CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6
The Standard
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature
What This Standard Means
Students need to tell who is telling the story, what that narrator or character thinks or feels, and how their own thinking is the same or different. They should use story details, not just say, “I agree” or “I don’t agree.”
Mastery looks like a student saying, “The character thinks the dog is scary because it growls, but I think it may be scared.” Students often mix up narrator and author, or describe a character’s feelings without comparing them to their own view.
Ways to Teach It
- Hands-on: Give students character cards and opinion cards, then have them sort which views belong to the narrator, character, or reader.
- Prompt: After reading, ask, “What does the character believe, and what do you believe differently? Use one line from the story.”
- Quick assessment: Use a three-column exit ticket labeled narrator, character, me, and have students fill each with one viewpoint.
- Real-world connection: Compare two classmates’ opinions about a playground rule, then connect that to differing viewpoints in a story.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.6
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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.6.6
Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in 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.