Common Core Standards

Grade 5

Reading RL.5.6

Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.

Students need to see that emotions are not truth; there are other ways of seeing the world. For example, if the narrator absolutely hates eating beets, then of course the narrator is going to describe any situation involving beets as gross; however, if the narrator loves beets, then any situation involving beets will be described as wonderful. A student who masters this standard will recognize that both situations are valid; it all depends on how a person views beets.