1. There versus Their
Grade 9 / There versus Their

2. What do you Notice?
“Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor.” – George Orwell, Animal Farm “At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn.” “And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep- throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes; and this is like a fragment of their song without their music.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit “It was cool in there. Jim was for putting our traps in there, right away, but I said we didn’t wan to be climbing up and down there all the time.” – Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Grade 9 | There versus Their

3. Invitation to Imitate Complete the blanks with the correct form of
there or their.
_____ method was to fly up to the rafters and _____
lay ___ eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor.
This is like a fragment of _____ song, if it can be like
_____ song without _____ music.
_____ was a terrible baying sound outside.
Grade 9 | There versus Their

4. Invitation to Revise Picnic Antique Store
Write three sentences for both nouns below (total of six) using there and their in the three different functions. 1. possessive their; 2. there indicating place; and
3. used with a form of the verb “be” to indicate the existence of something.
Picnic
Antique Store
Grade 9 | There versus Their

5. Invitation to Edit
What’s wrong? Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. Their method was to fly up to the rafter’s and there lay their eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. There method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs which smashed Their method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their eggs, which smashed to peices on the floor.
Grade9 | There versus Their

6. Invitation to Write
Write a short paragraph describing your favorite type of car, animal, or piece of clothing.
Use there and their at least FOUR times in your paragraph making sure to use there in both of its functions.
Grade 9 | There versus Their