English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.17

Identify the narrator’s point of view in a literary text and explain how it differs from a character’s perspective.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • A narrator is the speaker who is telling the story.
  • Different characters in a story can have different perspectives, or viewpoints.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify the narrator's point of view in a literary text.
  • Explain how the narrator's point of view is different from a character's perspective.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Narrators and characters can have different points of view and perspectives within the same story.

Vocabulary

  • Narrator
  • Point of view
  • Literary text
  • Perspective
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