Point of View First-Hand Account

Tuesday Jan. 26

First Person POV

Learning Targets

• I can identify first person point of view in a sentence.

• I can write my own first person point of view sentence.

First Person

• Readers see the events through the eyes of the narrator.

• Includes the characters thoughts and feelings

• Look for: I, me, my, mine, we, our, ours

• Example: I could not believe my eyes. I was standing in front of a building on fire.

Multiple Choice

When a story has first person point of view, the reader knows...

• only what the narrator knows

• the ending of the story before it happens

• everything about every character

• what the most important characters are thinking

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below uses first person point of view?

• Tia and her friends worked hard on their science project.

• I woke up this morning feeling great. I hopped out of bed ready to start the day.

• The people will defend their island from the pirates.

Open Ended

Click on the image and write one way you think this is first person point of view.

Open Ended

Write your own sentence from first person point of view.

Poll

How comfortable do you feel with identifying first person point of view?

• Not good

• Need some help

• Great!