Pronoun -Antecedent Agreement

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreements

Audience: Ninth Grade Students

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreements are similar to subject-verb agreements, but with different rules and/or principles. Pronoun-Antecedent agreements consists of both a pronoun and antecedent agreeing with rules (defined later within context).

Pronoun

A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. It refers to a person, place, thing, or feeling.

Example: The boy hesitantly ran across the street.

Pronoun usage: He hesitantly ran across the street.

Antecedent

An antecedent is the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers to.

Example: Children get nervous when teachers use spiders for experiments.

Antecedent usage: Children get nervous when their teachers use spider for experiements.

The antecedent is the noun before the pronoun. In this case, the noun being children and pronoun their.

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement consists of three principles.

1. Gender: est. difference between male/female.
2. Number: est. difference between singular and plural.
3. Person: est. difference between quality of being. (1st, 2nd & 3rd person)

*All principles further explained within today's mini lesson.

1. Engage: Students will be engaged by Powerpoint demonstration and visuals of the subject.
2. Explore: I will provide students with an introduction for both pronouns and antecedents. Including, their purpose within agreeance.
3. Explain: By futhering students comprehension more in-depth, I'll provide the three vital principles for creating pronoun-antecedent agreements. Examples will be available.
4. Evaluate: I will evaluate their understanding by going over some in-class examples.
5. Expand: I will evalute the students understanding of the topic by an attachment of "Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Quiz" within www.partnerpage.google.grammar300.com
6. Esearch: Students will further their knowledge by completing "Big Dog's Grammar Self-Test" on website: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/agrpa_exercise.html