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Reading Skill: Author’s Point of View

Author’s point of view is an important way of
Complete the table with the correct words or phrases. understanding a passage. It refers to how an
author feels and acts about a topic or idea.
To understand the author’s point of view, you
Michael’s Story: Life with Type 1 Diabetes have to look at the text and think about what
it tells you about what the author is thinking
or feeling.
Text Evidence Text Evidence

I have type 1 diabetes, but diabetes does not have me!

Whether I was happy or sad, I was going to have diabetes.

So why not be happy? Having diabetes is very

Fortunately , I can still eat some of my favorite foods. tricky. However ,
I decided to be happy.
Meats and tomatoes don’t affect my blood sugar because they Life with diabetes becomes

contain few carbohydrates . a little easier to deal

Otherwise, I’m a regular kid who plays soccer and video games. with when I think positively .

Someday, pills might replace shots. Or maybe I will be the one to

come up with a cure!

few carbohydrates a little easier come up with however

fortunately think positively a regular kid why not be

Unit 7 | Michael’s Story: Life with Type 1 Diabetes