1. Point of View Powerpoint Created by: Not Just for Elementary

2. http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/pointofview/preview.weml (username & password in the notes) Brain Pop: Point of View

3. the perspective a story is told from

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6oFNpfpT54&feature=youtu.be The Cosby Show: “Babies”

5. Compare the two character’s perspectives on the arrival of newborns. 1)Which character’s explanation do you believe? 2) What influenced your decision?

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

7. when a perspective is influenced by thoughts, opinions, and emotions

8. when details are based on facts rather than feelings and opinions

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

10. http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid858992059001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAA Fv844g~,BASb5BU03X-I8zjhaYyMRNzgkSvpc3CO&bctid=1750137646001

11. Uses words like: I Me My Our We Us

12. Advantages: you get to see what the character thinks, feels, and knows it feels like you are inside the story

13. 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

14. http://youtu.be/c0JRZXwdMaE?t=53s Ellen DeGeneres: 3 rd Person

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

16. Uses words like: He She They Him Her Them Their

17. Advantages: the narrator can reveal details that none of the characters know the narrator is more reliable

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

19. the narrator tells the events of a story without going into the minds of the characters

20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzeA3KjOHZY&feature=youtu.be

21. the narrator is not in the story, but shows the events through the eyes of one character

22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbbanqTKc6M&feature=youtu.be

23. all knowing: the narrator is outside of the story, but takes you inside the mind of multiple characters

24. http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/the-curious- case-of-benjamin-button/one-thing