Author's Point of View

Do you need materials to teach or assess your students on the Common Core standard RI.3.6? Well, then this is the product for you!

Students start by reading about one event from several different perspectives. A cat runs away from a dog, and it is described by the cat, the dog, a mouse, a mother, a little girl, and a little boy. My third graders especially liked this activity, and it really showed me who was reading carefully for the author's point of view.

The next step is to read an article about elephants. There are two versions for different levels of readers. This gives students a chance to answer both multiple choice questions and a short answer question. It gets to the heart of understanding the difference between the author's point of view and the reader's point of view.

Also included in the product is a short reading passage about homework and two short answer followup questions and a short quiz that tests author's point of view.