GOAL:
To review what point of view is; to analyze how Marty's point of view affects the telling of this story
ASSIGNED READING:
Chapters 11-12
WRITING PROMPT:
How do you think Marty feels about sharing Shiloh with his family and friends?
How does Judd feel when he finds out that Marty has had his dog all along?
What do you think Marty will do once Shiloh is healed and must go back to Judd?
ONLINE PROMPT:
Participate in the online book club by using the Student Comment Form and the Student Comments About Shiloh page.
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Review point of view with students. Remind them that a story can be told from the first-person point of view (in which the narrator is a character in the story and refers to himself or herself as "I") or from the third-person point of view (in which the narrator is not a character in the story). Point of view also refers to how the beliefs and feelings of the narrator affect how a story is told.
Make sure students understand that Marty is the first-person narrator of Shiloh. Ask them to think about how Marty's point of view -- his opinions and feelings about everything that happens -- comes across in Chapters 11 and 12.
If you have the Book Club teacher's
handbook, direct students to the Point of View response type on
the third Response Choice Sheet following page 261. This response type
will prompt them to think about points of view other than Marty's.
During community share, have students share what they wrote in their logs and discussed in their book clubs. Focus the discussion on point of view again, and ask them how they think the story would be different if it were told from Judd's point of view. How does Judd's sense of right and wrong differ from Marty's? How does he view Marty's decision to keep Shiloh away from him? What might readers learn about Judd if he were the narrator of the story?
You might point out to students that Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has avoided making the villain of this story completely evil; instead she allows readers to see Judd's human side. One example is when Judd tells Marty how his father used to beat him. Another is when Judd finds out that everyone has been keeping secrets from him and seems wounded by this betrayal.
As an extension activity, students could rewrite a scene from Shiloh from the point of view of another character besides Marty.
Click to go to Lesson 7.
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