Comment
The children are reading and discussing Judy Blume’s, The Pain and the Great One. The lesson is interupted by a little visitor who has been a discipline problem.

Study Questions
1. Discribe the start of the lesson.
2. The teacher focuses on “point of view” in literature, but points out three other aspects of literature. What are they?
3. Describe the verbal and non-verbal way the teacher interacts with the little visitor.
4. Describe the individual attention the teacher gives the children at the close of the lesson.
5. How does the teacher deal with a child who has a book that is difficult to read?