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Lesson Title Consider the Source-Exploring Effects of Point of View, Worldview, and Life Experiences
Unit Title Elementary, My Dear Watson—Investigating Reading and Writing
NRS Level Level 4
Length of Lesson 120 minutes
Lesson Purpose

To develop an understanding of the effect of point of view and point of reference on meaning.


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Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify point of view and point of reference and how they affect meaning.

Student Target

“I can analyze multiple points of view of the same event and describe the similarities and differences.”

CCR Standards
Reading
  • Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

  • Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outline by Standard 10.)

Writing
  • Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards
Reading Anchor 6: Level C
  • Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.

Reading Anchor 7: Level D
  • Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Writing Anchor 4: Level D
  • Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards
  • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
    a. Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive).
    b. Use intensive pronouns.
    c. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
    d. Recognize and correct vague or unclear pronouns.
    e. Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others’ writing and speaking, and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.
    f. Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
    g. Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
    h. Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
    i. Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.
    j. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
    k. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
    l. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
  • Analyze the purpose of information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and evaluate the motives (e.g., social, commercial, political) behind its presentation.
KYAE Employability Standards
  • E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.

  • E.1 Effectively contribute to a team through cooperation, leadership, and giving and accepting critical feedback to work toward a common goal.