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title: Who Is the Narrator?
description: Students will learn about 1st and 3rd person points of view by narrating comics of their own.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/who_is_the_narrator_-001.png
---

**Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Points of View (First and Third Person Narratives)**

**Grade Level: 4**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6](https://learning.ccsso.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ELA_Standards1.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will learn about first and third person points of view by narrating comics of their own.

**Know Before You Start:** This lesson serves as an introduction to first and third person points of view.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic.
  
    - Have students compare how each character in the comic is telling the story about the party.
    - What do they notice? 
- Discuss that stories can be told from different points of view. Authors often use either first-person or third-person narrations to tell their stories. What is the difference?
- In first-person narratives the narrator is a character in the story. They talk about themselves because the story is told from their own point of view. The pronouns "I" and "me" are often used. 
- In third-person narratives the narrator isn’t a character in the story. They don’t talk about themselves. They talk about the events and characters like a storyteller, telling the story from afar. The pronouns he, she, them, they, it, etc. are used in this type of narrative.

**Activity:**

- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create an original comic showing both types of narration. 
- Have students narrate the story they created using both first-person and third-person narratives in their comics.

**Closure:**

- Share the comics with the class and continue to compare the types of narratives used in stories.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Display visual references of first-person and third-person narrators.
- Allow students to work with a peer model. 
- Provide example scenarios for students to use in their comics as needed.

**Resources:**

- [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qeewdgc) to print or display

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2040150577165447168/thumbnail.png) Amusement Park ](https://content.pixton.com/amusement-park)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1838241401767358464/thumbnail.png) Home ](https://content.pixton.com/home)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2004983473167663104/thumbnail.png) Playground ](https://content.pixton.com/playground)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1720501139696390144/thumbnail.png) Beach ](https://content.pixton.com/beach)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1984292916406222848/thumbnail.png) Swords And Sorcery ](https://content.pixton.com/swords-and-sorcery)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2010367322540740608/thumbnail.png) Wilderness ](https://content.pixton.com/wilderness)

**Suggested Story Starters:**

- [ Personal Narrative ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/parts-of-a-story-personal-narrative)
- [ Funny Personal Narrative ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/funny-personal-narrative)
- [ Weird Neighbors ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/suspicious-neighbors)
- [ My Siblings ](https://story-starters.pixton.com/i-love-my-siblings-but)

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