Being a school head is a twenty-four job because the

school itself is constantly in your thoughts. It has to be,

because as the leader you yourselves are responsible for the
faculty , staff and most importantly the pupils/ students.
 Sometimes you lay awake at night thinking
through a difficult problem, other times something
prevents you from sleeping well or enters your
dreams. In many ways you are always “ on the job”
even when you are off or away on vacation, but to
maintain your sanity and a healthy family life you
yourselves must make every effort to draw a line in
the sand, delineate work from home and make
time for your family.
School head must exhibit Leadership.

School head must be adept at building

relationships.

School head must be fair and consistent.

School head must be organized and prepared.

School head must be visionary.

School head must be an excellent listener.

myself
Grouping activity

Task 1: Work with the worksheet

Task 2: Write a speech of 100-150 words address

to your teachers. Apply words that end
with “ self” or “selves” ( any topic)
Task 1.
A. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate words that
end with “self” or “ selves”.
1. I hurt ________________.
2. Look at that man. He is talking to ______________.
3. We don’t need any help. We’ll do it ____________.
4. She looked at ___________ in the mirror.
5. The cat hurt _______ when it jumped over the wall.
6. The children can’t look after _____ . They are too
small.
7. He shot_______.
8. She did it by _____________.
9. Debra told __________ to calm down.
10. Hello, everybody. Help __________ to some food,
it’s on the table.
Task 1.
B. Arrange these jumbled words to form a correct
sentence.

1.made the himself principal announcement the

________________________________________
2. herself new a computer bought I.
________________________________________
3. lady old the by all herself lives.
________________________________________
4. I am I to speak when alone myself.
________________________________________
5. mirror the myself I at smiled.
________________________________________
Task 2

School head’s speech

( 100-150 words)
Task 1 will be collected.

Task 2 will be delivered infront. Choose one

from your group to deliver observing
the mechanics of proper public
speaking.

 speak loud enough to be heard

 maintain eye contact
Use gestures if necessary
Enunciate words correctly
Establish good body posture
ANALYSIS

Thank you so much

Let us now examine the outputs

( exchange outputs with the other groups for checking)

Task 1.
A. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate words
that end with “self” or “ selves”.
1. I hurt myself.
2. Look at that man. He is talking to himself.
3. We don’t need any help. We’ll do it ourselves.
4. She looked at herself in the mirror.
5. The cat hurt itself when it jumped over the wall.
6. The children can’t look after themselves . They are
too small.
7. He shot himself.
8. She did it by herself.
9. Debra told herself to calm down.
10. Hello, everybody. Help yourself to some food, it’s
on the table.
Task 1.
B. Arrange these jumbled words to form a correct
sentence.

1.made the himself principal announcement the

The principal himself made the announcement.

2. myself new a computer bought I.

I bought myself a new computer.

3. lady old the by all herself lives.

The old lady all lives by herself.

4. I am I to speak when alone myself.

I speak to myself when I am alone.

5. mirror the myself I at smiled.

I myself smiled at the mirror.
Task 2

School head’s speech

( Ideas will vary )
ABSTRACTION

In task 1 and task 2 you were working with words that

end with “self” and “selves”.

What do we call these words?

themselves, myself, yourself, himself, herself,

itself, ourselves, yourselves
Reflexive pronoun
What is a reflexive pronoun?

A reflexive pronoun is a special type of

pronoun and is usually used when the object of
a sentence is the same as the subject.
PERSONAL PRONOUN REFLEXIVE PRONOUN
I myself

You ( singular ) yourself

He himself

She herself

It itself

We ourselves

You ( plural) yourselves

they themselves
Reflexive pronouns for same subject and object

We use reflexive pronoun when the subject and the

object of the verb refer to the same person or thing.

He cut himself on the broken glass.

She made herself a cup of tea.
Parents often blame themselves for the way children behave.

We use a reflexive to make it clear who or what is being

referred to.
COMPARE

Aques looked at herself in the The subject and the object are
mirror. the same
Aques looked at her in the mirror. The subject and the object are
different.
( Aques is looking at someone else in
the mirror)
REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS FOR EMPHASIS

We can use reflexive pronouns for emphasis

The director himself wrote to us to apologise for the dreadful service.
The principals themselves participated in the seminar
I baked the bread myself.

Reflexive pronouns plus by ( meaning alone)

Why don’t you go by yourself?

The children made the entire meal by themselves.

Learn about MYSELF( myself is referring back to the subject)

I smiled at myself in the mirror.
I should treat myself to a day at the spa.
I cooked lunch for carl and myself.
Misuse of myself

Carl and myself ate lunch.

The teachers and myself will go to a picnic.
Mike cooked lunch for Carl and myself.
Thank you so much
APPLICATION

I prepared something for our application.

Please spare time to read and fill the gaps
with a suitable reflexive pronoun.

( Distribute to each participant a copy)

 A school head’s speech

The No child left behind program _____ taught us to understand that

students _____ need a high school diploma. Every student needs a senior-
secondary education diploma to compete in a 21st century economy. Our
Educational institution _____ is failing when we allow one student to leave without
a high school diploma.
Our goal is 100% graduation rate and we must do everything within our
power to achieve that goal. We cannot afford to focus on the things we cannot
change. We _____ must concentrate on those things we can change and the places
we can make a difference.
I ______ believe that we as educators are models of integrity. We are
held to a higher standard by our communities, by our students and by our
colleagues. We should strive to be a model of integrity and when we falter, we ____
must try to begin again, for there are truly no failures, only those who give up too
soon.
My greatest strength as a school administrator for the past years has been
my skill ____ at conflict resolution. I cannot always afford you the luxury of having
your way, but I hope you will always feel that I value your time and more
importantly, that I value you.
The students ____ are so much valued and my only promise is that I will
work hard everyday and allow my actions to tell the story of who I am.
Thank you.
More power to you!