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Features

  • The Runaway Kite, told by Lena and by a narrator
  • The Midnight Visitor, told by a raccoon and by a narrator
  • Questions comparing what each telling can and cannot show
  • First or third person? A sort of eight passages
  • Rewrite a passage from first to third person and back
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Compare first- and third-person tellings
  • Tell first from third person
  • Explain what each point of view shows
  • Rewrite a passage in another point of view

How to Use This Pack

Pages 1 to 4 are two stories of our own, each told side by side in first and third person, with questions on the next page. Page 5 sorts eight short passages by point of view, and page 6 rewrites passages the other way.

In the Classroom

Have half the class read the first-person telling and half the third-person telling, then pair up and tell each other one thing their version showed that the other did not.

At Home

Ask your child to tell about their day in first person, then tell it again as if a narrator were describing them.

Tips for Success

  • First person uses I, me, my and we
  • Third person uses he, she, they and names
  • A first-person narrator only knows their own thoughts
  • A word like "I" inside quotation marks is a character speaking

First and Third Person for 4th Grade

4th Grade

Two stories, each told twice side by side, once by a character in it and once by a narrator outside it. Students compare what each point of view shows and hides, sort passages into first or third person and rewrite a passage the other way.

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What’s Included

  • 2 stories told in first and third person, each with a page of questions
  • 1 sort of first and third person
  • 1 page to rewrite in another point of view
  • Answer keys
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