How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on sorting sentences by the point of view of the narrator telling them, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.6. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
1.Sort each one: First-person narrator or Third-person narrator?
Sort: Our team lost and I blamed myself, We never found out why he left, Maya smiled but inside she was furious, Nobody told Leo the bus had gone
First-person narratorThird-person narrator
2.Sort each one: First-person narrator or Third-person narrator?
Sort: From where I stood the stage looked tiny, The twins each believed the other had the key, I knew by the thread that something was wrong, Their mother wondered why she had not been on stage
First-person narratorThird-person narrator
3.Sort each one: First-person narrator or Third-person narrator?
Sort: My brother still says I started it, Across town his sister was already packing, I wish I had asked her sooner, Neither of them noticed the clock had stopped
First-person narratorThird-person narrator
LessonPrint · RL.5.6 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Maya smiled but inside she was furious — Third-person narrator 2. Nobody told Leo the bus had gone — Third-person narrator 3. Our team lost and I blamed myself — First-person narrator 4. We never found out why he left — First-person narrator
2.1. From where I stood the stage looked tiny — First-person narrator 2. I knew by the thread that something was wrong — First-person narrator 3. The twins each believed the other had the key — Third-person narrator 4. Their mother wondered why she had not been on stage — Third-person narrator
3.1. Across town his sister was already packing — Third-person narrator 2. I wish I had asked her sooner — First-person narrator 3. My brother still says I started it — First-person narrator 4. Neither of them noticed the clock had stopped — Third-person narrator
Questions about How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling
What does the How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling worksheet cover?
It practices sorting sentences by the point of view of the narrator telling them — 3 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RL.5.6: Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told. The instruction to students is “Sort each one into the right box”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.6 — RL.5.6, under Reading: Literature for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Describe how a narrator's or speaker's point of view influences how events are described.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RL.5.6, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling come with an answer key?
Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling free to print and photocopy?
Yes. How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RL.5.6?
Yes — “How a Narrator Shapes Events” is a 40-minute Grade 5 plan for RL.5.6, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RL.5.6
Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told.
Teaching this next? How a Narrator Shapes Events is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.