test slide show

1. Point of View and
How It Affects the
Story
Ms. Ferrell and Ms. Slodek
TPS Elementary Librarians

2. What is point of view?
 Point of View is the author’s perspective
of the story; what he/she sees or writes.
 First person – uses I and me. Ben
Franklin wrote about electricity, “ I was
never before engaged in any study that
so totally engrossed my attention and
my time.” This quote is from Ben
Franklin by Peter and Connie Roop.

3.  Second person – uses you. From
Laura Numeroff’s book 10-Step
Guide to Living with Your
Monster, she writes, “When
choosing a monster, do not pick
one who grabs you and starts to
eat your shirt.”

4. person – uses he/him and/or
 Third
she/she. From Dr. Seuss’s The 500
Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins he
wrote, “In the beginning, Bartholomew
Cubbins didn’t have 500 hats. He
had only one hat.”.

5. How does point of view affect the story?
 When Franklin writes, “I was never before
engaged in any study that so totally
engrossed my attention and my time,” can
you believe him? Why?
 What makes the writing authentic?
 How would the sentence change with the
pronoun He was never before engaged . .
.?
 First person uses I/me, and it directly
connects the person to the event.

6.  Numeroff writes, “When choosing a
monster, do not pick one who grabs you
and starts to eat your shirt.” Is she giving
the reader instructions?
 How do you know?
 How do you know this is written in second
person?
 Do you have a good way to remember?
 You rhymes with two.

7.  Get out a sheet of paper and something to
write with. We are going to practice writing in
 1st person – uses I or me
 2nd person – uses you
 3rd person – uses he/she or him/her.
 Make a table with 3 columns.
 Look at the picture. Choose a character, and
write a statement that he/she would say in
1st, 2nd, and 3rd person.
 I will model it for you; you will do it from a
different character. Make sure we can
recognize your character by what he says.

8. Character 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
George “Why am I You should He was a
Washington standing up be rowing great
in this faster, general for
boat?” please. the
Continental
Army.
You choose
a different
person in
the picture.