1. Pronouns
SpringBoard Unit 4

2. Today’s Agenda 4/9/18 You will need: Pen/Pencil
Crayons or colored pencils
B.O.B.
Pronouns foldable
BrainPop: “Parts of Speech” and “Personal Pronouns”
Pronoun Notes
Pronoun Practice
HW: Take “Parts of Speech” and “Personal Pronouns” Quiz and print scores (due 4/11/18)

3. What are pronouns?
Tell me about them!
Give me some examples…

4. B.O.B. Activity! Personal Possessive Indefinite Demonstrative
Shade EACH tab a different color:
Personal
Possessive
Indefinite
Demonstrative
Intensive AND Reflexive
Interrogative
Cut and glue the two rows of tabs into your IAN
DO NOT GLUE THEM ALL THE WAY DOWN

5. Somewhere on your page write down these definitions
Pronoun: a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.
Antecedent: the noun that a pronoun is replacing.

6. Notes You will be given a definition to copy down
Write this on the TAB portion.
We will then give you examples
Write those on the NOTEBOOK paper underneath.

7. Personal Pronouns personal pronouns Brain Pop subjective objective
typical pronouns
replace the subject or object.
They must agree in gender, number and case.
Brain Pop
subjective
objective
I, you, he, she, it, we, they
me, you, him, her, it, us, them

8. Possessive Pronouns pronouns that show ownership
Must match in case, number, and gender
examples: my, your, his, hers, its, our, their, yours, ours, theirs

9. Indefinite Pronouns
a pronoun that does not refer to any specific person, amount, or thing in particular
They can be singular OR plural (see chart for examples)
examples: anything, something, anyone, everyone, everybody, somebody, everything, nobody, no one, several, some, someone

10. Demonstrative Pronouns
point out a specific person, place, thing, or idea
NEVER USE HERE OR THERE WITH A DEMONSTRATIVE
examples: this, that, these, those

11. Intensive pronouns Emphasize the noun or pronoun in the same sentence
Intensive are not necessary for the understanding of the sentence
Example Sentence
I myself cannot stand to watch scary movies.
Examples of both (copy these): myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, himself, herself, itself, themselves

12. Reflexive pronouns
Refer to the subject and directs the action of the verb back to the subject
You need it for the sentence to make sense!
Example:
I patted myself on the back!
I looked at myself in the mirror.

13. Interrogative Pronouns
pronouns that are used to ask questions and stand for something not yet known
examples:
Subject: who
Object: whom
Possessive: whose
which, what

14. Let’s Practice!

15. Today’s Agenda 4/17/18 You will need: Pen/pencil B.O.B.
Pronouns Practice Packet
Writing BINGO
BrainPop “Personal Pronouns” and quiz
Work on Pronouns Practice Packet: Complete Interrogative and Demonstrative Pronouns sections (front)
Work on Writing BINGO (due Friday)