3.10.E

ELA3rd Grade

The Standard

identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students determine who is telling a story and whether the narrator speaks as a participant or an outside observer. They use pronouns and narration clues as evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students correctly name the narrator’s viewpoint in a short passage. They point to pronouns and narration details that support their answer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think any story with dialogue uses first person because characters say “I.” They may also confuse the narrator with the author or assume a main character always tells the story.
How to Assess It: Give students two short passages, one told with “I” and one with “he” or “she.” Ask them to label each viewpoint and underline two clues.

Lesson moves

Give pairs pronoun cards and short passages, then have them sort each passage under first-person or third-person headings.
Ask students to explain how a familiar story would change if a different character narrated it.
Play Point of View Detective, where students highlight narrator clues and earn a point for each correct label and explanation.
Compare a diary entry with a news report about the same event, then identify who tells each account and what clues reveal it.

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