Pronoun Antecedent Grade 6 Pronoun Antecedent What do

Pronoun Antecedent Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent

What do you Notice? “I stared at my father’s photograph—his thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. ” - Paul Fleischman, Seedfolks Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent

Invitation to Imitate. I stared out at my classroom- its walls filled with writing posters, its floor cluttered with students’ backpacks, its shelves crammed with novels. - Anonymous classroom teacher Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent

Invitation to Imitate Your turn… • I stared ___________, (describe what you saw) , ____________________, (describe what you saw) __________ Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent

Invitation to Revise Rewrite at least two of the following sentences, noticing where there is a vague pronoun and revising for a clear pronoun antecedent. • When the boat hit the dock, it made a horrible noise. (What made a horrible noise? ) • Jill gave her little sister a toy for Christmas that she played with constantly. (Who played with the toy constantly? ) • The room contained a bed, a desk, and a computer. It was twenty feet long by sixteen feet wide. (What was twenty feet long? ) Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent

Invitation to Edit I stared at my father’s photograph—his thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. • I stared at my father’s photograph- her thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. • I stare at my father’s photograph- his thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. • I stared at my fathers photograph- his thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. • I starred at my father’s photograph-his thin face stern, lips latched tight, his eyes peering permanently to the right. Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent

Invitation to Write Directions: Write a short passage using at least two pronoun antecedents correctly. Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent