[cheerful upbeat music] ♪ ALRIGHT, HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FRUIT?

I LIKE STRAWBERRIES AND BANANAS.

DO YOU KNOW STRAWBERRIES ARE THE ONLY FRUIT TO HAVE THEIR SEEDS ON THE OUTSIDE?

I JUST READ THAT AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE COOL TO SHARE.

I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SHARE THE THINGS I LEARN.

DO YOU?

LET'S START OUR LITERACY LESSON, SO WE CAN HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE TO SHARE.

HANG TIGHT, 'CAUSE HERE IT COMES.

♪ ♪ HI, EVERYONE.

IT'S MS. SHAKEMIA HERE.

AND I AM SO READY TO DO MORE LEARNING WITH YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH A FABLE CALLED "THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

IN THIS FABLE, OR SHORT STORY THAT CONVEYS A MORAL, A LION AND A MOUSE BECOME 2 VERY UNLIKELY FRIENDS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT A LION AND A MOUSE WOULD BE UNLIKELY FRIENDS?

THAT'S RIGHT.

A LION AND A MOUSE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE FRIENDS, BECAUSE ONE IS A PREDATOR, AND ONE IS A PREY.

THAT MEANS THAT ONE USUALLY HURTS THE OTHER.

CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ANIMAL HUNTS THE OTHER?

AWESOME.

YES.

A LION IS A PREDATOR, AND A MOUSE IS A PREY.

AFTER READING ANY STORY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOUNT THE EVENTS IN ORDER, BECAUSE IT HELPS US TO THINK THROUGH THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS AND DEMONSTRATE OUR COMPREHENSION, OR UNDERSTANDING, OF THE TEXT.

WHEN WE RECOUNT STORIES, THERE ARE 3 COMPONENTS THAT WE MUST INCLUDE.

FIRST, WE MUST IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND SETTING.

DON'T FORGET THAT THE SETTING IS WHEN AND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

SECOND, WE MUST IDENTIFY THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAPPEN IN THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE STORY.

THIRD, WE MUST IDENTIFY THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

WHAT IS THE MORAL OF A STORY?

EXCELLENT.

YOU REMEMBERED THAT THE MORAL OF A STORY IS THE LESSON LEARNED BY THE CHARACTERS.

TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO USE KEY DETAILS FROM THE STORY TO HELP US DETERMINE THE MORAL.

WE WILL BE READING "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" AND PRACTICING OUR RECOUNTING SKILLS.

I AM GOING TO READ THE STORY TO YOU, AND I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME ON THE SCREEN.

OUR READING FOCUS IS TO BE ABLE TO RECOUNT THE STORY'S EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, OR IN THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THEY OCCUR.

LET'S READ.

OKAY.

NOW THAT WE'VE READ THE STORY, WE ARE GOING TO RECOUNT THE EVENTS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.

WE WILL BE USING THIS RECOUNTING GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TO HELP ORGANIZE OUR THOUGHTS.

I COULD USE YOUR HELP FILLING IN OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

ARE YOU UP FOR IT?

GREAT.

WHAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I HAVE TO IDENTIFY BEFORE I CAN BEGIN TO RECOUNT THIS FABLE?

OH, THAT'S RIGHT.

I HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN CHARACTERS AND SETTING.

FROM THE TITLE, WE KNOW THAT THERE WERE 2 MAIN CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY.

WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES AGAIN?

THAT'S RIGHT.

"LION" AND "MOUSE."

WE'LL ADD THESE TO OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.

NEXT UP IS THE SETTING.

REMEMBER, THE SETTING IS BOTH WHERE AND WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

LET'S START WITH WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

HMM.

I NOTICED THAT, IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, IT SAYS...

SO, "ONE BEAUTIFUL DAY" IS WHEN THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

SO, LET'S WRITE THAT IN OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER BY "WHEN."

NOW, WE NEED TO FIND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

REMEMBER THAT "WHERE" REFERS TO THE LOCATION OF THE STORY.

I'M GOING TO SHARE WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE, AND I WANT YOU TO SCAN THE TEXT TO FIND THE KEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT IT.

THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN THE FOREST.

CAN YOU SCAN THE TEXT AND FIND KEY DETAILS THAT SUPPORT MY THINKING?

ONCE YOU FIND SOMETHING, SHOW ME A THUMBS-UP.

ARE YOU READY?

SCAN.

ALRIGHT, TIME'S UP, AND I SEE THAT LOTS OF YOU FOUND SOME KEY DETAILS.

AS WE WERE SCANNING, I NOTICED THAT THE SECOND SENTENCE SAYS, "MOUSE WAS ROAMING THROUGH A FOREST."

THAT TELLS ME WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE.

DID YOU NOTICE THE SAME?

YOU DID?

AWESOME.

NEXT UP ON OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ARE THE EVENTS IN THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END OF THE STORY.

I'M GOING TO SHARE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE EVENTS TO DETERMINE THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY, LION CAPTURES MOUSE AFTER SHE WAKES HIM BUT THEN LETS HER GO, AFTER SHE PROMISES TO HELP HIM ONE DAY.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?

THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS EVENT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S HOW LION AND MOUSE MEET.

NOW, LET'S DISCUSS THE IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY.

ACCORDING TO OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT WAS THAT THE LION GOT CAUGHT IN A TRAP.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY?

RIGHT AGAIN.

THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE PROBLEM.

WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM WITHIN THE MIDDLE OF THE STORY.

FINALLY, WE HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT FOR THE END OF THE STORY.

ACCORDING TO THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, "MOUSE GNAWED THE ROPE UNTIL IT UNRAVELED, WHICH FREED LION."

NOW, WHY WOULD THAT BE SO IMPORTANT?

EXCELLENT.

IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THE SOLUTION, OR HOW THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED.

AWESOME WORK.

WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE 3 EVENTS TO HELP US IDENTIFY THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

THE MORAL OF A STORY IS A LESSON LEARNED FROM THE CHARACTERS' EXPERIENCE.

IN ORDER TO FIND THE MORAL OF THE STORY, WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND ASK OURSELVES, "WHAT DID THAT TEACH US?"

AFTER WE FIGURE OUT THE LESSON, WE HAVE TO FIND KEY DETAILS FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT OUR THINKING.

WATCH ME, AS I TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE MORAL.

IN THE TEXT, THE LION LAUGHED AT MOUSE WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE WOULD HELP HIM ONE DAY.

BUT WHEN HE NEEDED HELP, SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD DO THE JOB.

I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW LION TREATED MOUSE AND HOW MOUSE WAS ABLE TO SAVE LION, DESPITE BEING MUCH SMALLER.

SO, THE LESSON THAT I LEARNED IS THAT YOU CAN BE HELPFUL, NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL YOU ARE.

YOU KNOW, THE COOL THING ABOUT FIND THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS THAT THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE.

EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT INFLUENCE THE LESSONS WE LEARN FROM A TEXT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS TO ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR THINKING WITH KEY DETAILS FROM THE TEXT.

NOW, IT'S YOUR TURN.

YOU ARE GOING TO USE OUR KEY DETAILS TO FIND ALTERNATIVE MORALS, OR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE STORY.

I WANT YOU TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AND LET THAT LEAD YOU TO A LESSON THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED.

REMEMBER TO USE YOUR KEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT YOUR THINKING.

ARE YOU READY?

GO.

♪ ♪ OKAY.

WHAT OTHER MORALS DID YOU IDENTIFY?

THERE ARE LOTS OF POSSIBILITIES BASED ON THE KEY DETAILS FROM "THE LION AND THE MOUSE."

YOU MAY HAVE SAID, "IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE KIND."

ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE LION'S ACT OF KINDNESS, HIM NOT EATING THE MOUSE, LED TO MOUSE'S ACT OF KINDNESS, WHERE SHE HELPED LION ESCAPE FROM THE TRAP.

YOU MAY HAVE ALSO SAID, "TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED."

IN THIS STORY, THE LION RELEASED THE MOUSE, AND THEN, LATER, THE TABLES WERE TURNED, AND THE MOUSE RELEASED THE LION FROM THE TRAP.

REMEMBER THAT THERE CAN BE DIFFERENT MORALS TO A STORY.

