Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Point of View and Perspective in Little Women

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women. Designed for seventh-grade readers, this two-page reading comprehension worksheet features an adapted excerpt from Chapter 27 in which Jo seeks advice from her family members as she tries to publish her first book. On page 2, students will answer several analysis and comprehension questions about point of view in the story, the characters’ different perspectives on the story’s events, and the narrator’s own perspective on issues relevant to the characters. For more targeted skills practice with Little Women, check out Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Word Choice in Little Women and Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Plot Development in Little Women.