CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7.6
The Standard
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
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 track what each character or narrator knows, believes, notices, and leaves out. They explain how dialogue, thoughts, actions, and word choice reveal differences between perspectives.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can identify two distinct perspectives and cite details that build each one. The student can explain how the contrast shapes conflict, suspense, or the reader’s understanding.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often confuse point of view with first-person or third-person narration alone. They may summarize what characters say instead of explaining how details reveal and contrast their attitudes or knowledge.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Choose two speakers from today’s scene. Cite one detail revealing each perspective, then explain how the difference affects the scene.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs color-coded sticky notes to mark what two characters know, believe, and notice in a shared scene.
Ask, “Which character understands the conflict more accurately, and what two details support your claim?”
Play Perspective Match: teams match anonymous lines, thoughts, and actions to characters, then justify each match with a trait or belief.
Compare two eyewitness accounts of one school event, then list how position, goals, and prior knowledge create different versions.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.6
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.9-10.6
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