POINT OF VIEW

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POINT OF VIEW

• LINDA THIELEPAPE
• STERLING HIGH SCHOOL
• Greater Houston Area Writing Project

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OBJECTIVE

• Write in a voice and style appropriate to
• audience and purpose. (TEKS)

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Hearing myself allows me to hear others.
The farther I go into myself, the more I can
enter the lives of others enter the lives
different from me, the more I understand
myself. Murray (1996)
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Ray CharlesHit The Road, Jackhttp//lyrics.rare-
lyrics.com/R/Ray-Charles/Hit-The-Road-Jack.html

• (Woman)Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
  no more, no more, no more, nomore.Hit the road
  Jack and don't you come back no more.(Repeat
  Hit the road)
• ( Man)Woah! Woman, oh woman, don't treat me so
  mean,You're the meanest old woman that I've ever
  seen.I guess if you say so.I'll have to pack my
  things and go.
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• ( Woman)
• That's right!Hit the road Jack and don't you
  come back no more, no more, no more, nomore.Hit
  the road Jack and don't you come back no more.
• (Repeat Hit the road)
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• (Man)Now baby, listen baby, don't-a treat me
  this-a wayFor I'll be back on my feet some day.
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Ray CharlesHit The Road, Jackhttp//lyrics.rare-
lyrics.com/R/Ray-Charles/Hit-The-Road-Jack.html

• (Woman)Don't care if you do 'cause it's
  understoodyou ain't got no money you just ain't
  no good.
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• (Man)Well, I guess if you say soI'll have to
  pack my things and go.
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• (Woman)
• That's right!Hit the road Jack and don't you
  come back no more, no more, no more, nomore.Hit
  the road Jack and don't you come back no
  more.(Repeat Hit the road and fade)Don't you
  come back no more.
• (Repeat 4 times)

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The Writer Uses Voice

• a) By revealing specifics and significant
• information to the reader
• b) By choosing the right word or phrase to spark
  
• meaning
• c) By using the right pace, beat, and punctuation
  
• to create fluency
• d) By deciding on a point of view that accurately
  
• reveals the writer, the character and/
  or
• characters, and the way the world is
  seen
• through their eyes
• 
  (Murray, 1996)

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• POINT of View
• the perspective
• from which
• a story is told

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Authors Point of View

• 1st Person The narrator writes I
• I opened the door as quietly as I could, sure
  that the slightest creak would wake the baby and
  Id spend another hour trying to stop her
  screaming.

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• Limited 3rd person The narrators
  knowledge is limited to that
  of one or a few characters.
• Antoinette felt no shame in asserting that she,
  her parents real daughter, should be given
  more than her adopted sister. But it seemed to
  her that it was Laura they showered with extra
  affection and expensive gifts.

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• Omniscient 3rd person The narrator is looking
  down on the action of the story, seeing all and
  knowing what is inside every characters mind.
• Jordan was finally quiet, and Lisas stupid
  insistence on checking one more time could only
  be rewarded with another hour of the poor childs
  exhausted screaming.
• Dennis Levine (2000)

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FOCUS

• My focus today deals with decisions writers make
  when choosing the point of view for their
  stories.
• Why is it important to teach?
• Why is it important to learn?

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• Ive already shown that point of view is an
  important factor in ones voice.
• When evaluating ones audience, point of view is
  also an important consideration.
• Writing convincing dialogue relies on characters
  point of view
• The genres of persuasion, debate, and argument
  combine several points of view to be effective.
• According to Donald Murray, Hearing myself
  allows me to hear others. The farther I go into
  myself, the more I can enter the lives of others
  enter the lives different from me, the more I
  understand myself. (1996)
• So point of view helps the writer understand
  himself and others, as well.

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What are some strategies that help the writer
choose point of view?

• Write the story from several characters points
  of view ( like the song)
• In persuasive or argumentative papers, always
  write the opposing view to have a clearer
  perspective of ones own point of view.
• Writing about what the chapter or position
  wasnt helped me to see what it was.
• Romano
  (2004)
• Read the story aloud to oneself and really listen
  to the voices.

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• Donald Murray states
• To develop your voice, the voice of your own
  texts, look to what you have written and are
  writing. Read it aloud as you write and after you
  have written, note what works, what feels right
  to you as you do it. List those qualities and
  develop them. (1990)

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ACTIVITY

• Now read a 5th graders paragraph that has little
  voice.
• Rip in the Pants by a 5th grader
• Just about a week ago my teacher had a rip in
  his pants. It was really funny. I didnt see it
  right away but someone told me. Then I saw it and
  wanted to laugh but I held it in. Then someone
  told him and everyone started to laugh. Then he
  went home to change. The End

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Your Turn

• Write about the teachers ripped pants from
  different points of view. Remember to use the
  other elements of voice. Then share.
• The teacher
• A student who likes the teacher
• A student who does not like the teacher
• The pants
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  (Culham,2004)

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MODIFICATIONS

• Advanced and gifted students
  Compare/contrast point of view in two works on
  same subject.
• Christopher Marlowes poem, The Passionate
  Shepherd to His Love
• Sir Walter Raleighs response, The Nymphs
  Reply to Shepherd
• ESL or Special Ed students
• Use a picture with several people showing
  different responses.
• Have students write from each persons point
  of view.

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Works Cited

• Culham, Ruth. 2004. Using Picture Books to Teach
  Writing With the Traits. New York Scholastic.
• Dennis, Mary, and Gloria Levine ed. 2000.
  Tackling Literary Terms.
• San Antonio, TX Novel Units,
  Inc.
• Mayfield, Percy. 1961. Hit the Road Jack. New
  York. http/lyrics.rare-lyrics.com/R/Ray-C
  harles/Hit-The-Road- Jack.html.
• Murray, Donald M. 1996. Crafting a Life in Essay,
  Story, Poem. Portsmouth, NH Boyton/Cook.
• _____. 1990. Shoptalk Learning to Write With
  Writers. Portsmouth, NH Boyton/Cook.
• Romano, Tom. 2004. Crafting Authentic Voice.
  Portsmouth, NH Heinemann.