CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.6
The Standard
Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify who is speaking and explain how characters see the same event or problem differently. They use tone, volume, pacing, and expression to show each character’s feelings.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can name the speaker and explain how two characters view the same event differently. They support each view with words or actions from the story. Their oral reading matches each character’s feelings and attitude.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse the narrator with a character who is speaking. They may think a different voice means only speaking louder or using a silly accent. They may name an emotion without explaining what caused it.
How to Assess It
- Give students this dialogue: Nina says, “Rain! Now we can jump in puddles.” Omar says, “Oh no. Our picnic is ruined.” Ask students to explain each character’s view and read both lines with fitting expression.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs character masks and dialogue strips, then have them mark emotion clues and perform each line with a matching voice.
After a shared story, ask, “How did each character view the problem, and which words reveal that view?”
Play Speaker Switch: students draw character cards, read one dialogue line, and classmates identify the speaker and explain the voice choice.
Compare two students’ reactions to canceled recess, then connect their words and tones to different views of the same event.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.6
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first- and third-person narrations.
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