YOU JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR THINKING IS SUPPORTED BY KEY DETAILS FROM THE TEXT.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ANOTHER GOAL.

WE WERE ABLE TO...

SO, OF COURSE, IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE.

ON 3, KISS YOUR BRAIN.

TODAY, WE READ A FABLE CALLED "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" TOGETHER.

WE PRACTICED OUR RECOUNTING SKILLS AND USED THEM TO DETERMINE THE MORAL OF THE STORY.

WE EVEN DISCOVERED THAT THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE MORAL TO A STORY, AS LONG AS WE HAVE KEY DETAILS TO SUPPORT OUR THINKING.

REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN RECOUNT ANY STORY THAT YOU READ.

YOU CAN ALSO RECOUNT WITH OUR GRAPHIC ORGANIZER FOR ANY STORY, AS WELL.

SO, I WANT YOU TO TAKE WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED TODAY AND GO RECOUNT THE EVENTS OF "THE LION AND THE MOUSE" TO SOMEONE AT HOME.

I HAD SO MUCH FUN LEARNING WITH YOU TODAY AND CANNOT WAIT FOR OUR NEXT LESSON.

UNTIL NEXT TIME, FRIENDS.

ALRIGHT, WHAT CAN I SAY?

THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN LEARNING IS LEARNING WHILE YOU'RE HAVING FUN.

CHECK OUT THIS NEXT VIDEO, AND I DARE YOU TO NOT HAVE FUN.

♪ ♪ [kids] LALO'S LUNCHBOX!

HELLO, FRIENDS.

MY NAME IS LALO.

MY LUNCHBOX IS MAKING IT RAIN STRAWBERRIES.

I LOVE STRAWBERRIES.

WE'RE REALLY SWIMMING IN THEM, DAISY.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I HAVE AN IDEA.

[harp music] HOW'D YOU MAKE IT STOP, LALO?

IT WAS SIMPLE.

I JUST TICKLED IT UNDER ITS HANDLE.

I TRIED THAT ONCE, AND IT GAVE ME... [honk] BRIE CHEESE!

THAT'S OKAY.

[laughs] AT LEAST IT WASN'T FLOUR, EGGS, AND WATER.

[laughs] [thud] [splash] [gush] WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID?

[clanging] [ding] YOU SHOULD TRAIN LUNCHY, SO THAT FOOD LANDS ON THE TABLE.

WHY SHOULD I?

MY HEAD SEEMED JUST RIGHT.

[laughs] WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL THESE INGREDIENTS?

HMM.

I KNOW.

WE CAN MAKE WORLD-FAMOUS BRIE AND JAM SANDWICHES.

WORLD-FAMOUS?

I NEVER HEARD OF 'EM.

PEOPLE THINK THAT JAM SANDWICHES TASTE SO GOOD BECAUSE OF THE MELTED BRIE CHEESE, BUT THE SECRET IS IN THE HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY JAM.

YOU HAD ME AT "STRAWBERRY."

LET'S MAKE--!

SLOW DOWN, DAISY.

[brakes screech] FIRST, WE NEED TO MAKE THE HOMEMADE JAM.

YUM!

THEN WE'LL NEED TO BOIL THE STRAWBERRIES IN SUGAR AND LEMON JUICE...

OKAY.

YOU PUT THE JAM IN JARS...

OKAY.

AND THEN, WE'LL NEED TO HAVE THE JAM COOL FOR ABOUT... A COUPLE HOURS...

OKAY...

WHAT?!

BETTER MAKE IT 24 HOURS, JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.

A WHOLE DAY?

I CAN'T WAIT A WHOLE DAY!

MUST...

STRAWBERRY... EAT...

SANDWICH... NOW!

I CAN SEE YOU REALLY ENJOY EATING STRAWBERRIES.

BUT I HOPE YOU CAN BECOME PATIENT.

PATIENT?

I WANT TO EAT THE BRIE AND JAM SANDWICHES NOW TOO, BUT IF WE EAT THE JAM NOW, IT WOULDN'T TASTE VERY GOOD.

LET'S BE PATIENT AND LET THE JAM COOL AND SET.

