SPaG Year 4 Text Grammar: Use of pronouns or nouns within and across sentences

5 POWERPOINTS:

1. Introduction to pronouns: Explains what pronouns are and gives an example of what text would look like if they were not used. It ends with an activity where the children read the sentences to see which pronoun should be used to aid cohesion and avoid repetition.
2. Pronoun practice: Exercise to see which pronouns should be used where.
3. Personal pronouns: A study of personal pronouns eg I/my/mine
4. Demonstrative pronouns: A look at this, these, that and those
5. Reflexive pronouns: A study of reflexive pronouns such as he/himself, with exercises to think of sentences containing them.

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1. Complete the pronoun matrix
2. Find the pronouns ( x 3): Read the stories and find the pronouns.
3. Indefinite pronouns: For display
4. Missing pronouns (x 2): Read the story and fill in the missing pronouns
5. Pronoun count: To use when reading to see which pronouns are the most common.
6. Pronoun list
7. Who am I: Picture cards for the children to describe using possessive pronouns