinguishing quality (as of personal character)
An inherited characteristic
Traits can be acquired.
Traits can be good or bad.
Through hard work, people can change traits.
We all have personality and physical traits.

20. Quiz on Traits
Roberto was a very tall young man with wavy hair. While in school he was always referred to as the class clown. He loved to tell jokes to his classmates. He still enjoys laughing and playing pranks on his friends.
The reader can tell from this passage that Roberto was –
F ordinary
G fearful
H dedicated
J humorous

21. What Are Feelings?
Frightened
Proud
Bothered
Jealous
Curious
Happy
Sad

22. How Do You Feel Today?

23. The Big Game
It was the last seconds of the championship volley ball game. The score was tied. The captain of the other team served the ball really hard. The ball barely cleared the net. Sam jumped high and spiked the ball over the net. Two of the opposing players dove for the ball. One of them hit it, but the ball hit the net. Sam’s team won!

24. A Day To Forget
The circus is in town. Everyone loves to watch the lion tamers. They are so brave! I was watching from the first row when all of a sudden one of the lions started to growl at the tamer. I guess he was tired of the whip snapping in his face. The lion started to go towards the tamer and would not stop. The crowd screamed. The tamer turned and started to run for the cage door.

25. One More Slide To Go

26. Congratulations, You Made It!
I feel happy!