Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 4

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TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what  Relative,  reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns are

Relative pronouns are used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. In most cases, they are used as conjunctions E.g ‘who’, ‘which’

Reflexive pronouns refer back to a person or thing. E.g himself, itself, etc

Interrogative pronouns are used for asking questions e.g which, whose, who etc

Demonstrative pronouns are used to point to specific persons or things e.g ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’ and ‘those’

Possessive pronouns are used to show possession and are not followed by a noun e.g mine, theirs, yours, ours etc

Pupils observe, learn and participate

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EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further explains the usage of some reflexive, demonstrative pronouns and relative pronouns

REFLEXIVE

Singular and plural of reflexive pronouns

1^st person

Myself – ourselves

2^nd person

Yourself – yourselves

3^rd person

Himself/herself - themselves

Itself/oneself – themselves

DEMONSTRATIVE

‘this’ is used to describe a singular object that is near

‘these’ is used to describe more than one object that is near

‘that’ is used to describe a singular object that is far

‘those’ is used to describe more than one object that is far

For example

This book- these books

That bag- those bags

This cup- these cups

That fan-those fans

RELATIVE

‘who’ is used for persons

‘which’ is used for animals and things

For examples

This is the boy who stole the show

Look at the cat which entered the room

Pupils observe, learn and participate

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EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Explain what Relative,  reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns are

2. Give examples of Relative,  reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns

3. When do we use

This

That

These

Those

Who

Which

Mine

Theirs

Yours

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  A-C on page 34-35 of the text-book and page 84 No 19-26 of The New First Aid in English by Angus Maciver

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions D-F on page 35-36 of the reference text and page 84 No 27-35 of the The New First Aid in English by Angus Maciver  

Pupils participate

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CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils