1. What is Point of View?
Point of view is all about the voice behind the story.
We have to figure out who is telling the story.
We often have to use inferences to figure out the character’s point of view (who is telling the story).
Depending on the point of view (who is telling the story) the story may change.
When giving the definition of point of view use a talking hand gesture to emphasize voice.
Point out that when siblings argue they usually have different points of view. The way that they explain the story to their parents will usually be different than the way their siblings would tell the same story. Same goes for an argument with a classmate. The story to the teacher will be different depending on who’s telling the story.

2. Example: The Three Little Pigs
The Original Three Little Pigs
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Told from the Pigs’ Point of View
There was a big, bad wolf
He huffed and puffed and blew their houses down
He wanted to eat them
Told from the Wolf’s Point of View
The wolf was nice and all he wanted to do was borrow some sugar.
His sneezes made the houses fall down, he didn’t blow them down.
He only ate the pigs because they were already dead.
You can show these clips and have students discuss the differences
The Original 3 Little Pigs
The Real Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Discussion: How did the stories differ based on who was telling the story?