Title of Unit: Lesson Title: Duration of Lesson Date:

(suggested timeline):
Pronouns *Subject Pronouns 10 days 4th quarter
*Pronouns and Verbs
*Object Pronouns
Resource: *Using I and Me Charity Story
Houghton Mifflin *Possessive Pronouns Merwin Navisaga
English , TE 2001 *Contractions Carrie Olivario
*Using there, their, and Corazon Taisacan
they’re

Design Question Focus of the Lesson (elements from other DQ’s may be used as support)
ü Introducing New Knowledge ü Deepening or Generating and Testing
Practicing Hypotheses
School Wide Learner Outcomes (SLOS)

Academically Responsible
Effective Users of Technology
Socially and Globally Responsible Citizens
The Leader in Me: 7 Habits of Happy Kids

Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand then to be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
Learning Goal/ Objective: (based on Standards )
3L.1
Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage, when writing or speaking:
Explain the function of nouns, pronouns verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in
particular sentences.

Children will:
ü Recognize the subject/predicate of the sentence.
ü Identify the noun in the subject and predicate.
ü Replace the nouns with pronouns.
ü Follow rules for subject-verb agreement.

Learning Targets: (write in the scale below)

2.0 Simpler Content: 3.0 Target 4.0 More Complex:
*I can replace nouns with *I can use the correct verb form to *I can write a poem using
pronouns in a sentence.\ agree with the subject pronoun. pronoun.
L3.1
1.0-I can identify subject pronouns
in a sentence.
Assessment and Monitoring: (checks for content and desired effect)
Children will:
ü Identify subject and predicate.
ü Identify and use pronouns (singular and plural forms) in replacing nouns.
 ü Follow the rules for subject-verb agreement.

Sequence: Instructional Strategies /Lesson Activity:

DAY 1: Writing Correct Sentences (pgs. 214-215, 241)
“I can identify and use subject pronouns in a sentence.”

A pronoun is a word that can take the place of one or more nouns in a sentence.

Write sentences for the students with proper or common nouns. Students will underline the subject, identify the
noun in the subject and replace the noun to a pronoun. Provide guided practice.
Pre-requisite skill: The students should be able to identify the subject of the sentence. From the sentence, they can
identify the noun. The nouns can be replaced with a pronoun.

Check for understanding/Assessment: Have students write three sentences about a friend or self selected topic using
pronouns.

Activity: Write a poem. (pg. 215)

Homework: Complete the practice sheet.

DAY 2: Pronouns and Verbs (pgs. 216-217, 242)

“I can use and proofread for correct verb forms with subject pronouns.”

Rule:
Add –s or –es to a verb in the present when the subject is he, she, or it.
Do not add –s, or –es to a verb in the present when the subject is I, you, we, or they.

Write sentences using correct verb form on the board. Provide guided practice.

Check for understanding/Assessment: Have students proofread a sentence using the correct verb form.

Activity: Write a Message (pg. 217)

Homework: Complete practice sheet.

DAY 3: Object Pronoun (218-219,243)

“I can identify object pronouns (me, you, him, her, it, us, and them) and use object pronouns to replace nouns.”

A subject pronoun can be the subject of a sentence. The pronouns me, you, him, her, it, us, and them are called object
pronoun. Object pronouns follow action verbs and words like to, for, at, of, and with.
The pronouns it and you are both subject pronouns and object pronouns.

Object pronouns
Singular me you him her it
Plural us you them

Write sentences for the students on the board. Students will identify the predicate. Identify the noun in the
predicate and replace the noun to a pronoun. Provide guided practice.

Pre-requisite skill: The students should be able to identify the predicate of the sentence. From the sentence, they can
identify the noun. The nouns can be replaced with an object pronoun.
Check for understanding/Assessment: Provide students with sentences where they can change the noun in the
predicate with an object pronoun.

Activity: Write a Description (pg. 219)

Homework: Complete the practice sheet.

DAY 4: Using I and me (222-223, 244)

“I can use the pronoun I and me correctly.”

Use the pronoun I only as the subjects of a sentence. Use the pronoun me on ly as an object pronoun.
When you talk about another person and yourself, it is polite to name yourself last. Always capitalize the word I.

Write sentences on the board where students can correct/proofread. Provide guided practice.

Check for understanding/Assessment: Write sntences on the board. Instruct students to use I and me correctly.

Activity: Write a Story About Yourself (pg. 223)

Homework: Complete practice sheet.

DAY 5: Possessive Pronouns (224-225, 245)

I can identify and use possessive pronouns to replace possessive nouns.

Possessive Pronouns—my, your, her, his, its, our, their

Write sentences on the board. Some sentences, students will identify the possessive pronouns, For some sentences,
students will replace the nouns with possessive pronoun. Provide guided practice.

Check for understanding/Assessment: Write sentences on the board where students * identify the possessive
pronouns, * replace the noun with possessive pronoun, and *compose their own sentences using possessive
pronouns.

Activity: Write a Description (pg.225)

Homework: Complete the practice sheet.

DAY 6: Contraction (226-227, 246)

I can identify pronoun-verb contractions. I can proofread for correct contractions.

Contraction is a word made by putting two words together. An apostrophe replaces the letter or letters that are left
out. Many contractions are made by joining a pronoun and a verb.

Write a pair of words on the board. Show how words are combined using an apostrophe. Provide guided practice.

Check for understanding/Assessment: Write sentences on the board students can identify the contractions and
proofread a sentence for correct contractions. Have students write their own sentences using contractions.

Activity: Write Silly Rhymes (pg. 227)

Homework: Complete the practice sheet.

DAY 7: Using there, their, and they’re (pgs. 228-229, 247)

I can choose among there, their, and they’re to complete a sentence.
I can proofread for correct use of there, their, and they’re.

Word Meaning Example

There At or in that place They work there.
Their Belonging to them It’s their store.
They’re They are (contraction) They’re at work.

Write sentences on the board. Provided guided practice.

I’m going over ____.
This dog is ____ pet.
____ coming for dinner tonight.

Check for understanding/Assessment: Write sentences using holidays on the board. Students will write each
sentence correctly. Have students write their own sentences.

Activity: Write an Ad (pg. 229)

Homework: Complete the practice sheet.

DAY 8: Review (pgs. 232-233)

I can use the correct verb form to agree with the subject pronoun.

Provide guided practice. Check-up Unit 6.

DAY 9: TEST DAY Unit 6: Pronouns

Use the provided “Cumulative Review” (pg 240, #65-86) or Unit 6 Test for assessment.

Adaptations for Unique Student Needs: (ELL, Special Education, Gifted, Students who lack support
for school)
More time provided to complete assignments or provide answers. Peer & teacher assistance. Reduce the
number of items required.

Assignment(s):
Use the attached workbook practice pages.
Resources and Materials:
White board, markers, Sentence strips, chart paper, student worksheets from Houghton Mifflin English for
Grade 1 & Workbook Plus pages (attached)