Demonstrative Pronouns - Lesson Plan Coaches

Students’ Learning Outcomes

· Identify and illustrate extended use of words that point to something.

Information for Teachers

· Demonstrative pronouns are used for pointing out a particular something/some people that we are talking about.

· A demonstrative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to point to something definite within a sentence. These pronouns can indicate items in space or time, and they can be either singular or plural

· There are four demonstrative pronouns: 1. this, 2. There 3. That 4. Those.

· This and that are singular. They refer to one person or thing. These and those are plural. They refer to more than one person or thing.

· Which demonstrative pronoun to use depends on the number of things/people that we are talking about and whether the subject (s) is/are near to us?

	Near to us	Not near to us
Singular	This	That
Plural	These	Those

For example:

That is my book. => Negative form: That isn’t my book.

This is a fruit basket. => Negative form: This isn’t a fruit basket.

These are dolls. => Negative form: These aren’t dolls.

Those are Arum and Faze. => Negative form: Those aren’t Arum and Faze.

· To change a statement into a question, we reverse the order of the demonstrative pronoun and the verb.

For example:

This is paper bag. => is this a paper bag?

That is a locker. => is that a locker?

These are 5^thgrade students. => Are these 5^th grade students?

Those are boards. => Are those boards?

· In giving short answers to questions using demonstrative pronouns, we can use it to replace this and that, they to replace these and those.

Is this A watch? Is that	Yes, it is.
	No, it isn’t.
Are these Boards? Are those	Yes, they are.
	No, they aren’t.

· Demonstrative pronouns should be taught and practiced using the actions.

· Time allocation for activities can change as per need of activity.

· While teaching the lesson, the teacher should also consult textbook at all steps where and when required.

Material / Resources

Chalk/marker, board, textbook

Worm up activity

· Write ‘this’, ‘these’, ‘that’, and ‘those’ on the board.

Ask the students to recall the us4 of these words

Ask the students:

o If someone or something is placed close to you, which word is used to point it? ( this)

o If someone or something is placed at a distance from you, which word is used to point to it? (that)

o If there are many people or things placed near you, which word is used to point them? (these)

o If there are many people or things placed fare away to you, which word is used to point to them? (those)

· Encourage the students with words like “good” or “well done” if they gave correct answers. Reinforce the rules to use the demonstrative pronouns if they gave incorrect answers.

· Show students how to form questions by using demonstrative pronouns (reverse the order of the subject and the verb). First, write a sentence on the board and then change the statement into a question.

For example:

This is a clean shirt. Is this a clean shirt?

· Teach students that we can use ‘it’ to replace ‘this’ and ‘that’.

· Teach students that we can use ‘they’ to replace ‘these’ and ‘those’.

· Walk around classroom, points at different students/ items and ask questions, then asks students to provide answer.

Development

Activity 1

· Write 5-8 sentences on the board depending on the time. Like this:

Directions: choose the pronoun in parentheses ( ) to complete each sentence. Write the correct word on the line.

1. Are ______ your flowers? (that, those)

2. This book isn’t very good, but ______ book is great. (that, this)

3. Look at ______ man over there. (this, that)

4. I love ________ shoes but I don’t like that shirt. (those, that)

5. Is ___________ his house? (those, that)

6. _____________ Dress looks great on you. (this, these)

7. Can I look at ____ photographs? (that, these)

8. _______ Toys over here are not expensive. (these, those)

Answers key:

1. Those, 2. That, 3. That, 4. Those, 5. That, 6. This, 7. These, 8. Those

· Ask the students to choose one demonstrative pronoun to complete each sentence.

· Instruct the students that they must read each sentence carefully. They must see whether the noun in each sentence is singular or plural.

· Tell the students that in each sentence there is a hint to find the location of the subject.

· Help the students understand the meaning of each sentence while they are doing them.

· If time allows, go through the answers with the students after they have finished the class work.

Activity 2

(You can choose the sentences (statements) from the textbook).

· Write on the board three sentences (statements) and asks them to change the statements into questions. Like as follows:

1. That is a haunted house.

2. These are Australian parrots.

3. This is an interesting book.

· Reinforce the rules to change a statement into a question while students are working.

· When students are done with changing statements into questions, write three questions on the board. Ask students to write the answers of the questions using ‘it’ and ‘they’.

· Reinforce the rule to answer a question that was taught in the worm up activity.

· Provide further help to the students where and when required.

Sum up / Conclusion

· Quickly review the lesson by asking the students questions:

· What pronoun is used for people and things close to us?

· What pronoun is used for people and things far from us?

· Is “this” a singular or plural?

· Is “those” a singular or plural?

· Is the pronoun “it” used for singular nouns or plural nouns? Etc.

Assessment

· Assess students’ ability to identify demonstrative pronouns through their correct responses during worm up activity.

· Assess students’ ability to construct short questions using demonstrative pronouns and to give answers using it and them through their performance in the activity no. 2.

· Assess students’ ability to illustrate use of demonstrative pronouns through the correct choice made during the activity 1.

· Assess students’ ability to illustrate use of the pronoun it as subject through their performance in the follow up activity.

Follow up

· Write 5 sentences using demonstrative pronouns on the board for students to copy in their notebooks. Ask them to re-write the sentences by changing the statements into questions.