Reading Bellwork

1. Reading Bellwork Week Seven: Point of View

2. Monday Write the definitions for: • 1. Point of View (POV): The perspective from which a narrative is told. • 2. First Person POV – told from the perspective of a character in story using pronouns (I or me). Audience is limited to the viewpoint of that character. • 3. Third Person Omniscient POV– told from the perspective of an “all knowing” narrator who is not a character. • 4. Third Person Limited POV – told from the perspective of a narrator revealing the thoughts and knowledge of some but not all characters.

3. Tuesday Write out the sentences and label the type of point of view: • “I felt like I was getting drowned with shame and disgrace.” • “Mr. Stewart is a principled man. He acts by the book and never lets others deceive him easily.” • “Sometimes you cannot clearly discern between anger and frustration.”

4. Wednesday • Complete the sentences. • 1. Tangerine is written in ______________point of view. • 2. The point of view used in both The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Freak the Mighty: ______________________________________________ • 3. Third person point of views use pronouns such as _________ , ___________ , and ______________. • Two Column Journaling

5. Thursday Complete the sentences. • Young adult novels are often written in first person __________________. • An omniscient narrator is __________ and __________. • The story “Flowers for Algernon” is written from a ______________ POV.

6. Friday • Through what point of view is your reading told? What lets you know this? • How would the reading be different if the point of view changed? • Two Column Journaling