Point of View Task Cards

1. Point of View Task Cards Directions: Student will use the task cards to match the text, with third person, third person omniscient, or first person.

2. I was shaking like a leaf. My palms were sweating. My heart was pounding so loud I was sure everyone around me could hear it. I hated presentations. I should have been absent today. I am just going to pretend that no one is listening, which hopefully none of them really are. It would only be 2 minutes and 30 second speech. It should be a piece of cake, but it was not feeling that way. A. First Peron B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

3. Goldilocks was a proud and defiant little girl who had been told many times by her mother to stay out of the woods. But, she paid little attention to other, especially her elders, giving lots of attention instead to herself and her own desires. One day, just to show that she could, she wandered deep into the center of the forest, farther from home than ever before. In a clearing, she noticed a small cottage, smoke billowing from the chimney. She thought it was quite an ugly cottage, but she also thought it might be a place where she could get a little something to eat and drink. A. First Peron B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

4. Lydia was trying to make her brother laugh. So she tickled him with a feather. A. First Peron B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

5. I love to teach sixth grade reading. I want my students to find excitement in reading. I hope that they find reading eccentric by the end of year! A. First Peron B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

6. Josh was very disappointed, because he did not receive and “A” on his test. He hopes that next time he can do better. A. First Peron B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

7. Eddie Edwards Eddie Edwards runs around He never shuts up. He never sits down He teases the girls, he cuts in line. He never makes it to school on time. ~ Carol Shields A. First Person B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

8. Sideways Stories from Wayside School By: Louis Sachar Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one.

9. The Baffled Parent's Guide to Great Basketball Drills By: Jim Garland Before each practice begins, I like to make sure I check the court and remove any debris from the playing surface. When I arrive, I check that I have the proper footwear and that I’ve removed any jewelry, which could injure myself or another player. I carry a list of emergency phone numbers for the players, and know where the nearest phone is located.

10. Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.

11. Nancy loved her new kitten named Penny. Penny was brown with golden eyes. Nancy had never loved or cared for anything as much as she did for Penny. Often times she would get so caught up playing with Penny that she didn't hear her mom calling her for dinner or her friends texting her to hang out. Penny was her best friend, and for that reason, she had to think of the most fantastic Christmas gift for her kitten. "Maybe catnip or a bouncy ball," she thought. A. First Person B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

12. Gabbie was very sad because her pet mouse was hit by a bus and Elina was in such shock she couldn’t speak A. First Person B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

13. Tommy went to the store. Jessica, the girl that Tommy had a crush on, went with him. They bought lots of spicy chips. He ate too many and got sick. Tommy felt really embarrassed. A. First Person B. Third Person C. Third Person Omniscient

14. Answer Key: 1. First Person 2. Third Person 3. Third Person 4. First Person 5. Third Person Omniscient 6. Third Person Omniscient 7. Third Person 8. First Person 9. Third Person Omniscient 10. Third Person 11. Third Person 12. Third Person Omniscient