1. Have you ever had a disagreement with someone? Which of you was right?

2. Objective Rationale Today we will preview a unit
Determine the point of view (perception) of two different characters and how that adds to a story
We need to understand that people often have different points of view based on the amount of information they have been exposed to, which may or may not be the truth, and their own biases
RL.7.6 - Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters in a text.
RL.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
SL.7.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions

3. Collections Unit 2
Perception & Reality

4. Definitions
Perception -a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression.
Reality -the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.

5. Essential Questions How is perception different than reality?
How does our background knowledge, prior experiences, and biases develop our perceptions?
What are the dangers of looking at life through perception and not reality?
To what extent can perceptions be dangerous?

8. Philip Malloy -Diary
Miss Narwin -Letter

9. Phillip Malloy (Diary Excerpt)
Miss Narwin (letter to sister)
Describe Philip –Use citations to back up your answer
What’s important to him –use citations to back up your answer
What is his perception about Miss Narwin –Use citations to back up your answer
How much has prior experience and bias affected his perception?
Describe Miss Narwin –Use citations to back up your answer
What’s important to her –use citations to back up your answer
What is her perception about Philip –Use citations to back up your answer
How much has prior experience and bias affected her perception?

10. Take a sheet of paper and fold it into four parts.
Describe Philip by citing the text
What’s important to him?
Philip is conceited They could win with “me on the team”, “I was really good”
Cocky – “Malloy magic time” “two of us would be front of the line”
Perception about Miss Narwin
Prior experience and bias effected perception?

11. Take a sheet of paper and fold it into four parts.
Describe Narwin by citing the text
What’s important to her?
Perception about Philip
Prior experience and bias effected perception?

12. How do the character’s perception affect this story –what element of a story would it add to?
Whose perception was most grounded in reality based on the current facts given? Write in on the back of the notecard
Name: