TERM: 2nd Term
SUBJECT: Grammar
WEEK: 5
CLASS : PRIMARY 4
AGE: 9 years
DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each
DATE:
TOPIC : Other types of pronouns
CONTENT : Relative, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;
SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating relative, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns to arouse the interest of the pupils
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 3 page 32-36, flash cards and charts on the relative, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns, The New First Aid in English by Angus Maciver page 80-84
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1 AND 2: Relative, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative and possessive pronouns
S/N | STEPS | 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 |
2 | 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 1st person Myself – ourselves 2nd person Yourself – yourselves 3rd 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 |
3 | 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 |
6 | CONCLUSION | The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils |
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