Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.1.6
Grade 08 ELA - EC: E08.D.1.1.6
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
8th Grade
Course, Subject
English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- List examples of singular and plural pronouns in the subjective case.
- List examples of singular and plural pronouns in the objective case.
- List examples of singular and plural pronouns in the possessive case.
- Organize examples of pronouns in different cases into a chart to correctly show the relationship in pronoun number and person.
- Identify appropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
- Construct original sentences to display appropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
- Revise inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student lists examples of singular and plural pronouns in the subjective case.
- Singular subjective pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, who, whoever
- Plural subjective pronouns: we, you, they
- Student lists examples of singular and plural pronouns in the objective case.
- Singular objective pronouns: me, you, him, her, it, whom, whomever
- Plural objective pronouns: us, you, them
- Student lists examples of singular and plural pronouns in the possessive case.
- Singular possessive pronouns: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, whose
- Plural possessive pronouns: our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs
- Student organizes examples of pronouns in different cases into a chart to correctly show the relationship in pronoun number and person.
- Student identifies appropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. Pronouns used appropriately agree with the noun they represent in person, number, and gender.
- Student constructs original sentences to display appropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. The sentences constructed by the student use pronouns that agree with the noun they represent in person, number, and gender.
- Student revises inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person. The student revises pronouns to ensure each pronoun agrees in number and person with the closest noun, or antecedent, that precedes it.
