Direct Speech and the First Person

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Direct Speech and the First Person

• Learning Objectives
• Character Description Direct Speech and the
  First Person

Lesson Five
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Stand to identify the sentences in the first
person
Write the sentences in the correct box
Third person
First person
The gothic ruin stood before me.
Glancing round, Paul realised his time had come.
He knelt and let out an ear-piecing howl.
I heard nothing.
My heart raced.
The monster lurked in the forest.
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Overturning Stereotypes

• Sometimes good stories overturn stereotypes and
  offer characters we would not expect. Can you
  name any characters that may have done this? How
  are they different to your expectations?

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http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
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I am a Monster!

• Read the story. Consider the effect of the first
  person perspective. How do we feel about the main
  character? Who is he and what do we know about
  him.
• Complete a mindmap to explore your ideas.

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Read the story I am a monster
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Describes killing as a need helping the
reader tounderstand his violent actions.
Reveals he is branded aMonster hater.
They are victims of their instinct I
couldnt resist.
By expressing his feelings, we understand his
actions instinct had overtaken thought.
They are tired of fighting.
They are well mannered politely replied.
He is the loneliest of guys.
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SPEECH

• Speech is also a great way of helping us to
  understand character and relationships. It also
  helps to move action forward. In the story the
  dialogue makes the vampire seem like an
  intelligent person with emotions. We sympathise
  with his predicament. How might life be hard for
  a monster?

Speech breaks up description, varies pace,
involves the reader more closely with
situations and characters, it
emphasises the mood of the scene or incident.
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THE RULES

• Look at the story again. In pairs you have five
  minutes to identify the rules of direct speech.
• Rule
• 1)
• 2)
• 3)

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Rules

• Place words spoken inside the inverted commas.
• The speech must be separated by a comma, full
  stop, exclamation mark or question mark.
• Every time there is a new speaker, start a new
  line.

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THE HEROIC MONSTER

• Create a good monster by using the first
  person and effective speech. Overturn the
  stereotype. You might use the following pictures
  as a stimulus

http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vampire
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre
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Plenary

• Peer Assessment
• Pupils swap stories and annotate the writing.
  Tick every example of speech and the first person
  being correctly used.
• Pupils share best practice with the class