At a Glance:
| Grades: | 6 |
|---|---|
| Subject: | ELA (English Language Arts) |
| Topic: | Understanding Types of Pronouns |
| Lesson Length: | 30 - 45 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will learn about subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns. They will create a comic to demonstrate properly using pronouns in writing.
What should students know before this activity?
This is an introductory lesson for understanding the types of pronouns. Students will recognize that we use subjective, objective, and possessive forms of pronouns in speaking and writing.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Offer the example "Maya likes to read. Maya reads all different kinds of books. Sometimes Maya let’s me borrow some of Maya’s books. I like that Maya let’s me borrow them."
- Discuss:
- Does something sound wrong in that paragraph?
- Guide students towards the fact that using the same noun over and over in a story can get annoying! That’s why we have pronouns.
What will students do?
- Explain that a pronoun takes the place of a noun, kind of like a substitute teacher takes the place of a teacher. List a few common pronouns.
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- What is taking place?
- What pronouns do they identify in each panel?
- How are the pronouns used differently within each panel?
- Explain that there are different types of pronouns.
- Subjective Pronouns act as the subject in a sentence, e.g., I, you, he/she, we, they.
- Objective Pronouns are used when something is being done to someone, e.g., him/her/it, you plural, them, whom.
- Possessive Pronouns show that something or someone belongs to something or someone, e.g., my, his/her, their, your, our, mine, ours, etc.
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a three-panel comic showing examples of subjective, objective, and possessive pronouns being used correctly.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Give students an opportunity to share their comics with others.
- Discuss how students can use pronouns in their writing.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Display or print out list of pronouns for student reference.
- Provide sentence frames as needed.
Middle School
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