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This is a FUN Activity for teaching first person point of view and inspiring creative writing!
Document consists of guidelines for writing and project (with due date with peer editing/revising signature blanks), poetry pre-write organizer, & a grading rubric for teachers. Students write from the point of view of an animal they choose. I encourage them to all choose animals other than common domestic animals and we list them on board so that no 2 students write about the same animal.
Requirements include a creative visual display, which supplements the poem for oral presentation and student work displays.
Focus is 1st person point of view which is an easy literature element for them to remember through this activity; the guidelines instruct students to include various aspects about the animals--which gets them to go look for the information in books, magazines, and computers and not just write what they think an animal does, eats, likes, etc.
I use this project during our Discovery Unit, and they really have fun presenting them, as well as hearing about all the different animals! A fun presentation is easier for students to do in front of their classmates too!
It's a great cross-curricular activity for Science too!
Ann Marie Smith @ Innovative Connections
Document consists of guidelines for writing and project (with due date with peer editing/revising signature blanks), poetry pre-write organizer, & a grading rubric for teachers. Students write from the point of view of an animal they choose. I encourage them to all choose animals other than common domestic animals and we list them on board so that no 2 students write about the same animal.
Requirements include a creative visual display, which supplements the poem for oral presentation and student work displays.
Focus is 1st person point of view which is an easy literature element for them to remember through this activity; the guidelines instruct students to include various aspects about the animals--which gets them to go look for the information in books, magazines, and computers and not just write what they think an animal does, eats, likes, etc.
I use this project during our Discovery Unit, and they really have fun presenting them, as well as hearing about all the different animals! A fun presentation is easier for students to do in front of their classmates too!
It's a great cross-curricular activity for Science too!
Ann Marie Smith @ Innovative Connections
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lparshelunis
Thanks!
April 2, 2013 
caster
very visually appealing and easy for students follow; a nice combination to go with our animal unit
February 2, 2013
Ann Marie Smith (TpT Seller)
Super....what I like to hear! I love how much creativity comes out with activities like this. My students surprise me every time.
February 3, 2013
Jenifer Stewart (TpT Seller)
This was a great project for my fourth graders to complete as they finished up their nonfiction animal research projects. We've also been studying point of view, so I had my students write a poem from the point of view of the animal they researched.
December 25, 2012
Ann Marie Smith (TpT Seller)
Awesome! I am thrilled you got to use it w/ both research and point of view& so glad you wrote to let me know! :)
December 27, 2012
dancoo
We had fun with this :)
September 9, 2012
Teacher Tam (TpT Seller)
I really like how the activity page is divided into blocks and bubbles. I think such a visual arrangement makes it clear to the students. Thanks for sharing!
August 22, 2011
Tracee Orman (TpT Seller)
I like this idea, too! Very creative and fun! Thanks for sharing!
August 3, 2011
Teacher Galaxy (TpT Seller)
I like it! Reminds me of a story I wrote in fifth grade. It was written from my shoes' point of view.
August 3, 2011
Ann Marie Smith (TpT Seller)
I have no idea what I did in the 5th grade!!! except a US Map in Glitter!! lol. Thank you for the feedback!
August 10, 2011
Victoria Leon (TpT Seller)
What a great idea! Your “First Person Point of View: Write a Poem from Animal's Point of View" was the featured “Free Product of the Day†on “The Best of Teachers Pay Teachers.â€
Wishing you the best,
Victoria Leon
http://thebestofteacherspayteachers.blogspot.com/2011/08/free-language-arts-lesson-first-person.html
Wishing you the best,
Victoria Leon
http://thebestofteacherspayteachers.blogspot.com/2011/08/free-language-arts-lesson-first-person.html
August 2, 2011
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