Gr+6-7+Point+of+View

Group Members: Agnieszka Miralles, Becki Falardeau

Subject: Point of View

Grade:6/7

Key Learning: Every person is entitled to their point of view

Frame Critical Challenge: Rewrite the story of The Three Little Pigs from the perspective of the wolf or the third little pig.

Rough Notes: (please write ideas for any of the Challenges below, that way, we'll be ready to hit the ground running at our next session!)

Type of Critical Challenge: Imagine you are the wolf or the pig and defend your point of view

Culminating ideas/type of challenge to show learning: -using fairy tales to discuss and teach point of view -student choose a character from a fairy tale (one whose point of view is not expressed) -rewrite the fairy tale

Criteria for Judgment:

Background Knowledge required: -details of The Three Little Pigs -details of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs -point of view

Critical Thinking Vocabulary: -point of view -stereotypes -bias -evidence

Thinking Strategies: -Venn diagram -finding evidence chart -Wolf story analysis sheet -Reaching a decision 4 square model

Habits of mind (one or two to focus on) -open mindedness -fair mindedness -seeing the other side (point of view)


 * Suggested Activities **

Pre-planning: gather the different versions of the Three Little Pigs and a copy of The True Story of the Three little Pigs gather a variety of other fairy tales

Session 1: **Introduction: Reading two different versions of the story of the Three Little Pigs.** students will listen to read aloud of the two different versions of the story in small groups students brainstorm and record the similarities and differences between the two versions and record their findings using the compare/contrast Venn diagram see(Black line Master #1) Session 2: **Identifying the Point of View** whole group - introduce/review the vocabulary: (point of view ,opinion, perspective ) using the place mat activity, students write what they understand as point of view see **Black line Masters #2** students share their findings as a class establish what a point of view is: looking at the other side of a story in small groups, students discuss and identify who’s point of view is expressed in each version of the fairy tale and identify the missing points of view that might be relevant (e.g. wolf, first two pig brothers) **__ Session 3: __** **Reading the story The True Story of the Three Little Pigs** show the cover of the book and explain that what is going to be read is another story of the Tree Little Pigs while reading the story, ask questions: who do you think is telling the story?, do you think that .... is plausible, what do you think that "real story " might be, what do you think of the wolf now?, do you believe the wolf? etc on the board, using the Venn Diagram, compare one of the traditional versions of the story with the The True Story...and determine the similarities and differences between the two versions students work in small groups and consider if the wolf’s story is plausible students must identify evidence in the text to support their findings see **Black line Masters #3** after the small group discussion, students individually decide if they agree or disagree with the group decision see **Black line Masters #4**

Session 4: __** **Investigation** review the concept of point of view and the influence of point of view in students perception of the wolf in The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Suggest that seeing another side of the story causes us to change our mind show students the two picture scenarios on **Black line Masters #5**/**#6** and discuss how the same story seemingly the same, are viewed differently depending on who is telling the story discuss how the outcome of the story would be different if the characters knew each other’s point of view students are asked to choose on of the pictures and write the a short story from a chosen point of view (baker or hungry men) Session 5: **Application** students choose two different versions of traditional fairy tale, they chose a character who’s point of view is not expressed in the story and re-write the tale from that missing point of view see **Black line Masters # 7**
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