Everyone has a job to do!
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This document provides information about pronouns and their proper usage. It discusses the different cases that pronouns can be in (subjective, objective, possessive), and how pronouns must agree in number with their antecedents. The document includes links to lessons, practice exercises, and review games to help students learn about proper pronoun usage according to the 6th grade English language arts standard.
Everyone has a job to do!
- 1. Everyone has a job to do! Exploring Grammar ELACC6L1 By Emilie Jacumin-Simmons Click here to begin.
- 2. Just as bees pollinate flowers, people work at jobs, and students go to school, words have a role to play in creating sentences.
- 3. ELACC6L1 This 6th Grade performance standard states that the student will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
- 4. ELACC6L1 Standard Requirement A Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive). Click here to get more information about using the correct pronoun case.
- 5. Pronoun Case What does that mean? Weve already learned that a pronoun can substitute for a noun. Remember a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. Pronoun case tells us the job that the pronoun is doing in the sentence - subject, object, or possessive. Follow this link for more information: www.chompchomp.com/pres entations/pronouncase.ppt
- 6. ELACC6L1 Standard Requirement A Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive). Lets practice! Below is the link to practice exercises. Once there, print out the accompanying handout to keep track of your answers as you complete each of the Interactive Exercises (1-6). Click here to follow to the practice link.
- 7. ELACC6L1 Standard Requirement B Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). Best practice Student will need to know about reflexive pronouns, so both are reviewed in this standard. Click here for a lesson on Reflexive Pronouns. Click here for a lesson on Intensive Pronouns. Lets practice! Click here to go to the practice exercises.
- 8. ELACC6L1 Standard Requirement C Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
- 9. Pronoun Shift What does that mean? The noun or pronoun that the pronoun refers to is its antecedent. When writing or speaking, we need to make sure that a singular pronoun refers to a singular antedent or a plural pronoun refers to a plural antecedent. Follow this link for more information: http://www.chompchomp.co m/presentations/pronounshift.p pt
- 10. ELACC6L1 Standard Requirement C Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. Lets practice! Below is the link to practice exercises. Once there, print out the accompanying handout to keep track of your answers as you complete each of the Interactive Exercises (1- 5). Click here to follow to the practice link.
- 11. Pronouns can substitute for nouns. Pronouns must be in subjective, objective, or possessive cases. Pronouns have a lot of jobs, including intensifying meaning. Pronouns must agree in number with their antecedents. UNIT REVIEW OF STANDARDS
- 12. REVIEW GAMES http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/ http://www.funenglishgames.com/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/ grammar/ http://www.slimekids.com/games/gramm ar-games/ http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/gram mar/grammar_tutorial.htm
- 13. ASSESSMENT Now use the link below to go to the test for this unit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fEu_lB7t8e_ u8L9H1KhQ0VzT3dNkzjdbfepodednAM/viewfor m?sid=32767dbffb4fb041&token=xzTCUj4BAAA. eUniO2sfQavdiwT3wkioHg.eQmStP7vu4P4DNr0Z qDxpA You will be notified when your grade is posted.
- 14. The essential structure of an ordinary English sentenceis a noble thing. -Winston Churchill