The Lesson:

Point of View; first person

Questions to ask about first person narrators:

1.   Is the narrator reliable?

2.   What are her values and issues?

These are determinable by the authors development of her character

                        6 ways of developing a character

                                    -what she does

-what she says  (her diction-word choice, what she chooses to   comment on

                                    -what she thinks

                                    -how she looks

                                    -how others react to her

                                    -how she reacts to others

6 ways of developing a character

                                    -what she does

-what she says  (her diction-word choice, what she chooses to   comment on

                                    -what she thinks

                                    -how she looks

                                    -how others react to her

                                    -how she reacts to others

Now choose an appropriate paragraph from the story, The Lesson and rewrite it in the first person point of view with Miss Moore as the narrator.