• 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. When the dog chased the cat, it ran up a tree. Why is this sentence unclear? (It needs a full stop in the middle. / Dogs cannot chase cats. / 'It' could be the dog or the cat. / It is in the wrong tense.) → 'It' could be the dog or the cat.Prompt: Find each pronoun (he, she, it, her, they).
2. Choose the pronoun that fits. Max lost his hat. ___ looked everywhere for it. (He / They / She / We) → HePrompt: Who or what is the gap talking about?
3. Which version is clearest and reads best? (She baked it. She cut it into eight slices for us. / Gran baked a pie. Gran cut the pie into eight slices for us. / Gran baked a pie. It cut her into eight slices for us. / Gran baked a pie. She cut it into eight slices for us.) → Gran baked a pie. She cut it into eight slices for us.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. The coach picked ___ boys for the relay. (us / we) → usPrompt: Cover up the other person's name and read the sentence with just the pronoun.
2. Which sentence uses Standard English? (Gran made pancakes for Leo and I. / Gran made pancakes for Leo and myself. / Gran made pancakes for Leo and me. / Gran made pancakes for I and Leo.) → Gran made pancakes for Leo and me.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. Between you and ___, I think the robot is broken. (me / I) → mePrompt: Cover up the other person's name and read the sentence with just the pronoun.
2. Which sentence uses Standard English? (The letter was addressed to I and Ana. / The letter was addressed to Ana and me. / The letter was addressed to Ana and myself. / The letter was addressed to Ana and I.) → The letter was addressed to Ana and me.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.