Identifying and using different perspectives
I can identify perspectives and use them in my own writing.
Identifying and using different perspectives
I can identify perspectives and use them in my own writing.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Perspective refers to literal viewpoint and an opinion.
- Examples of perspective include: in media res, panoramic, external and internal.
- Words for explaining perspectives include: focus, zoom, trace, notice.
- When planning to write about a scene, the first decision is where to position the narrator.
- When describing a scene, focus on three key points and include words and phrases.
Common misconception
Students may think that all writing should begin at the beginning and move through the middle to the end.
Encourage them to think about how stories, especially films, often start with an exciting scene.
Keywords
Perspective - a particular point of view; this can be both literally what you see but also what you feel and think
In medias res - Latin for “in the middle of things”; this refers to writing that starts in the middle of the plot or action
Panoramic - a panorama is an unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer
Equipment
You will need a copy of an extract from Isabella Bird's 'A lady's life in the Rocky Mountains' which is available in the additional materials.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
viewpoints
in the middle of the drama
wide view
for placing and positioning people and objects
for showing the sequence of how we view a scene
to indicate how closely or not we look at something