Learning Intention: Students explore the seven

Imagine That! literary elements of prose fiction – Narration

Success Criteria
By the end of this week, students will
be able to:
1. Identify narration as a central
element of prose fiction.
2. Examine aspects of the narration
in their novel Coraline.
3. Compose a range of story excerpts that
demonstrate understanding of narrative
Grade 6, English point of view.

Term 1, Week 4
Homework: Annotate Chapters 6-7
Week 3 – Writing Prompt Glows
• It was very good to see students using cool ideas to
demonstrate creativity.
• It was VERY good to see so many of you know to
organize your paragraphs into clear introduction,
body, and conclusion sections.
• Many of you were able to fully work the prompt with
great ideas and interesting plots.
• Some of the word choices were amazing.
• There was some great use of organization in the
stories! Well done!
Week 3 – Writing Prompt Grows
• Cause, Gonna and Wanna are not real words.
• Some of you write less than a page or just about one page.
• Verb-Noun agreement needs to be correct.
• Pay attention to spelling and upper lower/case writing.
• Paragraphs are still welcomed.
• Handwriting is still an issue for many responses. Remember,
if we can't read it, we can't mark it!
• Be sure that you read the prompt carefully (in addition to the
'suggestions' provided) and be sure to respond to it. If you
write whatever you want, you won't be fulfilling the task
requirements.
 Identify narration as a central element of
Success prose fiction.

Criteria 1
Activities:
1. Students add new vocabulary to their
glossaries.
Changint to
2. Students recap the literary elements
of prose fiction and examine narration.
3. Students view and understand a video
on narration.
4. Students read The Great Universal Undo
from their MyPerspectives textbook and
answer questions on narration.
1. Growing Our Vocabulary
In previous weeks, we started our own Glossary of important words.

Task:

• Continue adding words you encounter as you read to the glossary.

• You will need to add the following words and definitions (hint – these are important words
to know for the Cambridge Examinations).
1. Growing Our Vocabulary
Words Definition Example
Ambivalent Having mixed feelings or opposing ideas about
(adjective) something or someone.

A state or feeling of excited or worried

Suspense (noun)
uncertainty about what may happen.

Narrator (noun) Someone who tells a story.

To take one's time and fully enjoy or appreciate

Savour (verb)
something with all one's senses.

Gawp (verb) To stare openly in a stupid or rude manner.

2. Elements of Prose Fiction
Character /
Atmospher Plot
Characterizatio
e n

Literary
Elements of
Prose Fiction

Conflict Theme

Narratio
Setting
n
2. Overview and Definition of Narration POV
What is narrative point of view? Narrative point of view refers to the
voice the story is written in. A story can be told from a first person,
second person or third person point of view. Each of these points of
view can be used in different ways to narrate a story.
2. Overview and Definition of Narration POV
2. Overview and Definition of Narration POV
What is the Narrator's POV (point of View) in Coraline?

Third Person Limited

The narrative technique in Coraline is third person limited, which means that a narrator tells
us the story, focusing mostly on one character. In this particular case, an adult narrator tells
us Coraline's story.
This is a pretty common narrative technique for books that star children. Having an adult
narrator tell us a child's story can give us a little more depth; sometimes adults can see the
big picture a little more than kids. Also, it's usually just easier for an adult to write from an
adult's point of view!
Gaiman's use of third person narration also gives us an important outsider perspective on
Coraline. Coraline is often the only character on the page; she doesn't get to have a ton of
conversations with other people (except the cat, of course). Having the story narrated in the
third person gives us that outsider perspective we'd otherwise be missing, without losing
insight into Coraline's inner thoughts.

Copy this into your notebooks in your words.

3. Watch This Video on PoV
4. Reading activity in MyPerspectives
Take notes in your notebooks:

• What is the POV in this story?

Open page 276 of your • What does the author think is most important?
MyPerspectives book.
• How does the author feel about......?
We will read the story as a • What's the difference between first and third
class while you highlight person point of view?
words you don't know as well
• What sentence from the passage best supports
as words that may help us
understand POV the author's point of view?

• How does the narrator's point of view affect the

events in the narrative?
4. Reading activity in MyPerspectives

Open page 276 of your

MyPerspectives book.

We will read the story as a

class while you highlight
words you don't know as well
as words that may help us
understand POV
 Examine aspects of the narration
Success in their novel Coraline.

Criteria 2 Activities:
1. Students apply their skills about
Narrator's POV to the novel in 2
activities.
2. Students learn more about the
differences between First and Third
person narratives.
3. Students compose a text from
the First Person Point of View
4. Students rewrite First person point
of view to Third
1. Applying POV to Coraline

• Open your novels to Chapter 6

• Read the beginning as a class:
"Coraline was woken by (…) that
can be"
• Rewrite that sentence in first
person perspective in your
notebooks.
• Share your work.
 1. Applying POV to Coraline
• Open your novels to Chapter 7
• Read the beginning as a class:
"Somewhere inside her (…) deep
enough to lie down in"
• Rewrite that sentence in first person
perspective in your notebooks.
• Share your work.
2. Learning the differences between 1st and 3rd

What point of view is used

in the trailer?
2. Learning the differences between 1st and 3rd

What point of view is used

in the trailer?
3. Compose text in first person partner
activity
• In your notebooks write a paragraph about what you did yesterday evening;

• E.g. ate food, homework, extra-curricular activities, etc.

• When you are finished check your text to make sure it is all in 1st person.

• Find a partner in class to swap texts with and rewrite their paragraph in 3rd person.

• Make sure to change all the pronouns, are there other words or phrases that need to be
altered?
4. Different Pronouns in POV
Rewrite the following sentence from the week 3 quiz in (1st),
2nd, and 3rd person POV in your notebooks :

" I am a shape shifting dragon; I like traveling."

"You are a shape shifting dragon; you like traveling."
"He is a shape shifting dragon; he likes traveling."
 Compose a range of story excerpts that
Success demonstrate understanding of narrative
point of view.
Criteria 3
Activities:
1. Students learn how different points of
view can influence the mood of a text
by reading and comparing the text,
Anthem.
2. Students write a short story using
different points of view.
3. Students reflect on how narrative point
of view (narration) can influence the
mood of a text.
1. Anthem Activity
The two extracts you see (on
the left and the right) are
written by the same person.
One from the beginning of
the story, and the other from
the end of the story.
Compare and contrast the
perspectives and discuss the
difference in mood between
the two passages.
2. Activity
You are to compose a short,
first-person perspective of a
person living here, in
Rivendell. The land of the
Elves! Use imagery and
details that reflect what you
see and how you feel living in
this magical place.
2. Activity
Now share your short, first-
person point of view story
with your elbow partner (or
someone near you).

Now compose a new story by

re-writing their story and
changing all the point of view
to third person.
3. Write a Short Reflection
Return the stories to the original person. Leave 3-4
minutes to read their altered story and then write a
quick reflection below it.

In your English Binder, discuss what effect

changing the narrative point of view had on the
story. What was the most obvious different in the
new story? How was the mood different from the
original story?