• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Pronoun or noun? Make it clear who is meant; Pronouns). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Mia gave Ella her book back. Why is this sentence unclear? (It is too short. / 'gave' is the wrong verb. / We can't tell whose book it is. / It has no subject.) → We can't tell whose book it is.Prompt: Find each pronoun (he, she, it, her, they).
2. Choose the pronoun that fits. The ducks swam to the edge. ___ wanted bread. (He / It / They / She) → TheyPrompt: Who or what is the gap talking about?
3. Which version is clearest and reads best? (The robot rolled into the room. They switched on their lights and beeped. / It rolled into it. It switched on its lights and beeped. / The robot rolled into the room. It switched on its lights and beeped. / The robot rolled into the room. The robot switched on the robot's lights and the robot beeped.) → The robot rolled into the room. It switched on its lights and beeped.Prompt: Repeating the same noun again and again sounds clumsy.

• Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
• Share the objective: I or me? Sam and I, Sam and me. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Choose the correct pronoun. Omar and ___ built the model together.
• Step 1: Use I/he/she/we as the subject; use me/him/her/us as the object or after a preposition.
• Step 2: Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Omar and I built the model together."
• Step 3: So the answer is: I
• Answer: I
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Choose the correct pronoun. Between you and ___, I think the robot is broken. (I / me) → mePrompt: Cover up the other person's name and read the sentence with just the pronoun.
2. Which sentence uses Standard English? (Her and I are on the same team. / She and I are on the same team. / Her and me are on the same team. / Me and her are on the same team.) → She and I are on the same team.Prompt: Try each sentence with only the pronoun: 'I baked a cake' or 'me baked a cake'?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Which sentence uses Standard English? (Her and me are on the same team. / She and I are on the same team. / Me and her are on the same team. / Her and I are on the same team.) → She and I are on the same team.Prompt: Try each sentence with only the pronoun: 'I baked a cake' or 'me baked a cake'?
2. Choose the correct pronoun. Mo and ___ are in the same class. (him / he) → hePrompt: Cover up the other person's name and read the sentence with just the pronoun.

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-5.