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Unit 2: Narrative Writing

UEQ:

How do literary elements

create an engaging story,

and how can I use these elements

to write a personal narrative?

LEQ: How can specific pronouns

determine a point of view?

Key Vocabulary: point of view

1st person,

2nd person,

3rd person limited,

3rd person objective,

3rd person omniscient,

pronoun, antecedent

Activating Strategy: Pronoun Pretest

How much do you know about pronouns?

How many different kinds of pronouns do you know?

Which pronouns are important for determining point of view in a narrative?Go to eBackpack---look for MP2,

Unit 2, lesson 1, pronoun pretest

Discovery Moment…

Pair Share with a partner and of any of the kinds of pronouns on the quiz that you may need to review because you don’t remember them or haven’t studied them.

AP #1: How to identify and use

singular and plural pronouns and their possessive forms?

Why is this important?

Pronouns determine the point of view of a narrative. Pronouns need to be used correctly to be effective.

Activity 1:

1 Minute story---

Listen as someone tells a story with 5 sentences about what s/he did last night…without using personal pronouns.

No “I,” “you,” “he,she,it” “we,” or “they”

Story Share: What do you notice about narratives without

pronouns?

Summary: Pronouns are significant!

Overview of Pronouns…

Go to eBackpack…MP2, Unit 2, lesson 1….find the Overview of Pronouns worksheets.

Fill in the answers as we consider the different kinds of pronouns.

What is a pronoun?

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun.

Personal Pronouns

Refer to: people and animals

I, me We, us

You,

He, she, it

Him, her They, them

Demonstrative Pronouns

Refer to: specific people, places, or things—they demonstrate or “point out”

Examples of Each Type:

this, that , these, those

Demonstrative pronouns

Pointing to things that are near:

This and These

Pointing to things that are far:

That and Those

Indefinite

Refers to: nouns in a general way; they do not refer to a noun/pronoun in particular

Examples of Each Type:

All, both, many, each, some, nobody, several, anyone, nothing, other(s), etc.

Some Indefinite PronounsSingular Plural

another everybody no oneanybody everyone nothinganyone everything oneanything much somebodyeach neither someoneeither nobody something

bothfew

manyothersseveral

SINGULAR or PLURAL: All, any, most, none and some can be singular or plural, depending on the phrase that follows them.

Pronoun Improvisation

Act a scene in which the only lines spoken must contain a demonstrative pronoun.

Interrogative Pronouns

Refer to: Used to ask questions

Examples

Whose , which, who, whom, what

Interrogative Pronouns

Who

which

whose

what

Whom—objective form

Pronoun Improvisation

Act a scene in which the only lines spoken must begin with an interrogative pronoun.

Reflexive Pronouns

Refer to: these pronouns refer back to nouns/pronouns in the sentence

Examples:

Herself, himself, itself, ourselves, myself, yourself, yourselves, themselves

IntensiveRefer to: these pronouns emphasize another noun/pronoun in the sentence.

Examples: Same as reflexive, but used differently.

Herself, himself, itself, ourselves, myself, yourself, yourselves, themselves.

Possessive Pronouns

Refer to: show ownership or possession---do not use apostrophes!

Examples: my, mine, your(s), his, her, its, their,theirs, our, ours, ----whose

Pronoun Overview Practice

Find the personal pronouns—how many are there in this sentence?

He gave me the bottle and then we went with her to the store, but it was closed.

Pronoun Overview Personal Pronoun

Practice #1

He gave me the bottle and then we went with her to the store, but it was closed.


Practice #2

How many personal pronouns can you find?

We told them that she and he wanted to go but the bus was full and it couldn’t hold them, so they had to walk with us.


Practice #2

We told them that she and he wanted to go but the bus was full and it couldn’t hold them, so they had to walk with us.

Pronouns “Buyer Beware”You cannot just look at a pronoun

and know what it is---You have to know what it is doing and how it is functioning in the sentence.

In each sentence below, what kind of pronoun is “her?”

1. He gave her the dress.

2. Her dress was pretty.

Which type of pronoun do we use with point of view?

Personal!

Personal Pronouns: How do we classify

them?Three things we consider:

1.person—1st, 2nd, or 3rd singular or plural

2.Gender—male, female, or neuter

3.Form—subject, object, possessive (2)

Classifying Forms of Personal Pronouns

Practice: Page 440, The Writer’s Craft

Subject form

Object form

Possessive form

AP #2: How to identify a pronoun’s

antecedent

Rule: Only use a pronoun if you have established a clear antecedent.

So, what is an antecedent?

What is an antecedent?

Whatever kind of pronoun you have, the pronoun takes the place of a specific noun you’ve already mentioned.

The noun that a pronoun refers to is called an antecedent.

More about antecedents…

That’s spelled with an “a-n-t-e,” not an “a-n-t-i.”

"Anti-" is a prefix meaning “against,” as in “antisocial.”

“Ante” is a prefix for things that go before other things; “ante mortem” means “before death,” for example.

Antecedent…make it clear.

In the sentence “The driver totaled his car,” the word “his” refers back to “driver,” so “driver” is the antecedent of the pronoun “his.”

It would sound silly to repeat the noun: “The driver totaled the driver’s car.”

So, in simple sentences like this, readers are clear on what pronoun is replacing what noun.

Antecedent problems…can you figure out what’s

wrong?Identify the problem in these sentences:

A.

That's what they want you to think.

“They" has no antecedent. It isn't clear who "they" are.


wrong?B.

When you get close to her, grab Snuffles by the collar and get her inside.

The first pronoun, "her," comes before the antecedent, "Snuffles.”


wrong?C. When the officer chased the burglar through the park, he broke his ankle.

It's not clear which subject is the antecedent for "he." It could be either the officer or the burglar.


wrong?D.

Green's second single sold more than her first single. Its lyrics about broccoli had the critics scratching their heads.

It's not clear whether "Its" refers to the first single or the second single. The antecedent is ambiguous


wrong?E. It couldn't have been more clear.

"It" has no antecedent.


wrong?F:

If it isn't shipped on dry ice, the ice cream will melt.

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See more at: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/pronouns-and-antecedents?page=2#sthash.p4GYAWlh.dpuf

The pronoun, "it," comes before its antecedent, "the ice cream.”

Practice with Pronouns

Go to eBackpack. You may use your notes to complete these practices.

You need to “screen shot” your notes in order to access them.

Practice #1 and Practice #2 are self-contained;

You will need the textbook “The Writer’s Craft” in order to complete practice #3.

Avoid the 3 most common Antecedent

Errors

A visit with Grammar Girl

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/pronouns-and-antecedents?page=2

AP#3: What are the types of point of view and how to identify them?

Go to eBackpack.Find your Point of View Types worksheet.

Fill in the 5 types of point of view.

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