English Language Arts, Parts of Speech Writing Unit Five ...



English Language Arts, Parts of Speech Unit 5, Pronouns, Lesson 7: The Indefinite Pronoun Standards Met: This lesson is part of the English Language Arts, Parts of Speech Unit 5, Pronouns, and meets the standards and activates the habits of mind delineated in that unit plan document. Big Ideas: Indefinite terms, grammatically correct sentences, nominative, objective and possessive case, antecedent and number for pronoun use, writing clear, cogent and forceful expository prose. This lesson aims to support students in constructing an understanding of the use of indefinite pronouns in English composition. The indefinite pronouns under study are as follows: one, someone, no one, nobody, anything, something, several, each, most, all, neither, either, another, other, both, many, few, any, some, and something. Prior knowledge activated: Nouns, verb, adjectives and adverbs from preceding units, personal pronouns in the nominative, objective and possessive cases, interrogative pronouns, indefinite modifiers, namely indefinite adjectives, antecedent and number, writing grammatically complete and stylish sentences.Classroom Aim: What is a pronoun? How do pronouns function in sentences? What is an indefinite pronoun? How do we use indefinite pronouns in sentences?Do Now: 1. Cultural Literacy Worksheet: Any Port in a Storm; 2. Everyday Edit: Duke Ellington Classwork: Guided inquiry, using a teacher-made worksheet and learning support, on the use of indefinite pronouns using teacher-made (modified cloze exercises) on the use of the indefinite pronoun in sentences. SUPPORT: Indefinite Pronouns Learning SupportIndependent Practice: Compose six sentences demonstrating understanding of the use of indefinite pronouns in sentences.Methods and Materials: This lesson is presented as a highly structured guided inquiry. Therefore, it is designed to meet the needs of struggling and/or alienated students who deal with impediments to learning, including low levels of reading and writing ability, attention deficits, executive function weakness, or a variety of other behavioral and cognitive impairments and disabilities. Therefore, this lesson may have as many as four different versions of its do-now exercises, and scaffolded worksheets, edited for students’ reading ability. Moreover, depending on where this lesson is delivered, the language in its worksheets may be regionally specific.While this lesson addresses a skill necessary to achievement in the English language arts curriculum, its general focus is on enhancing students’ overall literacy and facility with language This lesson’s focus is to address difficulties in writing, particularly at the level of the grammatically complete expository sentence, by teaching syntax, grammar, and style synthetically. Please see Parts of Speech Unit 5: Pronouns Unit Plan for a fuller exposition of the students this lesson is meant to serve and its methods in meeting their needs.Need for Lesson: ELA POS UP5PR LP7*lpotl; ELA POS UP5PR LP7*dn1 ELA POS UP5PR LP7*dn2; ELA POS UP5PR LP7*sup; ELA POS UP5PR LP7*ws; ELA POS UP5PR LP7*wstcKey Points and Connections:Keep copies of the Pronouns and Case Learning Support for all the lessons in the Pronouns Unit.Nota bene that in addition to the basic support (as above) that accompanies all the lessons in this unit, there is a dedicated support for this lesson.Essential Questions:What is a pronoun?What is the function of pronouns in sentences? What do pronouns replace in sentences?What does indefinite mean?What is an indefinite pronoun?How are indefinite pronouns used in sentences?What do indefinite pronouns say in sentences?Why do we need to use indefinite pronouns in sentences? Next Lesson: Parts of Speech Unit 5, Lesson 8: The Relative Pronoun ................
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