Point of View Unit Plan

Rationale

This unit is designed to allow students to understand how their perceptions and those of others affect how one reacts to other people, circumstances and events.
Age Group: 8-9
Duration : 3 weeks

Objectives

By the end of the unit students should be able to:

• retell a story from the point of view of one of the characters
• create alternative endings for traditional stories
• show more respect for the perspectives of others

Assessment

Checklists, rubrics, portfolios, drama, written assignments

Reading

The True Story of The Three little Pigs

Activity

Students will: Engage in think alouds Discipher gestalt images Solve tangram puzzles Write stories entitled My Life As A... bird shoe Complete compare and contrast graphic organisers