1. Pronoun Antecedent
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. Invitation to Imitate Your turn…
I stared _____________________, -
(describe what you saw)
, ___________________, ____________________,
(describe what you saw) (describe what you saw)
____________________. (describe what you saw)
____________________
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5. 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

6. 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

7. Invitation to Write
Directions: Write a short passage using at least two pronoun antecedents correctly.
Grade 6 | Pronoun Antecedent