Middle School English Language Arts Instructional Guide

Standard: Reading 11

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria

Learning Intentions: ●​ Students will understand how an author's perspective influences the point of view of the narrator or speaker in texts. ●​ Students will learn to analyze how an author distinguishes their perspective from others in informational texts. Success Criteria: ●​ I can explain how an author's perspective develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in multiple texts. ●​ I can analyze how an author distinguishes their perspective from that of others in an informational text.

a. ​ Explain how an author's perspective develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in multiple texts. (RL) b. ​ Analyze how the author distinguishes a perspective and/or position from that of others. (RI)

Nouns (Know)

Verbs (Do)

●​ Author's perspective ●​ Point of view

●​ Explain ●​ Develop ●​ Analyze ●​ Distinguish

●​ Narrator ●​ Speaker ●​ Texts ●​ Perspective ●​ Position

Sample Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment

For Author's Perspective: ●​ "How does the author's perspective influence the narrator's point of view in this text?" ●​ "What clues in the text help you understand the author's perspective?" For Distinguishing Perspective/Position: ●​ "How does the author distinguish their perspective from others in this passage?" ●​ "What specific language or details does the author use to set their position apart?

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