126 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 6B | Writing in Ancient Egypt
- Write your name on the form, and answer the questions.
- Writing letters is a form of communication.
Syntactic Awareness Activity^5 minutes
Singular Possessive Pronounsnumber person gender (of “owner”) personal pronounssingular1st male/female mine
2nd male/female yours3rdmale his
female hers
Note: The purpose of these syntactic activities is to help students
understand the direct connection between grammatical structures
and the meaning of text. These syntactic activities should be used in
conjunction with the complex text presented in the read-alouds. There
may be variations in the sentences created by your class. Allow for these
variations, and restate students’ sentences so that they are grammatical.
Directions: We have been learning about pronouns. We use pronouns when
we speak and write to replace nouns that stand for people or things. Can
you remember some pronouns we talked about already? (I, you, he, it, we,
they) Today we will learn about possessive pronouns. We use possessive
pronouns to show ownership or to show that something belongs to
someone. [Whenever you see a person’s name in brackets, please replace
that name with the name of a student or co-teacher in your class.]- When I am talking about something that belongs to me, I use the
possessive pronoun mine. For example, “This book is mine; it
belongs to me.”- Now you try with your partner: Use the word mine, and point to
yourself when you make up a sentence about something that
belongs to you. Use this sentence starter to help you begin:
“This is mine; it belongs to me.”
- Now you try with your partner: Use the word mine, and point to
- When I am talking face-to-face with a person about something that
belongs to that person, I use the possessive pronoun yours to tell
that person that something belongs to him or her. Listen as I talk to
[Cristal] to tell her that this pencil belongs to her. “[Cristal], this pencil
is yours; it belongs to you.”