Reflection: A Different Point of View

The objectives for this lesson were as follows:

Describe key information of a text from a prescribed point of view

Discuss differing viewpoints
Discover the importance of point of view in a text
Compose alternative viewpoints of a selected text.

Student Learning:
Students were successful in analyzing the authors perspective of The Three
Little Pigs versus The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. The students had to
accurately identify the authors perspective from both stories, then compare
and contrast them. All 19 students were able to find 4-5components of each
stories perspective that showed differing viewpoints. They also found 4-5
components of each story that had similar viewpoints. After the lesson
students were given an extended response activity where they had to rewrite
a popular story from the perspective of another character. The students did
well with this activity and all of the students creatively rewrote their stories
from a differing perspective.
Teacher Reflection:
This lesson went very well, and the students had so much fun reading The
True Story of the Three Little Pigs Many students said they prefer the wolfs
perspective, and thought it was a great spin on a popular childrens book. As
the students were engaged in the reading of the texts visually, I walked
around to see how engaged the class was. All students were concentrating
on the text, and even laughed on the funny parts of the story.
After we read both texts by watching them on YouTube, we had a thoughtful
discussion about how there is always two sides to a story. Many students
made Text-to-Self connections about times when there were differing
viewpoints to one story. After our discussion, the students were engaged in a
Venn diagram activity were they had to compare the story from the pigs
perspective, to that of the wolfs. The students were successful with this and
all of my students could accurately interpret the perspectives of both texts.
The final activity of this lesson was an online activity were students visited
scholastics Fractured Fairytales website, and rewrote popular childrens
stories from the perspective of a different characters. This activity also kept
my students engaged, and they were eager to share their new stories with
their peers. Overall, I do believe this lesson is one that I will use in the future.
It was fun, the student learning objectives were met, and students were able
to explore authors perspective in an enjoyable way!