BECAUSE BEING PATIENT MEANS WE'RE OKAY WITH WAITING.

[ding] OKAY.

OH.

DID YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY SCOTLAND HAS 421 WORDS FOR THE WORD "SNOW"?

FOR INSTANCE, "FEEFLE" MEANS "TO SWIRL."

WHAT?

ALSO, THE UNICORN IS THE NATIONAL ANIMAL OF SCOTLAND?

THIS IS EXPLODING MY BRAIN.

LET'S PRACTICE SOME READING, SO I CAN LEARN MORE AWESOME FACTS ABOUT SCOTLAND.

HELLO AGAIN, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME, MS. SHANNON, AND OUR FRIEND THE SUN, AGAIN TODAY, AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE "SUN!

ONE IN A BILLION," WRITTEN BY STACY McANULTY AND ILLUSTRATED BY STEVIE LEWIS.

WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT HOW "SUN!

ONE IN A BILLION" HAS FACTS, LIKE AN INFORMATIONAL OR NON-FICTION TEXT, BUT IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE A FICTION TEXT.

THIS IS BECAUSE IT PRETENDS THE SUN IS A LIVING CHARACTER, WITH A PERSONALITY AND FEELINGS, EVEN THOUGH, IN REAL LIFE, WE KNOW THE SUN IS NOT ALIVE.

SO, IT HAS SOME ELEMENTS OF INFORMATIONAL NON-FICTION TEXTS AND SOME ELEMENTS OF FICTION TEXTS.

THE AUTHOR COMBINED FICTION AND NON-FICTION GENRES TO CREATE THIS BOOK, WHICH IS A HUGE PART OF HER WRITING STYLE.

WHEN WE MENTION AN AUTHOR'S STYLE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WAY A WRITER WRITES, THE DECISIONS THEY MAKE, AND THE TECHNIQUES THEY USE TO GIVE THEIR WORK A CERTAIN TONE OR FEELING.

DIFFERENT WRITERS HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES.

STACY McANULTY HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS IN THIS SAME STYLE, COMBINING INFORMATION WITH IMAGINATION, TO MAKE THEM MORE ENJOYABLE.

IF YOU LIKE THIS ONE, YOU SHOULD READ MORE OF HER WORK.

SHE HAS ONE ABOUT THE MOON, ONE ABOUT THE EARTH, AND ANOTHER ABOUT THE OCEAN.

NOW, WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THE POINT OF VIEW FROM WHICH THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN, BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE PART OF THE AUTHOR'S WRITING STYLE.

SO, WHAT IS "POINT OF VIEW"?

IN A TEXT, "POINT OF VIEW" IS...

SO, IF WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT WHOSE POINT OF VIEW "SUN!

ONE IN A BILLION" IS WRITTEN FROM, WE FIRST NEED TO ASK OURSELVES, "WHO'S TALKING TO US WHEN WE READ THIS TEXT?"

WATCH ME LOOK AT THIS BOOK AND FIGURE OUT WHOSE POINT OF VIEW IT'S WRITTEN FROM, OR WHO'S TALKING TO US WHEN WE READ, AND TELLS US WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I SEE A CLUE RIGHT HERE ON THE TITLE PAGE.

IT SAYS THE BOOK IS WRITTEN "BY SUN (WITH STACY McANULTY)" AND ILLUSTRATED "BY SUN" WITH STEVIE LEWIS.

HMM.

THAT'S STRANGE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT ON A TITLE PAGE BEFORE IN A BOOK LIKE THIS.

AND I KNOW THE SUN CAN'T ACTUALLY WRITE WORDS AND DRAW ILLUSTRATIONS.

I'M GOING TO READ THE FIRST PAGE AND SEE IF I CAN FIND MORE CLUES TO HELP ME FIGURE OUT THE POINT OF VIEW FROM WHICH THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN.

YOU CAN READ WITH ME.

OH!

IT SAYS "ME."

SO, THE CHARACTER TALKING TO US IN THIS BOOK JUST CALLED ITSELF "ME," AND THEN IT TELLS US IT'S THE SUN.

THAT'S WHY THE TITLE PAGE SAID IT WAS "BY SUN," BECAUSE THE SUN IS TELLING THE STORY.

