Replacing a gift can end up in an awkward moment—but not when replacing a noun with a pronoun! Watch the most effective ways to use subject and object pronouns, as well as direct and indirect object pronouns, with an entertaining grammar presentation that uses the theme of regifting to illustrate its point.

Concepts

parts of speech, parts of a sentence, subject pronouns, direct object pronouns, indirect object pronouns, object pronouns, pronouns

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Show the presentation in class during a grammar lesson, and have small groups work on the practice slides before sharing with the class
• Have class members note the subject and object pronouns in their vocabulary or spelling sentences, as well as the direct and indirect objects

Classroom Considerations

• Presentation features slides on both pronouns and direct and indirect objects; consider splitting up the presentation to focus on each concept independently
• Suitable for older English learners as well as younger mainstream classes

Pros

• Animations are funny and engaging
• Presentation is short and makes clear points
• Addresses nuances aspects of direct and indirect object pronouns, including where to use the direct object pronoun in the sentence

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.3.1.a L.4.1.a L.5.1.a L.6.1.a L.6.1.d L.7.1.a L.8.1.a