Pronouns

1. Pronouns Take out your journal and date it! Take notes clearly for you to reference!

2. DAY 1: Personal/Possessive; Agreement

3. Definitions • Pronoun: a word that replaces a noun • Antecedent: the noun that a pronoun replaced

4. Agreement • The antecedent and pronoun must agree in number (singular or plural) and gender • Ex: Everyone looked at his watch. Correct or Incor.? • EX: Everyone looked at their watch. C or I? • EX: Samuel watched his dog at the park. C or I? • EX: Samuel watched her dog at the park. C or I?

5. Personal Pronouns • 1st person: refers to the speaker • 2nd person: refers to the one spoken to • 3rd person: refers to the one spoken about

6. Personal Pronouns

7. Goals: • Practice: p. 33 ex. 5- ALL (5minutes) and check as whole class • Independent: 4 Game Cards for Personal/Possessive • Ticket out the door

8. Day 2: Reflexive and Intensive • Reflexive: Pronoun that refers to the subject and is necessary to basic meaning of sentence • Ex: She gave herself the day off. • Intensive: Pronoun that emphasizes its antecedent and is unnecessary to basic sentence meaning • Ex: David himself bought a car.

9. Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns

10. Identify each pronoun as personal, reflexive, or intensive. • 1. Darren himselfdid not know where the gifts were hidden. • 2. Have youtold Dennis about the new sports complex? • 3. Mara bought herselfa cupcake after a long day’s work. • 4. The dog made itselfdizzy by chasing its own tail. • 5. Tracy and Ed carried the aquarium to the car themselves. • 6. Did Teri offer themdirections to my house?

11. Practice Answers: • 1. Darren himself did not know where the gifts were hidden. - INTENSIVE • 2. Have you told Dennis about the new sports complex? - PERSONAL • 3. Mara bought herself a cupcake after a long day’s work. -REFLEXIVE • 4. The dog made itself dizzy by chasing its own tail. -REFLEXIVE • 5. Tracy and Ed carried the aquarium to the car themselves. –INTENSIVE • 6. Did Teri offer them directions to my house?- PERSONAL

12. Practice • Write 1 sentence using a reflexive pronoun. • Write 1 sentence using an intensive pronoun.

13. Indefinite Pronouns-plural or singular?HOLT p. 138 • Use singular pronoun for these Indefinite: • The “body” • The “one” • Either • Each • Neither • Connected by “or” or “nor” • Use plural pronoun for: • Both • Few • Many • Several Depending on their meaning in a sentence, the indefinite pronouns: all, any, more, most, none, and some: may be singular OR plural EX: None of the cereal has lost its crunch. EX: None of the cereal flakes have lost their crunch.

14. Indefinite Pronouns Practice On notebook paper (you will turn this in!) • Write 1 sentence using indefinite pronoun agreement that is CORRECT. • Write 1 sentence using indefinite pronoun agreement that is INCORRECT. (write correct answers next to sentence) • Underline the indefinite pronoun and pronoun. EX: Everyone will win his own t-shirt. (correct-both singular) EX: Both of the birds had hidden its nests. (Incorrect- its should be plural)

15. Addition to checkup: • Write a sentence that uses a reflexive pronoun as an indirect object. • Write a sentence using an intensive pronoun.

16. Answer: • What are the 4 sentence parts Reflexive Pronouns can be? Direct Object, Indirect Object, Obj of Prep, PNOM • Write a sentence that uses a reflexive pronoun as an indirect object. I gave myself a piece of cake at dinner. • Write a sentence using an intensive pronoun. We ourselves ride the bus to school each day.

17. Relative or Interrogative? • Name the 5 Relative Pronouns: • Using a relative pronoun, write a complex or compound- complex sentence. • Write an interrogative sentence for the following pronouns: • Who   • Whom

18. ANSWERS • Name the 5 Relative Pronouns: That, which, who, whom, whose • Using a relative pronoun, write a complex or compound- complex sentence. Shep, who loves to play outside, always chases after sticks! (complex) I eat my breakfast, which consists of Honey Bunches of Oats and a banana, and then I make my coffee and drive to work! (compound-complex) • Write an interrogative sentence for the following pronouns: • Who  Who should start the test? • Whom For whom did you knit the sweater?

19. Who or Whom? P.188 • How do we use who or whom in a sentence? • Who=subject form • Whom=object form • Read the who/whom steps on p. 190 • Complete ex. 9

20. Indefinite Pronoun AgreementIf agreement is incorrect, fix it!  • All the students ate her lunch. • Nobody has his homework. • Anyone can accomplish their goals. • Everyone will want their own hat! • Each student will have his detention today. • Everybody that visited the White House will receive their own free gift!

21. Interrogative Pronouns p.37 • Introduces a question • What • Which • Who • Whom • Whose

22. Subjective/Nominative Pronouns • Are in the SUBJECT part of a sentence • I • You • It • He • She • We • They

23. Objective Pronouns • Usually in the PREDICATE part of a sentence • DO • IO • Object of Prep • She gave him a toy. • I will travel to them.

24. Interrogative/Relative Practice! • Ex. 8 pg. 37

25. Relative Pronouns p.37 • Introduces an adjective clause • Used in complex and compound-complex sentences • That • Which • Who • Whom • whose

26. Warm-up • Write a sentence that correctly uses a demonstrative pronoun. 2. If the below sentence is incorrect, explain why and correct it. Neither Joan nor Jackie completed their science lab today.

27. My cat ate all of its food this morning. • Each of the girls said someone had already told her about the band concert. • I brought a casserole and put it in the oven. • I ate that for dinner. • Jeremiah himself did not like to study. • Kiley was all by herself last night.