everyone has a job to do!

Everyone has

a job to do!

Exploring Grammar

ELACC6L1

By

Emilie Jacumin-Simmons

Click here to begin.

Just as bees pollinate

flowers, people work at

jobs, and students go to

school, words have a role

to play in

creating

sentences.

ELACC6L1

This 6th Grade performance standard states

that the student will demonstrate command

of the conventions of standard English

grammar and usage when writing or

speaking.

ELACC6L1

Standard Requirement A

Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case

(subjective, objective, possessive).

Click here to get more information about

using the correct pronoun case.

Pronoun Case

What does that mean?

We’ve already learned

that a pronoun can

substitute for a noun.

Remember – a noun is a

person, place, thing, or

idea.

Pronoun case tells us the

job that the pronoun is

doing in the sentence -

subject, object, or

possessive.

Follow this link for more

information:

www.chompchomp.com/pres

entations/pronouncase.ppt

ELACC6L1

Standard Requirement A

Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case(subjective, objective, possessive).

Let’s practice!

Below is the link to practice exercises.

Once there, print out the accompanyinghandout to keep track of your answers asyou complete each of the InteractiveExercises (1-6).

Click here to follow to the practice link.

ELACC6L1

Standard Requirement BUse intensive pronouns (e.g., myself,ourselves).

Best practice – Student will need to knowabout reflexive pronouns, so both arereviewed in this standard.

Click here for a lesson on Reflexive Pronouns.

Click here for a lesson on Intensive Pronouns.

Let’s practice!

Click here to go to the practice exercises.

ELACC6L1

Standard Requirement C

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts

in pronoun number and person.

Pronoun Shift

What does that mean?

The noun or pronoun that the pronoun refers to is its antecedent.

When writing or speaking, we need to make sure that a singular pronoun refers to a singular antedent or a plural pronoun refers to a plural antecedent.

Follow this link for more information:

http://www.chompchomp.com/presentations/pronounshift.ppt

ELACC6L1

Standard Requirement C

Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts inpronoun number and person.

Let’s practice!

Below is the link to practice exercises.

Once there, print out the accompanyinghandout to keep track of your answers as youcomplete each of the Interactive Exercises (1-5).

Click here to follow to the practice link.

Pronouns can

substitute for nouns.

Pronouns must be in subjective,

objective, or possessive

cases.

Pronouns have a lot of jobs,

including intensifying meaning.

Pronouns must agree in

number with their

antecedents.

UNIT REVIEW OF STANDARDS

REVIEW GAMES

http://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

http://www.funenglishgames.com/

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/

grammar/

http://www.slimekids.com/games/gramm

ar-games/

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/gram

mar/grammar_tutorial.htm

ASSESSMENTNow use the link below to go to the test for this unit:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17fEu_lB7t8e_u8L9H1KhQ0VzT3dNkzjdbfepodednAM/viewform?sid=32767dbffb4fb041&token=xzTCUj4BAAA.eUniO2sfQavdiwT3wkioHg.eQmStP7vu4P4DNr0ZqDxpA

You will be notified when your grade is posted.

“The essential structure

of an ordinary English

sentence…is a noble

thing.”

-Winston Churchill