Grade Level: 1st grade

Subject(s): Language Arts

Topic of Study: Points of View

Time Allotment: 40 minutes

Standards: 

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.6 Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.9 Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

Objectives: The students will read 2 different stories, determine the books point of view, and compare and contrast the stories similarities and differences. 

Reflect on:

Assessing Prior Knowledge: 

• What do the students need to know prior to the lesson? 

  The students need to know the main keywords used to differentiate between different points of view

• How will prior knowledge and experience be assessed?

  We will have been working on POVs all week, those assignments will determine whether or not they are able to tell the differences in the POV of the story. We can review comparing and contrasting by creating our own class venn diagram on a topic we are already knowledgable about as an introduction to the lesson.

• How will you use this information in the planning process?

  If the students are able to easily create venn diagrams and pick out key information to list, we will continue with the lesson. If not, we may need to do some remediation and re-teach the concept and later complete the lesson that day or the next class day.

Planning Instruction: 

• Why should the content of this lesson be taught at this grade level?

  Students are beginning to learn how to read, to fully understand a story they need to understand who is telling the story. Students should also learn how to compare and contrast to be able to spot differences and similarities in stories/situations to comprehend stories.

• How do the objectives that you have for the lesson align with the standards?

  The students will determine the points of view which aligns with the standard "identify who is telling the story at various points in a text."

  
  

  The students will compare and contrast the events and characters in 2 different, but similar stories which aligns with the standard "compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories." 

• When will the lesson be taught in the course of the school year? Why?

  I think once the students are becoming more familiar with reading short books with 1+ characters I would want to introduce points of view. This will allow them to better comprehend more complex stories that they will encounter later. So I  may want to do this lesson mid-fall - end of fall.