Point of view

1. Point of view

2. Do Now • Using your character autopsy, write an APP about one of Ender’s character foils. DON’T FORGET • You may use your notes from yesterday. • Write it on a separate piece of notebook paper. • Don’t forget page number!

3. Agenda • Obj: SWBAT describe the four aspects of Point of View. • Do Now: Analytical Process Paragraph about Ender’s Character Foil • Review: APP • Vocabulary/Grammar: Review of Vocabulary • Hook: Right Writing! • INM: The Four Aspects of Point of View • GP: Practice with “Ender’s Game”. • IP: Self Check of Skills with “Ender’s Game” • Homework: Online Discussion, Two vocabulary cards,

4. Reading Club • Assignments will be passed out. Bring it back signed! • Suggested reads are listed on the letter. • Feel free to start reading “The Jungle” or “Speaker for the Dead” or another novel we will read in class this year. You DON’T have to wait! • Feel free to bring your own favorite novel to read! • Pillows and snacks are also welcome! 

5. Point of View • The lens through which a narrator tells a story. • POV includes four aspects: orientation, person, perspective, and access. • Narrative choices can affect or support the development of plot or theme in a work of fiction.

6. Orientation • The orientation of a text’s narration can be “author oriented” or “character oriented;” • “author-oriented” refers to the narration by the presumed author of the story. (Ender’s Game) • “character oriented” refers to narration by a character within a story. (Huck Finn)

7. Person • The person of a narrator refers to whether the narration is first-person (I went, we went); second-person (you went); or third-person (he/she went, they went) • Rarely is a novel in 2nd person.

8. Check! • What is point of view? • What is person? • What is orientation?

9. Perspective • The perspective of a narrator can be single, meaning only one character’s actions are narrated or followed throughout; limited omniscient/multiple, meaning many characters’ actions are followed; and omniscient. • “Ender’s Game” is limited omniscient. • “Huckleberry Finn” is single. • The Bible is omniscient.

10. Access • The access of a narrator refers to how much of the characters’ inner thoughts the narrator knows; • “Objective” means that the narrator knows no inner thoughts and feelings; • “Subjective” meaning that the narrator has access to thoughts and feelings. Objective: Antony telling a story about Ashley Subjective: God

11. Check! • What is perspective? • What are the different aspects of perspective? • What is access? • What are the different aspects of access?

12. The AP Question… • Why do you think Card uses different points of view throughout the novel?

13. Practice • Using the first page of chapter 1 of “Ender’s Game“ determine the person, access, orientation, and perspective of the text. THEN • Using page 25, determine the person, access, orientation, and perspective of the text.

14. Independent Practice • On your own, determine the four aspects of point of view for page 89 in Ender’s Game.

15. Closing/Homework: • Two Vocabulary Cards • An APP over one of Ender’s conflicts in Ender’s Game using your character autopsy.