Point Of View Poem

Building on the previous activity in this series of lesson seeds, this plan focuses on the use of dialect in Theodore Taylor's novel, The Cay. Class members examine specific lines of text, use their reading journals to respond to the...

Get your middle schoolers engaged in the civil rights movement using primary source documents! Although this lesson doesn't give you much detail, it offers a nice outline. Start by giving pupils a writing prompt to encourage personal...

Students write their own fairy tale. In this point of view lesson, students will plan and organize a written piece which focuses on point of view. Students will listen to a fairy tale, observe the teacher model good writing practices and...

Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin! Upper graders and middle schoolers read the story The Three Little Pigs and other tales related to the story from various points of view. They use the Internet to find more stories from...

Launch a study of point of view by showing your pupils the illusion pictures attached to this resource. Depending on their point of view, class members may see a bird or a rabbit, the bust of a statue or a couple kissing. The remaining...

They always say to write what you know. This approach is used to get middle schoolers prepared to write novels of their own. Using a favorite book as a model, potential novelists respond to prompts that ask about characters, plot, main...

Learners define first, second, and third person point of view. They listen to the same poem written from the first and then the third person point of view, and identify common words and features apparent in each version. Then, they...

Young poets use Kidspiration to draw a flower, personify the flower, and write a poem from the flower's point of view. Sharing these poems in small groups will reinforce learners' knowledge of personification. 

A band of brothers or the Devil's agents? Nobel warriors freeing the oppressed or mercenaries working for the military/industrial complex? Groups examine poems from the Civil War, World War I, and World War II to determine the poets'...

Study point of view from the author's perspective! Using "The Wind's Visit," kids explore poetry and point of view with context clues about characters and their actions. The video is a good way to clear up a concept that can be...