SHS1 English Language · Semester 1 Week 14: Grammar

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.2 - Use pronoun types accurately in speech and writing.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the seven types of pronouns (personal, possessive, relative, interrogative, reflexive, demonstrative) in given sentences and short passages.
Explain the function of each pronoun type and state what noun or noun phrase each pronoun replaces or refers to.
Substitute appropriate pronoun types for nouns in sentences, maintaining agreement in number, gender and person.
Construct original sentences and a short paragraph using at least four different pronoun types correctly.
Use pronouns accurately in a role-play or dialogue, showing sensitivity to context and audience.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar Usage (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Grammar (3.1)
Content standard: 1.3.1.CS.1 - Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and use of grammatical forms in speech and writing. 1.3.1.LO.1 Apply knowledge of word classes and their functions in communication. 1.3.1.LO.2 Distinguish between and use the parts and elements that make up a sentence. 1.3.1.LO.3 Distinguish between and use compound and complex sentences. 1.3.1.LO.4 Distinguish between and use dependent and independent clauses. 1.3.1.LO.5 Compose texts using phrase types.
Indicator: 1.3.1.LI.2 - Use pronoun types accurately in speech and writing.
Suggested placement: Semester 1, Week 14 (Week 14 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

strand name - p.55: this document swaps the names GRAMMAR and GRAMMAR USAGE between the strand and its first sub-strand from page to page - printed p.46 heads "Strand 3. GRAMMAR USAGE / Sub-Strand 1. GRAMMAR", printed p.62 "Strand 3. GRAMMAR / Sub-Strand 2. VOCABULARY", printed p.124 "Strand 3. GRAMMAR / Sub-Strand 1. GRAMMAR USAGE" and printed p.134 "Strand 3.GRAMMAR USAGE" with no space. The scope-and-sequence on printed p.21 calls the strand Grammar and the sub-strand Grammar Usage. Each heading is transcribed as its own page prints it
indicator text - p.55: the code 1.3.1.LI.2 names 2 different indicators in this year. This document restarts learning-indicator numbering at LI.1 under every content standard, so a code identifies an indicator only together with its content standard - here 1.3.1.CS.1
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 55

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Experiential Learning:
- Using role-play ensuring tolerance for one another's views, learners work in mixed ability groups collaborating and communicating verbally and non-verbally to identify pronoun types.
- Learners in their mixed ability groups creatively explore the use of pronouns from varieties of texts respecting varieties of views.
1. Personal Pronoun
E.g. I, you, she, he, it, we, they, me, us, them.
2. Possessives
E.g. mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
3. Relative pronouns
E.g. who, whom, which, what, that
4. Interrogatives
E.g. who, whom, what, which, whose
5. Reflexives
E.g. myself, yourself, itself, herself, himself, ourselves, themselves
6. Demonstratives
E.g. this, that, these, those
Teaching and Learning Resources:
- Word/Sentence cards
- Word Walls
- Real objects and pictures
- Selected passages
- Teacher made passages
- Technology tools such as computer, mobile phones, projector, radio, TV, films and narratives etc.
- Passages that reveal various forms of nouns.
- Varieties of narrative texts that reveal various types of pronouns.
- Pictures
- Real objects.
- Varieties of narrative texts that reveal use of adjectives in context.
- Videos with dialogue
- Role-play
- Varieties of narrative texts and Passages
Assessment (1.3.1.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 1 Recall; Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 3 Strategic reasoning.