1. May 2, 2012 Homework Spelling pg 241 Grammar pg 263 Exercise 1 IRT May 25 th – Talk pg 383 – People Could Fly 389 – Soul In Purgatory 399 Do Now Chapter 10 Diagnostic

2. Chapter 10 Using Pronouns Correctly

3. Case Case – the form that a noun or pronoun takes to show the relationship to other words in a sentence Types of Cases: 1.Nominative 2.Objective 3.Possessive Personal Pronouns- unlike nouns, have different forms for all three cases.

4. Personal Pronouns SINGULAR Nominative Case Objective Case Possessive Case Ime my, mine youyou your, yours he, she, it him, her, it his, her, hers, its

5. Personal Pronouns Continued PLURAL Nominative Case Objective Case Possessive Case WeUs Our, ours YouYou Your, yours TheyThem Their, theirs

6. Nominative Case Nominative Case: Used for the subject and predicate nominative of a sentence. (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) AS SUBJECTS: (He, Him) mowed the lawn. AS PREDICATE NOMINATIVES The members of the team are (them, they). they The candidates could have been (he and she, him and her). He and she

7. The Objective Case Objective Case – direct objects (DO) and indirect objects (IO) as well as the object of the preposition (OP) should be in the objective case. (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

8. May 3, 2012 Homework Spelling pg 242-243 – Quiz tomorrow Grammar pg 274-275 Exercise 7 and Review B Do Now Next Slide

9. Underline the objective case and identify as (DO) (IO) or (OP) 1.Mom called (I, me) to the phone. 2.The hostess handed (she, her) the name tag. 3.He handed it to (I, me).

10. A direct object is a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what receives the action of the verb. An indirect object is a noun, pronoun, or word group that often appears in sentences containing direct objects and tells to whom, to what, or for whom, for what the action of the verb is done. A noun or pronoun that follows a preposition is called the object of the preposition.

11. The Possessive Case Possessive case- used to show ownership or possession (my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs.) Examples: Her book and mine are overdue. Her Mine This desk is his. His My shoes need to be cleaned. My There goes their dog Rex. their

12. Who vs. Whom The pronoun who has different forms in the nominative and objective case. Who – nominative Whom – objective When to use who or whom in a question, follow these steps: 1.Rephrase the question in a statement 2.Decide how the pronoun is used in the sentence Is it used a subject, predicate nominative, direct object, indirect object, or object of preposition 3. Determine case If it is used as a subject or a predicate nominative use who If it is used as a direct object, indirect object or object of preposition use whom

13. Pronouns with Appositives Sometimes a pronoun is followed directly by a noun that identifies the pronoun. Such a noun is called an appositive. EX: On Saturdays (we, us) cyclists ride to Mount McCabe and back. Note: to help choose which pronoun to use before an appositive, take out the appositive and try the pronoun separately.. EX: The speaker praised (we, us) volunteers. The speaker praised us. Us is in the objective form.

14. Reflexive Pronouns Reflexive Pronouns – refers to the subject and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence. First Person: myself, ourselves Second Person: yourself, yourselves Third Person: himself, herself, itself themselves Note: DO NOT USE hisself or theirself in place of himself or themselves. Ex. The secretary voted for (hisself, himself) in the last election. Ex. The cooks served (theirself, themselves) some of the hot won-ton soup.

15. Class work Pg 275-276 Review C and D

16. May 4, 2012 Homework Grammar pg 277-278 – Test Next Week. Date TBA Literature pg 300 #1-6 Do Now Spelling Quiz

17. May 7, 2012 Homework Spelling Unit 32 five times each Vocabulary Unit 14 own definitions Literature pg 306 # 1, 3, and 5 Do Now Spelling pg 248

18. May 8, 2012 Homework Spelling pg 249 Vocabulary pg 160-161 Test Thursday Literature pg 320 #1-10 Do Now Grammar pg 265-267 exercise 2 and 4 WRITE OUT

19. May 9, 2012 Homework Spelling pg 250 Vocabulary pg 161 – Quiz on BOTH Friday Literature pg 470 #2, 4, 5 and 6 Test moved to next Tuesday Do Now Grammar pg 266 Review A WRITE OUT!

20. Class work Grammar pg 268-271 exercise 5, 6,