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Point of View: Who Is Telling the Story?

  • Grade 5
  • English Language Arts
  • 59 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC5-EN-10

A tiny story about a frog at a pond is told in first person, where the clue words I and my and a speech bubble from the girl show that a character in the story is telling it. The same story is then retold with only three words changed (Maya, her, She) and a narrator appears outside the picture to show third person, ending on the recap "First person: I. Third person: he, she, they".

Concept: Point of view: who is telling the story

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The question this lesson answers

Every story has a teller, so who is telling this one?

Here is a tiny story about a frog at a pond.

Transcript

What the lesson says

Every story has a teller, so who is telling this one?

Here is a tiny story about a frog at a pond.

Point of view means who is telling the story.

Look for clue words like I, me and my.

These words show that a character in the story is telling it.

This is called first person point of view.

Now let's tell the same story from outside.

This time, look for clue words like he, she, her and they.

These words show that a narrator outside the story is telling us about Maya.

This is called third person point of view.

The events stay the same, but the teller has changed.

First person uses I, and third person uses he, she or they.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 5

English Language Arts, Story/text: perspective/point of viewBC5-EN-10

Previous: Metaphor: saying one thing is another

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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