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Parents POV Lesson

Hello and welcome to the point of view stories for “Parents”. Today we are going to hear four different versions of the same story. Each version’s gonna have a different time for the story or it will have a different person telling the story. Okay, let’s start now.

Freddie the frog lives in the country of Frogland. His father runs a tight ship. He makes Freddie practice jumping ten hours every day. Freddie is always tired so he cannot pay attention in school.

Sometimes he cannot even tell what day it is.

“I’m telling you, I just wanna chase flies with my friends,” Freddie says to his dad.

Then his dad says, “It’s my way or the highway.”

His dad always tells him that he will be a jumping champion. Sure enough, when he is 18 years old, he becomes the jumping champion of his country.

Now Freddie is 55 years old. He thinks about his dad a lot. Now he knows that there is method to his dad’s madness.

Okay, so that’s the end of the story being told as if it is happening right now. Next let’s hear the story as if it happened last year. Here we go.

Last year Freddie the frog lived in the country of Frogland. When he was growing up his father ran a tight ship. He made Freddie practice jumping ten hours every day. Freddie was always tired so he could not pay attention in school. Sometimes he couldn’t even tell what day it was.

“I’m telling you, I just want to chase flies with my friends,” Freddie said to his dad.

Then his dad said, “It’s my way or the highway.”

His dad always told him that he would be a jumping champion. Sure enough, when he was 18 years old, he became the jumping champion of his country.

Freddie was 55 years old. He thought about his dad a lot. Then he knew that there was method to his dad’s madness.

Okay, so that is the story as if it happened last year. It has already happened. Now let’s hear the story as if it is happening in the future. So we will think of the story happening next year. Here we go.

Next year Freddie the frog will live in the country of Frogland. His father is gonna run a tight ship.

He’ll make Freddie practice jumping ten hours every day. Freddie’ll always be tired so he will not be able to pay attention in school. Sometimes he won’t be able to even tell what day it is.

“I’m telling you, I just want to chase flies with my friends,” Freddie’ll say to his dad.

Then his dad’ll say, “It’s my way or the highway.”

His dad is always gonna tell him that he will be a jumping champion. Sure enough, when he is 18 years old, he will become the jumping champion of his country.

When Freddie is 55 years old he’ll think about his dad a lot. He’ll know that there is method to his dad’s madness.

Okay so that’s the end of this version of the story, where the events that are taking place take place next year. Now let’s hear the story from Freddie’s point of view. So in this version Freddie is actually going to be telling the story. So here he goes.

I lived in the country of Frogland. When I was growing up my father ran a tight ship. He made me practice jumping ten hours every day. I was always tired so I could not pay attention in school.

Sometimes I couldn’t even tell what day it was.

“I’m telling you, I just want to chase flies with my friends,” I said to my dad.

Then my dad said, “It’s my way or the highway.”

My dad always told me that I would be a jumping champion. Sure enough, when I was 18 years old, I became the jumping champion of my country.

I was 55 years old. I thought about my dad a lot. Then I knew that there was method to my dad’s madness.

Alright so now we have finished the point of view stories for the lesson “Parents”. Now please go back and listen to each version of the story again. Then when you feel like you understand the stories try to tell each story yourself. Try your best and don’t be upset if you’re having any trouble. Just relax and listen to the story again. This takes time. Listen to it until you feel comfortable telling the story on your own and then you can move on. Okay, that’s all for now. We’ll see ya next time.