Grade 2 50 points Grade 2 50 points Grade 5 100 points Grade 5 Bonus! 1000 points Grade 7 500 points Grade 7 500 points
PRACTICE As a class, change some of the words to pronouns. If you would like to make a change, raise your hand. Johnny went with his friend Joey to buy a cat. Johnny immediately noticed a cat named Melinda. Melinda had white and gray fur, and she was very small. Melinda purred at Johnny. Johnny was happy, so Johnny decided to buy Melinda. Joey decided to buy a cat named Charlotte. Charlotte was completely black. Johnny was superstitious, so he told Joey not to buy the black cat. Joey wanted to please Johnny, but Joey loved Charlotte, so Joey bought Charlotte.
Are You Smarter Than a 7th Grader? Rules of the game: There will be two teams that we will choose. One member of each team will battle it out in a fierce rock paper scissors competition. The team that wins will choose their question first. They may choose their questions in whatever order they like. They may choose from either side, but only one grade level question can be chosen during the game for each team.
What pronoun do you use if you are describing a group? Two answers are acceptable.
Fill in the blank with a pronoun: ______ went to the park. Many answers are acceptable.
Paraphrase the definition of pronoun.
Name four pronouns in five seconds. You may take more than five seconds, but if you do it within the time frame your team will get extra points.
Add 2 pronouns to this paragraph: Joe went to the market. Joe saw his friend Annie. Annie was buying apples. Joe said hi to Annie.
Add 2 pronouns to this paragraph: My family went on vacation to Oregon. My family went to Yellowstone, too. My brother, Will liked staying at my uncle’s house. Will liked playing video games.
BONUS!!!!!!! Find eight errors in the following paragraph: Marys sister, Sarah, was having a slumbre party. she invited all of her teenaeg freinds. She beleived that Mary was too babeish to come to her party?