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Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

Pronoun Antecedent Agreement. LeAnna Brenner. Objective. Students will review the definition of a pronoun and coordinate RI.6.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. .

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Pronoun Antecedent Agreement

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  1. Pronoun AntecedentAgreement LeAnna Brenner

  2. Objective • Students will review the definition of a pronoun and coordinate • RI.6.4 – Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

  3. What’s a… Yep, let’s review : takes the place of the noun. • Example: Carston went to his bedroom. • Carston went to his bedroom. • * Nouns can be touched. : noun that the pronoun takes the place of or stands for. Carston went to his bedroom Pronoun Antecedent Oun ouch

  4. Show me… Yep, I get it Uh, No

  5. Let’s practice, shall we? • I am Kristen. • (What can we touch? Does the word pronoun have a “t” in it?) • Pronoun:_______________ • Antecedent: ___________________ • Melissa planned her trip to Canada’s Yukon last month. • If you are having trouble, id the ante first.

  6. A quick word about agreement. • A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in gender (male or female). Wrong: Each of the girls puts his stuff into the car. Right: Each of the girls puts her stuff into the car. • A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in person. Wrong: If students refuse to learn the rules of proper writing, you can forget a good grade in language arts. Right: If students refuse to learn the rules of proper writing, they can forget a good grade in language arts. • A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number (singular or plural). Wrong: Each girl wants to look beautiful on their prom night. Right: Each girl wants to look beautiful on her prom night.

  7. Show me… Yep, I get it Uh, No If no, which part? How can I help?

  8. Language Highlight • When gender of the subject of a sentence is not specified, it used to be customary to use a masculine pronoun: Each child ate his lunch. • This is no longer acceptable. The sentence must read Each child ate his or her lunch. Taking out the awkwardness…. • We can now re-write it to say All the children ate their lunches.

  9. Show your smartness Directions: You will be given a sentence and a dry erase marker. • The sentence will either be correct… • Or, you will need to provide the correction. You will have 3 minutes to complete this activity! If you need to correct: • Circle the word or group of words to be corrected. • Using your dry erase marker, correctly re-write the sentence on the back. • Wait to be called on to share your answer. If your sentence is already correct: • Circle the pronoun and antecedent. • Using your dry erase marker, write correct on the back. • Wait to be called on to share your answer.

  10. References • Elliott, Rebecca, and Laurie Hamilton. Painless grammar. 2nd ed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2006. Print. • Prentice Hall writing and grammar: communication in action.. Annotated teacher's ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004. Print.

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