Pronoun

Age
6-9.

Materials

 * Very long strips of paper
 * Black and red pens
 * All of the symbols known and the pronoun symbols
 * Similar objects from the environment
 * Impressionistic charts of the Verb Family

Presentation

 * 1) The directress writes a long command, which consists of several actions on one object, i.e. Go to a friend, get a pencil, bring the pencil to your place, put the pencil on the table.
 * 2) The child reads the command aloud and executes it.
 * 3) Afterward the symbols are all placed above the words.
 * 4) The directress reads the command aloud, this time emphasizing the repetition of the object noun.
 * 5) The child is asked to observe the awkward way that the command was written.
 * 6) The child or the directress may suggest an improved version using the pronoun it.
 * 7) This version is written on a long strip with the pronoun written in red.
 * 8) The second one sounds better.
 * 9) The child then places symbols on the words he can identify in the second command.
 * 10) The child reads the second command again noticing it, and noticing that it replaces the pencil.
 * 11) This word is a pronoun.
 * 12) Recall the other pronouns.
 * 13) The symbol for pronoun is a tall purple pyramid, (the figure is presented).
 * 14) It resembles the noun symbol, because it takes the place of the noun.
 * 15) The purple is an expression of rage - because it wants to take the noun's place.
 * 16) Etymology....(pronoun: pro - from Latin meaning instead, thus we use the pronoun "instead of the noun."
 * 17) Give the child two dimensional symbol to place over the pronouns on the second strip.
 * 18) Tear the strip into several parts, and invite the child to rearrange the words so that it will still make logical sense.
 * 19) She will see that the pronoun (as an object) must follow closely behind the verb.