GOAL:
To analyze point of view in the story
ASSIGNED READING:
Chapter 11
WRITING PROMPT:
How would this chapter be different if Peter were telling the story?
Add to your character map for Peter, based on information in Chapters 10 and 11.
ONLINE PROMPT:
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Review point of view with the class. Remind students that a story may be told from the first-person or the third-person point of view. Point out that although Number the Stars is told from the third-person point of view (because the narrator does not refer to himself or herself as "I"), the reader sees events through the eyes of one particular character, Annemarie. The author tells what Annemarie is thinking and feeling, and the reader knows only what she knows. As they read Chapter 11, suggest that students think about how this point of view affects how the story is told.
Before students begin reading, you might want to create a class concept web about pride. During community share, return to the concept web and discuss what Annemarie learned about pride in Chapter 11.
In community share, ask students to discuss how the story would be different if it were told from Peter's point of view. What would readers know that Annemarie doesn't? What would readers not know if Peter were telling the story? Do students like the point of view that the author chose, and why?
Ask students whether they think Peter has changed during the story, and if so, how. (Has Peter changed, or is the author just revealing him very gradually?)
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