Direct Speech and the First Person Learning Objectives

Direct Speech and the First Person Learning Objectives: Character Description: Direct Speech and the First Person Lesson Five

Stand to identify the sentences in the first person Drag and drop exercise - drag the sentence to either the 1 st or 3 rd person side of the table. First person Third 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.

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? http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Ogre http: //www. flickr. com/photos/creative_tools/4325048685/

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. See link on main page for post it note mind map.

Describes killing as a “need” helping the reader to understand his violent actions. They are “tired” of fighting. Reve als he is bran “Mon ded a ster hate r. ” By expressing his feelings, d we understan his actions – “instinct had ught. ” overtaken tho He is the “loneliest” of guys. They are victims of their instinct – “I couldn’t resist. ” They are well mannered – “politely replied. ”

Click on the link to download the story. I am a Monster!

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.

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

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.

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

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