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) (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