TASK

CARDS
CAN BE USED IN GROUPS,
AS A CENTER
OR FOR SCOOT!

RECORDING SHEET
INCLUDED!

Point of View Task Cards

First and Third Person
INCLUDES EXTENSION
ACTIVITY TO
CHALLENGE
STUDENTS

Created by
Jessica Cole

GREAT TOOL
FOR REVIEW

Card #1

Card #2

Do you love candy? I asked my friend

Roxie. I always make friends with other
people.

The Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and

filled Dorothys basket with them, so that
she would not be hungry for a long time.
She thought this was very kind and
thoughtful of the Scarecrow.

Card #3
To his astonishment, Charlie found himself
standing next to his bicycle, back where he had
entered the swamp. That was bizarre and
upsettingbut not as bad as the realization that
he was still holding the skull. He thought he
had dropped it before he raced out the door.

Card #4
I hate squirrels! Thats what I was yelling
to my brother and his friend as we walked
through the woods. Get over it, he said,
youll be thanking us later.

Card #5

Card #6

Cindys mother, came out of her bedroom

carrying a small mirror. She peered at her
reflection as she walked, carefully examining the
lipstick she had just put on. Straighten things up
before you leave for school. Im late for work.
Im not going to school today, Cindy declared.

We lived on the main street in town

Atticus, Jem and I. Jem and I found our
father to be kind: he played with us, read to
us, and treated us courteously.

They spoke no more until camp was made.

Henry was bending over and adding ice to
the bubbling pot of beans

Card #8
At the pizza place, Tony the baker was getting
the pizzas ready for baking. He flattened out a
ball of dough into a large pancake and tossed it
in the air. He spread tomato sauce on it,
sprinkled it with cheese, and shoved it in the
oven.

Card #9

Card #10

Jesse had felt sad all day. Jesse thought and

thought about his situation and he thought to
himself, I need to get myself together. Maria
came in the door and asked what was wrong.

We are not as close as we once were, at least

not since the argument. We were sitting in
science class when I decided to look at her
notebook. I noticed that she wasnt taking
notes.

Card #11

Card #12

When I went to the store, I witnessed a girl

crying on the street and I took a closer look and
saw it was my friend. I walked to where she
was and asked her what was wrong.

Emmas two twin nieces ran in the kitchen

and asked Emma to make a batch of cookies
for their class. She did, and the next day at
the bake sale, lots of children and parents
were buying her cookies.

Card #7

Card #14

Card #13
Timmy Turner was rushing to get to school
because he was going on a field trip. Timmy
felt so happy and excited that he was going
on his first field trip of the year. Timmy
thought that everything was going to go good
that day.

I wanted to go home. I didnt want to go to

Patrices house. It didnt matter to me that Bob
was having his first teen party, my house is
where I wanted to be.

Card #15

Card #16

Dan was popular in the class. He likes to tell

everyone jokes. They all laugh. Everyone
laughs, except me.

Sally and Johnny are going to get pizza

tonight. They are getting it from their favorite
pizza restaurant.

Card #17

Card #18

The last piece of cake is mine!!!

Thursdays practice begins in thirty minutes

and I cannot find my music player after my
brother listened to music on it. Davis was
nowhere to be found. What was I going to
do?

Name

Room

Date

Point of View Recording Sheet

Use the task cards to record whether each paragraph is written in first person or third person. Use
evidence (key words) from the paragraph to support your answer!

Card
#

Point of View

Evidence
(key words)

Card
#

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Point of View

Cole2013

Evidence
(key words)

Point of View Extension Activity

Write a short poem in first
person. Use words such as
I, me, mine, we, us.

Write a short poem about

the Three Little Pigs from
the Wolfs point of view.
Cole2013

ANSWER KEY
Point of View Recording Sheet
Use the task cards to record whether each paragraph is written in first person or third person. Use
evidence (key words) from the paragraph to support your answer!

Card
#

Point of View

Evidence
(key words)

Card
#

Point of View

Evidence
(key words)

1st

10

1st

We,I

3rd

she, Dorothy

11

1st

I, my

3rd

himself, his,he

12

3rd

she,Emma,her

1st

I, my, we

13

3rd

he,Timmy,his

3rd

Cindys,her,she

14

1st

I,me,my

1st

We,I,our,us

15

1st

me

3rd

They,Henry

16

3rd

Sally,Johnny,they

3rd

He

17

1st

mine

3rd

his,he,himself

18

1st

I,my