Lesson Plan of Demonstrative Pronouns English Grade V

Lesson Plan of Demonstrative Pronouns

English Grade V

Students’ Learning Outcomes

·         Identify and illustrate extended use of words that point to something.

Information for Teachers

·         Demonstrative pronouns are used for pointing out a particular something/some people that we are talking about.

·         A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to something definite within a sentence. These pronouns can indicate items in space or time, and they can be either singular or plural

·         There are four demonstrative pronouns:  1. this, 2. There 3. That 4. Those.

·         This and that are singular. They refer to one person or thing. These and those are plural. They refer to more than one person or thing.

·         Which demonstrative pronoun to use depends on the number of things/people that we are talking about and whether the subject (s) is/are near to us?

	Near to us	Not near to us
Singular	This	That
Plural	These	Those

For example:

That is my book. => Negative form: That isn’t my book.

This is a fruit basket. => Negative form: This isn’t a fruit basket.

These are dolls. => Negative form: These aren’t dolls.

Those are Arum and Faze. => Negative form: Those aren’t Arum and Faze.

·         To change a statement into a question, we reverse the order of the demonstrative pronoun and the verb.

For example:

This is paper bag. => is this a paper bag?

That is a locker. => is that a locker?

These are 5^th grade students. => Are these 5^th grade students?

Those are boards. => Are those boards?

·         In giving short answers to questions using demonstrative pronouns, we can use it to replace this and that, they to replace these and those.

Is this                   A watch? Is that	Yes, it is.
	No, it isn’t.
Are these                    Boards? Are those	Yes, they are.
	No, they aren’t.

·         Demonstrative pronouns should be taught and practiced using the actions.

·         Time allocation for activities can change as per need of activity.

·         While teaching the lesson, the teacher should also consult textbook at all steps where and when required.

Material / Resources

Chalk/marker, board, textbook

Worm up activity

·         Write ‘this’, ‘these’, ‘that’, and ‘those’ on the board.

Ask the students to recall the us4 of these words

Ask the students:

o   If someone or something is placed close to you, which word is used to point it?  ( this)

o   If someone or something is placed at a distance from you, which word is used to point to it? (that)

o   If there are many people or things placed near you, which word is used to point them? (these)

o   If there are many people or things placed fare away to you, which word is used to point to them? (those)

·         Encourage the students with words like “good” or “well done” if they gave correct answers. Reinforce the rules to use the demonstrative pronouns if they gave incorrect answers.

·         Show students how to form questions by using demonstrative pronouns (reverse the order of the subject and the verb). First, write a sentence on the board and then change the statement into a question.

For example:

              This is a clean shirt. Is this a clean shirt?

·         Teach students that we can use ‘it’ to replace ‘this’ and ‘that’.

·         Teach students that we can use ‘they’ to replace ‘these’ and ‘those’.

·         Walk around classroom, points at different students/ items and ask questions, then asks students to provide answer.

Development

Activity 1

·         Write 5-8 sentences on the board depending on the time. Like this:

Directions: choose the pronoun in parentheses ( ) to complete each sentence. Write the correct word on the line.

1.       Are ______ your flowers? (that, those)

2.       This book isn’t very good, but ______ book is great. (that, this)

3.       Look at ______ man over there. (this, that)

4.       I love ________ shoes but I don’t like that shirt. (those, that)

5.       Is ___________ his house? (those, that)

6.       _____________ Dress looks great on you. (this, these)

7.       Can I look at ____ photographs? (that, these)

8.        _______ Toys over here are not expensive. (these, those)

Answers key:

1.       Those, 2. That, 3. That, 4. Those, 5. That, 6. This, 7. These, 8. Those

·         Ask the students to choose one demonstrative pronoun to complete each sentence.

·         Instruct the students that they must read each sentence carefully. They must see whether the noun in each sentence is singular or plural.

·         Tell the students that in each sentence there is a hint to find the location of the subject.

·         Help the students understand the meaning of each sentence while they are doing them.

·         If time allows, go through the answers with the students after they have finished the class work.

Activity 2

(You can choose the sentences (statements) from the textbook).

·         Write on the board three sentences (statements) and asks them to change the statements into questions. Like as follows:

1.       That is a haunted house.

2.       These are Australian parrots.

3.       This is an interesting book.

·         Reinforce the rules to change a statement into a question while students are working.

·         When students are done with changing statements into questions, write three questions on the board. Ask students to write the answers of the questions using ‘it’ and ‘they’.

·         Reinforce the rule to answer a question that was taught in the worm up activity.

·         Provide further help to the students where and when required.

Sum up / Conclusion

·         Quickly review the lesson by asking the students questions:

·         What pronoun is used for people and things close to us?

·         What pronoun is used for people and things far from us?

·         Is “this” a singular or plural?

·         Is “those” a singular or plural?

·         Is the pronoun “it” used for singular nouns or plural nouns? Etc.

Assessment

·         Assess students’ ability to identify demonstrative pronouns through their correct responses during worm up activity.

·         Assess students’ ability to construct short questions using demonstrative pronouns and to give answers using it and them through their performance in the activity no. 2.

·         Assess students’ ability to illustrate use of demonstrative pronouns through the correct choice made during the activity 1.

·         Assess students’ ability to illustrate use of the pronoun it as subject through their performance in the follow up activity.

Follow up

·         Write 5 sentences using demonstrative pronouns on the board for students to copy in their notebooks. Ask them to re-write the sentences by changing the statements into questions.