South Dakota ELA 2.RL.6
The Standard
Describe how the point of view from various characters and/or purpose shapes the content of a text.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe how different characters see the same event or why an author tells a story. They explain how that view or purpose affects the details included.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can retell a scene from two characters' views, choosing details that fit what each knows and wants. They use the characters' words or actions to explain their choices.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume every character knows the same things, even when one was not there. They may treat a character's opinion as a fact or think a different viewpoint changes what happened.
How to Assess It
- After reading The Three Little Pigs, ask students to write what the pig and the wolf would each say about the brick house. Have them explain why each would mention different details.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs paper pig and wolf puppets; have each retell the brick-house scene using two details that character would notice.
Ask, 'Why does the pig call the brick house safe while the wolf sees it as a problem?' Have students cite one clue.
Read four short accounts of the brick-house scene; students hold up a pig or wolf card and name the clue that helped them choose.
Have students write two notes about a spilled lunch tray, one from the student who spilled it and one from the custodian.
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Related Standards
- 1.RI.6
Identify the purpose of and/or point of view in a text.
- 3.RL.6
Identify the point of view in a text and distinguish the student's perspective from that of the narrator or characters.
- 4.RL.6
Compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated and explain the author's purpose using evidence from the text.
- 1.RL.6
Use words, illustrations, and details to identify the purpose of and/or point of view in a text.
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