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how english Works: Pronouns and Point of View
aCtiVitY 1.5
HEW
Learning Target
• Apply understanding of first- and third-person pronouns to comprehending and writing texts. The Narrative Point of View
“The Jacket” is a personal narrative written in the first-person point of view. The narrator is a character in the story, telling about an incident in his life and how he responded to it. The narrator uses first-person pronouns to refer to himself.
Language Resources: Pronouns
*These related words are possessive adjectives, not pronouns.
Skim through “The Jacket,” looking for sentences you like that have first-person pronouns. Write three example sentences in the chart. Then rewrite each sentence in the third-person point of view using the correct pronouns. Use the Language Resources: Pronouns chart for support.
Subjective (Subject)
Objective (Object)
Possessive
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
First-person
I
we
me
us
mine, my*
ours, our*
Third-person
he, she, it
they
him, her,
it
them
his, hers, her*, its
theirs, their*
First-person sentences from “The Jacket”
Rewrite in the third-person point of view
My clothes have failed me.
His clothes have failed him.
Unit 1 • Stories of Change • Part 1: The Jacket 9
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