Lesson Plan of Subject & Object Pronouns English Grade VIII

Lesson Plan of Subject & Object Pronouns

English Grade VIII

Students’ Learning Outcomes

·         Demonstrate use of pronouns as subject and object.

Information for Teacher

·         A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Examples: he, she, it, they, someone, who

·         Pronouns can do all of the things that nouns can do. They can be subjects, direct objects, indirect objects, object of the prepositions, and more.

Subject Pronoun:

·         A subject pronouns acts as the subject of a sentence-it performs the action of the verb.

·         The subject pronouns are he, I, it, she, they, we, and you.

(He can spend a lot of time in reading books.)

(After lunch, she and I went to the planetarium.)

Object Pronoun:

·         An object pronouns acts as the object of a sentence-it receives the action of the verb. The object pronouns are her, him, it, me, them, us and you.

(Ahmed gave me a good book to read)

(Mr. Salem taught him English)

Concept Map

Material /Resources

Chart, board, flash cards, marker/chalk

Worm up activity

·         Write a sentence on the board with the subject and object pronouns in it.

·         Ask students to divide it into subject/verb/object.

For example:

He /will not give /him the books.

·         ask the following questions from the students and note their responses on the board:

Q1. What is a sentence?

      (Expected response: a group of words arranged in a meaningful manner)

Q2. Could you divide a sentence according to the function?

       (Expected response: Subject / Verb / Object)

Q3. What is the difference between the subject and object?

      (Expected response: Subject is the noun/pronoun at the beginning of the sentence. Object is a

       Noun, noun phrase or pronoun that refers to a person or thing that is affected by the action

        Of the verb)

Development

Activity 1

·         Write the given or similar sentences on the board.

·         With the help of students underline all the pronouns in the sentences.

·         List subject and object pronouns in two columns.

                                          I.            I don’t know her.

                                        II.            You should make sure that you succeed.

                                      III.            He is telling him a story.

                                      IV.            She is helping her with the homework.

                                        V.            It fell down and broke its head.

                                      VI.            We are calling them towards us.

                                    VII.            They are taking them for a picnic.

·         Ask the students to work in pairs and use any 10 of these pronouns (5 from each column) in sentence.

                                                             Answer key

Subject  Pronouns	Object Pronouns
I You HE She IT We They	Her You Him Her Its Them Them

Sum up / Conclusion

·         Ask any one of the students to repeat the use of definite article.

Assessment

·         Write the following sentences on the board and ask the students to correct the sentences by providing the correct pronouns.

·         Ask the students to work in pairs.

1.       Me am not feeling well.

2.       He was waiting for they.

3.       them aren’t coming today.

4.       I will inform he about the meeting.

5.       he is working on him project.

6.       we couldn’t enjoy their summer vacation because us were given a lot of homework.

7.       She is on his way home.

8.       him is waiting for a cup of tea.

        Answer key:

1.               I

2.              them

3.              they

4.              him

5.               his

6.              our/we

7.              her

8.              he

Follow up

·         Ask the students to write a paragraph using any five of the object pronouns.