• 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. Sam told Leo that he had won the prize. Why is this sentence unclear? (We can't tell whether 'he' means Sam or Leo. / It should be a question. / It has no verb. / It uses too many nouns.) → We can't tell whether 'he' means Sam or Leo.Prompt: Find each pronoun (he, she, it, her, they).
2. Choose the pronoun that fits. Max lost his hat. ___ looked everywhere for it. (They / She / We / He) → HePrompt: Who or what is the gap talking about?
3. Which version is clearest and reads best? (Leo and Omar built a raft. They tested it on the pond, and it floated! / Leo and Omar built a raft. Leo and Omar tested the raft on the pond, and the raft floated! / They built it. They tested it on it, and it floated! / Leo and Omar built a raft. He tested them on the pond, and they floated!) → Leo and Omar built a raft. They tested it on the pond, and it floated!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. My sister and ___ share a room. (me / I) → IPrompt: Cover up the other person's name and read the sentence with just the pronoun.
2. Which sentence uses Standard English? (My friends and me went camping. / My friends and I went camping. / Me and my friends went camping. / Myself and my friends went camping.) → My friends and I went camping.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. Choose the correct pronoun. ___ girls are going to the match. (We / Us) → WePrompt: 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. / Her and me are on the same team. / Me and her are on the same team. / She 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'?

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