THE AUTHOR ADDED THAT DETAIL TO THE TITLE PAGE TO MAKE THAT FUN, IMAGINATIVE PART OF HER STYLE EVEN STRONGER AND GIVE US A CLUE ABOUT WHO WILL BE TELLING THE STORY.

SO, NOW WE KNOW THAT THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN FROM THE SUN'S POINT OF VIEW.

THAT MEANS THAT, AS WE READ, WE'RE ONLY GETTING THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF THE SUN.

WE HAVE TO GUESS THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS OF OTHER CHARACTERS IN THE TEXT.

WHEN TEXTS ARE WRITTEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A CHARACTER ACTUALLY IN THE STORY, IT'S CALLED "FIRST PERSON" POINT OF VIEW.

THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW WHICH IS CALLED "THIRD PERSON."

IN "THIRD PERSON" POINT OF VIEW, THE STORY'S BEING TOLD BY SOMEONE NOT INVOLVED IN IT AT ALL, CALLED A "NARRATOR."

WHEN TEXTS ARE WRITTEN FROM THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW, YOU'LL SEE WORDS LIKE "SHE," "HIS," AND "THEM," INSTEAD OF ONES LIKE "I" AND "ME," THAT YOU'D FIND IN A FIRST-PERSON POINT OF VIEW TEXT.

THIS IS BECAUSE A THIRD-PERSON NARRATOR ISN'T IN THE STORY, SO, THEY'RE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT OTHER CHARACTERS, NOT THEMSELVES.

SO, A QUICK TIP WHEN YOU'RE READING OTHER BOOKS IN THE FUTURE-- IF YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH POINT OF VIEW A TEXT IS WRITTEN FROM, THE PRONOUNS-- WORDS LIKE... ...CAN GIVE YOU GREAT INFORMATION.

NOW THAT WE KNOW HOW FIRST AND THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW WORK, LET'S THINK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT HOW POINT OF VIEW AFFECTS WHAT WE LEARN FROM THE TEXT.

ON THIS PAGE, THE SUN TELLS US THAT IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN THE MOON, BUT THE MOON IS MUCH CLOSER TO EARTH.

SO, WE KNOW WHAT THE SUN IS THINKING ABOUT HERE, BECAUSE IT TELLS US.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MOON OR EARTH ARE THINKING, DO WE?

WE HAVE NO IDEA.

WE CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE SMILING AND SEEM HAPPY, BUT WE CAN'T BE SURE WHY.

WHY DO YOU THINK THE MOON IS SMILING HERE?

YOU COULD BE RIGHT.

I THINK MAYBE IT'S SMILING BECAUSE IT LOVES BEING SO CLOSE TO ITS BEST BUDDY, THE EARTH.

BUT WE'LL NEVER KNOW FOR SURE, BECAUSE THIS BOOK DOESN'T TELL US ANYTHING FROM THE MOON'S PERSPECTIVE.

WE SIMPLY HAVE TO GUESS.

WE CAN USE THE PICTURES AND TEXT TO MAKE A GOOD GUESS, BUT IT'S STILL JUST A GUESS.

BUT WHAT IF THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FROM THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW, WITH THE NARRATOR NOT IN THE BOOK AT ALL?

GUESS WHAT!

WHEN TEXTS ARE WRITTEN FROM AN OUTSIDE NARRATOR'S POINT OF VIEW, YOU CAN LEARN WHAT MULTIPLE CHARACTERS ARE THINKING AND FEELING, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS LIMITED TO ONLY ONE CHARACTER'S THOUGHTS.

SO, LET'S PRETEND WE'RE GOING TO RE-WRITE THIS PAGE FROM A THIRD-PERSON NARRATOR'S POINT OF VIEW.

WHAT WOULD WE NEED TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE BOTH CHARACTERS' FEELINGS?

YES!

IT COULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE... THAT'S JUST THE WAY I CHOSE TO DO IT.

YOU MAY HAVE CHOSEN SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

WITH A THIRD-PERSON NARRATOR, THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES, BECAUSE YOU CAN GET INTO ANY CHARACTER'S HEAD AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

LET'S DO ANOTHER ONE.

