2.10.E
The Standard
identify the use of first or third person in a text
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students decide whether a narrator speaks as a participant or tells about other people. They use pronouns and sentence clues to support their answer.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly name the point of view in a short passage. They point to pronouns such as I, we, he, she, or they as evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may label a text first person whenever a character says “I” in dialogue. They may also think third person means three characters are present.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Label “I packed my lunch” and “Mia packed her lunch” as first or third person, then circle the clue word.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs pronoun cards and sentence cards to sort into first-person and third-person columns.
Read two versions of one event, then ask, “How did the narrator’s words change?”
Play Point of View Detective by showing short passages and having teams hold up “first” or “third” cards.
Compare a diary entry with a short news report about the same event, and highlight how each writer refers to people.
Keep exploring
Related Standards
- 1.10.E
listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.
- K.9.E
listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.
- 3.10.E
identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
- 4.10.E
identify and understand the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
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