Authors Point of View ML

Author's Point of View

Rules for today:
1. Raise your hand to talk
2. Try your best
3. Say your name when I call on you
4. Treat others and yourselves with Reespect

Goal for today:

To be able to identify between 1st and 3rd person in a writing sample

Poll

How are you feeling today on a scale of 1-5

• 1 - Not good

• 2 - Just OK

• 3 - In The Middle

• 4 - Pretty Good

• 5 - Great

What is author's point of view?

• The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described

• In other words who is telling the story that the author wrote

What does 1st or 3rd person look like?

• Uses words like:

  • He/She

  • They

  • Them

3rd Person

• Uses words like:

  • I

  • Me

  • We

1st Person

1st Person

I walked out onto the pitchers mound, and the sun was so bright I had to squint my eyes. I took a deep breath and began to warm up for the game.

1st Person

I walked out onto the pitchers mound, and the sun was so bright I had to squint my eyes. I took a deep breath and began to warm up for my game.

3rd Person

She ran away from her house in a frenzy after she heard the loud noise. She didn't know what had made the noise, but she did not want to stick around and find out.

3rd Person

She ran away from her house in a frenzy after she heard the loud noise. She didn't know what had made the noise, but she did not want to stick around and find out.

Let's get up and move!

The cold and damp grass felt good beneath his feet. He was finally starting to feel at home in his new neighborhood.

The car pulled into my driveway, and I saw it for the first time. I was finally getting my own puppy.

They went back and forth for what seemed like hours. This was the longest tennis rally either of them have played.

What did you notice in these examples?

Lets Review:
Author's Point of View:
The way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described

​For 1st Person look for words like:

• I

• Me

• We

​For 3rd Person look for words like:

• He/She

• They

• Them

Time for an Exit Ticket

Multiple Choice

I walked through the school hallway, my heart pounding in my chest. Today was the day I had to present my science project in front of the whole class. I wasn’t sure if I was more nervous about speaking or if my volcano model would actually work. As I reached the classroom, I took a deep breath and reminded myself that I had practiced a hundred times. It was going to be okay—at least, I hoped so.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

Multiple Choice

Sarah walked through the school hallway, her heart pounding in her chest. Today was the day she had to present her science project in front of the whole class. She wasn’t sure if she was more nervous about speaking or if her volcano model would actually work. As she reached the classroom, she took a deep breath and reminded herself that she had practiced a hundred times. It was going to be okay—at least, she hoped so.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

Open Ended

Give me a word or words you may see that indicates 1st person writing....

Open Ended

Give me a word or words you may see that indicate 3rd person writing....

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