ON THESE PAGES, THE SUN TELLS US THAT IT'S THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, AND WE KNOW THAT MAKES THE SUN FEEL GOOD ABOUT ITSELF.

BUT BECAUSE THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN FIRST-PERSON POINT OF VIEW BY THE SUN, WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE OTHER CHARACTERS ON THE PAGE ARE FEELING, OR WHAT THEY'RE THINKING.

LOOK AT ALL THOSE PLANETS.

WE HAVE TO MAKE OUR BEST GUESS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR MINDS.

LET'S FOCUS ON SATURN AND URANUS.

WE CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE SMILING AND GIVING EACH OTHER A HIGH-FIVE, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHY.

DID THEY JUST WIN A CONTEST?

ARE THEY EXCITED ABOUT A SNACK?

DID ONE OF THEM TELL A FUNNY JOKE?

WHO KNOWS?

IF THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN FROM ONE OF THEIR PERSPECTIVES, WE WOULD KNOW.

IMAGINE WHY THEY MIGHT BE HIGH-FIVING.

I'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO THINK.

WHAT DID YOU COME UP WITH?

I IMAGINED THAT THEY'RE CELEBRATING, BECAUSE THEY JUST WORKED TOGETHER TO SAVE A STAR FROM FALLING OUT OF THE GALAXY.

YOU MAY HAVE IMAGINED SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THAT'S OKAY.

EITHER WAY, IF WE KNEW THEIR THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, THIS PAGE WOULD SOUND VERY DIFFERENT.

THE SUN MAY NOT BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION IF WE COULD ALSO HEAR FROM OTHER CHARACTERS.

NOW THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW OF SOME CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK, LET'S THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR POINT OF VIEW COULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE SUN'S.

LET'S RE-READ 2 PAGES.

YOU CAN READ WITH ME.

WE CAN TELL JUST FROM THIS SMALL PART OF THE BOOK THAT THE SUN THINKS IT IS AWESOME AND THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS FABULOUS.

BUT NOW, I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE OUT WORKING ON THIS FARM, AND IT'S THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE HOTTEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE!

PLACE YOURSELF IN THESE PAGES.

WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE, HAVING TO WORK OUTSIDE ON THE FARM, UNDER THE BRIGHT, HOT SUN?

YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING SOMETHING LIKE, "IT IS SO HOT, THAT 'HOT' DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO DESCRIBE IT.

IT'S SWELTERING!"

YOU'RE SO HOT, THAT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE.

YOU LOOK AROUND, AND THE ANIMALS ARE ALSO REALLY HOT.

KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND AND GRAB SOME PAPER AND SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

JOT DOWN WHAT THE PAGE WOULD SAY IF YOU EXPLAINED THIS PICTURE FROM YOUR VERY HOT AND MISERABLE PERSPECTIVE.

REMEMBER THAT IN YOUR WRITING, YOU'RE THE ONE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND YOU.

YOU CAN START WITH... ...AND ADD ON WHATEVER YOU WANT FROM THERE.

I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK MINUTE TO WRITE.

AND WHILE YOU WRITE, I WILL WRITE ALSO.

♪ ♪ SO, WHAT DID YOU WRITE?

HOW DOES THIS PAGE SOUND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?

LET ME SHOW YOU MINE.

"IT IS SO HOT!

I FEEL LIKE I'M MELTING!

I KNOW THE SUN IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE NEED IT FOR WARMTH AND LIGHT, BUT SOME DAYS, I REALLY WISH IT WOULD STOP SHINING SO HARD AND LET THINGS STAY A LITTLE COOLER AROUND HERE!

LOOK AT IT SMILING!

DOES IT NOT REALIZE THAT IT'S SENDING US TOO MUCH HEAT RIGHT NOW?!

I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BE OUT HERE NEAR THE SUN ANYMORE.

I'M GOING INSIDE!

TOO BAD I CAN'T BRING THE ANIMALS WITH ME-- I KNOW THEY WANT A BREAK FROM THE HEAT, TOO!"

