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Lesson Plan

Character Point of View

Subject Language Arts
Grades 3-5

Introduction

Students will read the text, Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague. They will then argue which point of view they think is best or why a different point of view (their own perspective) is most accurate.

Learning Objectives

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

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Character Analysis

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Finding Similarities and Differences

Students practice comparison skills by examining similarities and differences of fictional texts.

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