First and Third Person

Points of View.

Who is telling the story?

1st Person

• To write in 1st person use: I, me, we and us.

• I made a new potion today and when we drank it, it turned us into animals!

3rd Person

• To write in 3rd person use: He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, they, them, their.

• He saw the dragon crash to the ground somewhere in the forest so he took his dagger and went to look for it.

Tidy

Listen to the story again. Is the story written in 1st or 3rd person

Tidy

The story is written in the 3rd person. The person telling the story is not one of the characters.

And so Pete decided to go home instead,

If he couldn't have dinner, he'd go straight to bed.

But when he arrived and took out his key,

There wasn't a door where the door used to be!

Let's recap!

Multiple Choice

Deep in the forest lived a badger called Pete.

Which person is this written in?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Multiple Choice

If I changed the sentence to:

My name is Pete and I live deep in the forest.

Which person would I be writing in?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Multiple Choice

Later that night Pete tossed and he turned.

His belly was empty, it rumbled and churned.

Which person is this written in?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Multiple Choice

If I changed the sentence to:

Later that night, I tossed and I turned,

My belly was empty, it rumbled and churned.

Which person would I be writing in?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Let's practise some more!

Ask your teacher for the next activity.