OF COURSE, YOUR WRITING ISN'T EXACTLY LIKE MINE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU WROTE IT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, OR POINT OF VIEW, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE SUN'S.

LET'S LOOK AT THIS PAGE FROM THE SUN'S POINT OF VIEW, ALONGSIDE THE SAME PAGE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW.

ARE THEY PRETTY SIMILAR OR PRETTY DIFFERENT?

YES!

THEY'RE PRETTY DIFFERENT.

IF PEOPLE ONLY READ THIS PAGE FROM THE SUN'S PERSPECTIVE, THEY WOULDN'T REALIZE HOW HOT THE PEOPLE AND ANIMALS WERE.

IF THEY ONLY READ IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THEY WOULDN'T REALIZE THAT THE SUN THINKS IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL THING AROUND.

ISN'T IT AMAZING HOW DIFFERENT A TEXT CAN BE, DEPENDING ON WHOSE POINT OF VIEW IT'S WRITTEN FROM?

AS YOU READ, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS THINK ABOUT HOW A TEXT'S POINT OF VIEW IMPACTS WHAT YOU LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS.

TODAY, WE LEARNED THAT DIFFERENT WRITERS HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES, AND STACY McANULTY'S STYLE COMBINES INFORMATION WITH IMAGINATION TO MAKE HER BOOKS REALLY FUN AND ENJOYABLE.

SHE DOES THIS BY WRITING FROM THE FIRST-PERSON PERSPECTIVE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER, WHICH, IN THIS BOOK, IS THE SUN.

YOU EXPLORED HOW THE STORY MIGHT CHANGE, BASED ON DIFFERENT CHARACTERS' POINTS OF VIEW WITHIN THE TEXT, AND YOU LEARNED ABOUT FIRST AND THIRD-PERSON POINT OF VIEW.

GREAT WORK TODAY.

WHEN YOU'RE READING ON YOUR OWN FROM NOW ON, ASK YOURSELF, "WHAT POINT OF VIEW IS THIS TEXT WRITTEN FROM, AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT WHAT I KNOW ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AND EVENTS?"

SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT TIME FOR ONE LAST EXPERIENCE WITH THIS AWESOME BOOK, "SUN!

ONE IN A BILLION."

BYE!

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE PERFECT TIME TO SHARE THIS NEXT VIDEO WITH YOU.

CHECK IT OUT.

HEY, EVERYONE.

IT'S YOUR BOY JOSÉ HERE.

AND TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING ANOTHER HIP-HOP STEP.

TODAY'S STEP COMES FROM BREAKDANCING, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING A BASIC TOPROCK, OKAY?

THIS IS A REALLY EASY STEP, SO I WANT EVERYONE TO FOLLOW ALONG.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF BY HOPPING, FEET TOGETHER, HANDS COMING UP IN THIS POSITION ON THE 1, THEN I WANT YOU TO CROSS STEP OVER YOUR FOOT... 2.

NOW, AS YOU CROSS STEP, I WANT YOU TO BRING YOUR HANDS OUT JUST LIKE THIS.

GOOD JOB.

NICE WORK.

NOW I WANT YOU TO BRING IT BACK, 1... CROSS STEP TO THE OTHER SIDE, 2.

2.

NICE WORK.

BRING IT BACK.

AND WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THE SAME RHYTHM OVER AND OVER.

HERE ON THE 1, STEPPING OUT ON THE 2.

HERE ON THE 1...

STEPPING OUT ON THE 2.

IF WE PUT A "1, 2" COUNT TO IT, THIS IS 1... 2... 1... 2... AND THE DRUMS, ♪ KAH!

♪ ♪ BOOM!

KAH!

♪ ♪ BOOM, KAH, BOOM-BOOM, KAH... ♪ THERE YOU GO.

♪ KAH, BOOM... KAH... ♪ NICE.

MAKE SURE YOU PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE, AND I'LL SEE YOU KIDS ON THE NEXT ONE.

PEACE.

WELL, FRIENDS, TODAY WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY.

CAN YOU THINK OF YOUR FAVORITE PART?

MY FAVORITE PART WAS SHARING THIS TIME WITH YOU.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

AND SENDING YOU PEACE, LOVE, AND LEARNING.

BYE.

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