Modifiers Used for Comparison Day 1 MODIFIERS USED

Modifiers Used for Comparison Day 1

MODIFIERS USED FOR COMPARISON I know adjectives describe a noun or a pronoun. Sometimes adjectives compare two things; they usually end in /er/. Adjectives can compare three or more things. These adjectives usually end in /est/. Some comparisons are irregular. You can’t add /er/ or /est/ to them. They change in a different way.

MODIFIERS USED FOR COMPARISON

MODIFIERS USED FOR COMPARISON

VERB TENSE

POINT OF VIEW

WHAT DOES POINT OF VIEW MEAN?

POINT OF VIEW (POV) : - The perspective a story is told from. - The angle you hear the story from. Who’s eyes and mind you see the story from.

POINT OF VIEW � It can affect your understanding of characters and events. � It is created by a writer’s choice of narrator, the voice that tells the story. � The narrator may be a character in the story or an outside observer.

MARIO BROS. What we see when we play What someone else sees (in this case, Mario)

QUESTION: � How would the story of Cinderella be different if it were told from the POV of the step-mother?

TODAY: � We will focus on 3 points of view: � First person � Third person limited � Third person Omniscient

FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW

THIRD-PERSON LIMITED

THIRD-PERSON OMNISCIENT

LETS GIVE IT A TRY! They skated across the pond swiftly and silently. First or Third? Rachel heard the sirens as she walked out of the building onto the street. First or Third? I saw the puppies and knew that one would come home with me. First or Third?

MARIO BROS. First or Third person ? First of third person?

PRACTICE We will read the following sentences and decide if they are written in FIRST or THIRD person. Then, we will share with each other what clues helped us come to the correct answer.

FIRST OR THIRD PERSON? The hunter had a cottage deep in the woods. He lived there all alone. He never had a visitor from town, and he didn’t mind. The people in town smiled on the rare occasion he came down from the mountains to buy some supplies, but secretly, they preferred he keep to himself as well.

FIRST OR THIRD PERSON? I ride the bus to the mall some days after I have finished all my school work. I like to meet my friends there. We talk about everything- the latest celebrity news, our plans for the summer, and even what we want to do when we finally graduate next year.

FIRST OR THIRD PERSON? My friends and I went camping. I toasted marshmallows over the fire. I found out that night that I should probably not choose a gourmet chef as a career, since I couldn’t help but burn the marshmallows or break all the graham crackers.

FIRST OR THIRD PERSON? Joey likes to go swimming on hot summer days. Sometimes he asks his friend Sam to go with him. He also brings his dog to play with.

FIRST OR THIRD PERSON? When I got home I opened the door slightly and that's when I heard a big BOOM! I went down stairs but found nothing. So I ran upstairs, as scared as I was, and I crept through the house. I got through all the rooms until I finally got to my brother's room. I pushed open the door to find him doing some sort of science project.

EXCERPTS FROM BOOKS � Now please tell me if each is: � First � Third limited � Third omniscient AND what clues gave it away!

TUCK EVERLASTING BY NATALIE BABBITT At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.

ANSWER: � Third Person Omniscient We know the thoughts and actions of two characters.

THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY BY JOANNA COLE AND BRUCE DEGEN It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body. We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher in the school.

ANSWER: � First Person The narrator uses the word we, which is a clue to the reader that this is first person. The narrator is a character in the story.

GLINDA OF OZ BY FRANK L. BAUM Ozma took the arm of her hostess, but Dorothy lagged behind. When at last she rejoined Glinda and Ozma in the hall, she found them talking earnestly about the condition of the people, and how to make them more happy and contented– although they were already the happiest and most contented folks in all the world. This interested Ozma, of course, but it didn’t interest Dorothy very much, so the little girl ran over to the big table on which was lying open Glinda’s Great Book of Records.

ANSWER: � Third Person Omniscient � This narrator is not a character in the story. He / She is watching the characters from the outside, making it third person. � The narrator knows what several characters think and feel, making it omniscient.

MARY POPPINS BY P. L. TRAVERS, MARY SHEPARD They found themselves in bed and watching, by the dim light from the night-light, the rest of Mary Poppin’s unpacking being performed. From the carpet bag she took out seven flannel nightgowns, four cotton ones, a pair of boots, a set of dominoes, two bathing-caps and a postcard album. Jane an Michael sat hugging themselves and watching. It was all so surprising that they could find nothing to say. But they knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened at Number Seventeen, Cherry-Tree Lane.