Reading Activity
Name ___________________________________________________
Point of View
Choose any or all of the following books to read
with your parent or by yourself.
Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corrine J. Naden,
illustrated by Don Tate
Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss
Buzz Boy and Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
Ask an adult to help you with the activities below.
It’s always important to understand a character’s or author’s point of view in a story. Point of view tells you who is
telling the story. It can be the author, a character in the story, or another person who isn’t in the story. It can even
be YOU! Stories told using the words “I,” “me,” “we,” and “us” are told in first-person point of view. Stories told
using the word “you” are told in second-person point of view. Those that are told about another person, using the
words “he,” “she,” “it,” “they,” and “them” are told in third-person point of view.
1. Are the following lines from stories being told in first, second, or third person point of view? Write your answers on
the lines provided.
A.) “They made friends with the dragon.” _______________________________________________________________
B.) “Mom said I was getting too big for my own skin.” ____________________________________________________
C.) “He was her best customer – and she knew what she had to do.” _______________________________________
2. Choose one of the books above. From what point of view is the story written? Write a line from the story that
supports your answer. Explain.
Book: _________________________________________________________________________________________________
Point of view: __________________________________________________________________________________________
Story line and explanation: ______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Ask your parent to provide you with a spiral notebook or about 10–20 pieces of notebook paper that are stapled
together. Design a cover that shows a picture of you and title it, “My Summer Diary.” Keep a summer diary by
writing down your activities, thoughts, and feelings each day. Make illustrations to go along with each entry.
Write your diary in the first-person point of view. Share your diary with your parents, if you’d like, and maybe
even ask them to write back to you! Enjoy this FUN and CREATIVE project!
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