SLL B GR Reflexive Pronouns

Grammar ® Lexia Lessons LEVEL 7 Reflexive Pronouns

PREPARE CONCEPT The ability to think and talk about VOCABULARY antecedent, pronoun, noun, pronouns helps students understand and explain reflexive pronoun, subject texts accurately and write effectively. Words are MATERIALS Lesson reproducibles categorized as pronouns if they take the place of a noun (names a person, place, thing, or idea) in a sentence. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence and can be singular or plural. The reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves. Reflexive pronouns refer to a noun and cannot act as the sentence subject.

INSTRUCT ANCHOR CHART [Display Reproducible page 1.] • Introduce the Concept of this lesson. (See above.) • Review the Anchor Chart, and remind students that pronouns replace nouns in a sentence. Review the example sentence on the Anchor Chart. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the subject of the sentence. • Explain that students often use reflexive pronouns incorrectly. In the sentence, “You could ask Mary or myself any questions,” You is the subject, but the reflexive pronoun myself does not correspond with you and is therefore used incorrectly. It is also incorrect to use a reflexive pronoun as the subject of a sentence. PRACTICE [Display Reproducible page 2, Find the Reflexive Pronoun and Draw Back, Part A.] • Read the directions with students, and review the example sentence. • Refer to the Anchor Chart as needed to locate the reflexive pronoun. • Prompt: Who is the subject of the sentence? To whom does the pronoun refer? . ® [Display Reproducible page 2, Circle the Reflexive Pronoun, Part B.] • Read the directions with students. • Support students in determining if the subject is singular or plural. Explain that the reflexive PowerUp Literacy ® pronoun they choose must match the subject in number (i.e., singular or plural). • Prompt: Who is the subject of the sentence? Is the subject singular or plural? Which pronoun makes sense in this sentence? [Display Reproducible page 3, Story Editing, Part C.] • Read the directions with students. Review the completed example to demonstrate how to suggest a correction. • Prompt: Does the pronoun refer back to the subject correctly? Is the pronoun spelled and used This material is a component of Lexia © 2020 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. © 2020 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. All other rights reserved. Not for resale. Reprinted for classroom use only. correctly? ★ Note that an Answer Key is available for teacher reference on Lesson page 2.

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ANSWER KEY FOR TEACHER REFERENCE [Blank student copies are found on Reproducible pages 2 & 3.]

[Reproducible page 2, Find the Reflexive Pronoun and Draw [Reproducible page 2, Circle the Reflexive Pronoun, Part B] Back, Part A]

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ANCHOR CHART Reflexive Pronouns A pronoun replaces a noun in a sentence. Reflexive pronouns refer back to the sentence subject. Reflexive pronouns can be singular or plural.

singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves

The boy made the lemonade himself.

Himself refers back to the sentence subject: the boy.

I is the subject of the sentence. . ® Myself refers back to I. PowerUp Literacy ®

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PRACTICE Find the Reflexive Pronoun and Draw Back A. Read each sentence. Circle the reflexive pronoun. Then, draw an arrow back to the subject to which it refers.

“Himself” refers back to the subject “boy.”

The boy sold the cookies himself.

1. The timer resets itself every afternoon.

2. Instead of asking the assistant, the manager made the call herself.

3. We made ourselves a delicious dinner.

4. Although it was heavy, I wanted to carry the suitcase myself.

5. You should ask that question yourself.

6. Jason and Marco pushed themselves as hard as possible.

Circle the Reflexive Pronoun B. Read each sentence. Circle the reflexive pronoun that makes sense and completes the sentence.

1. Marnie ser ved ______. itself herself himself

2. The children got ______dressed . ® themselves ourselves himself before breakfast.

3. We ate so many holiday cookies that we made myself ourselves yourself PowerUp Literacy ® ______sic k!

4. The tiger scratched ______while stalking itself myself themselves its prey.

5. You and your friends need to take responsibility ourselves himself yourselves for ______. This material is a component of Lexia © 2020 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. © 2020 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. All other rights reserved. Not for resale. Reprinted for classroom use only.

6. Robert thought, “I will do this by ______.” herself themselves myself

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PRACTICE (CONTINUED) Story Editing C. Read the story below. Decide if the pronouns in bold are used correctly. If correct, draw a check- mark (✔) in the bubble. If incorrect, draw an X and write a correction in the bubble.

The Johnson kids were excited to fly for the first time by themselves. When they arrived at the gate, the attendant asked them, “I hope this ✗ Should be: you seat works for yourself.”

Peter said, “Myself would rather sit on the aisle.”

Gina shot him a look and quickly replied, “We will take whichever seats are available and will carry our luggage ourselves.” The kids shouldered their backpacks and turned to their parents.

With tears, their parents shouted, “Be sure to take care of yourselves!”

As they walked onto the plane, Gina left Peter by himself and raced to find her seat. Peter lagged behind. A woman stepped in front and blocked himself from catching up. He thought, “I only have myself to blame.”

When he finally found her, Gina was buckled safely into an aisle seat. She smiled smugly and said, “You just make yourself comfortable!” . ® PowerUp Literacy ® This material is a component of Lexia © 2020 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. © 2020 Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. All other rights reserved. Not for resale. Reprinted for classroom use only.

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