1. Today’s Essential Questions
What does an apostrophe represent when used with nouns?
What is the definition of a pronoun?
What are the different types of pronouns and how are they used?
How well can students identify different pronouns?

2. Today you will Understand clearly the use of apostrophes with nouns
Use individual practice to further understand the concepts learned yesterday
Define the concept of a “pronoun”
Define and identify different forms of pronouns
Apply their understanding of “pronoun” to identifying them in different sentence structures

3. Apostrophes
Apostrophes are used with nouns to show ownership or possession
Nouns are changed to their possessive version by simply adding an apostrophe and an “s” ex: Jake >>> Jake’s cat >>>> cat’s

4. The exception to the rule
When a noun ends in an “s”, you simply add an apostrophe to the END of the word
Harris>>>> Harris’
cats>>>>> cats’

5. Pronouns

6. What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word used to take the place of a noun or another pronoun.

7. Three Forms
Subject
Object
Possessive

8. Subject Singular: I, you, she, he, it Plural: we, you, they
Ex.: They cut the tree down.
Ex.: I went to the mall.

9. Object Singular: me, you, her, him, it Plural: us, you, them
Ex.: William thanked her.
Ex.: Maggie asked us to join in.

10. Possessive Singular: my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its
Plural: our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs
Ex.: Where is his book?
Ex.: That is my choice.

11. Possessives and Contractions
Beware! Many people confuse the possessive forms of some pronouns with the contractions they resemble.
Pairs often confused include: its and it’s, your and you’re, & their and they’re.
Remember: the possessive pronouns DO NOT have apostrophes!
The dog lost its tags. VS. The dog is alive, right? Yes, it’s
Their bikes are cool. VS. They’re riding bikes.

12. What is an ANTECEDENT?
The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun or the other pronoun for which the pronoun replaces/stands.
The antecedent USUALLY appears before the pronoun in a sentence; sometimes it appears in the sentence before.
The architect brought her drawings home to work on. (architect is the antecedent of her)
Derek, Laquan and Tom were at the movies. They were laughing. (Derek, Laquan and Tom are the antecedents of they)

13. Indefinite Pronouns
An indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to a particular person or thing.
Some are singular and some are plural.

14. Singular Indefinite Pronouns
Another
Anybody
Anyone
Anything
Each
Either
Everybody
Everyone
Everything
Neither
Nobody
No one
One
Somebody
Someone

15. Plural Indefinite Pronouns
Both
Few
Many
Several

16. Tonight’s homework
Complete the noun/pronoun worksheet