Georgia 4.L.GC.1.42
The Standard
Grammar: Use intensive pronouns. (Introduce)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Language (L) · Grammar Conventions
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students add pronouns such as “myself,” “herself,” and “themselves” to emphasize a noun or pronoun already named. They choose a form that agrees with that word in person and number.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can write, “The mayor herself opened the park,” and explain that “herself” emphasizes “mayor.” The student can remove the intensive pronoun without changing the sentence’s basic meaning.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the added pronoun is required, even when it only adds emphasis. They may confuse intensive uses with reflexive uses, as in “Maya taught herself.” They may also write forms such as “hisself” or use “myself” as the subject.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Complete “I ___ baked the bread” and “The players ___ set up the field,” then circle each pronoun’s antecedent.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs noun cards and pronoun cards; students match “the queen” with “herself,” then build and read an emphasis sentence.
Ask students to compare “Leo himself fixed the bike” and “Leo fixed the bike,” then write what the added word changes.
Play Pronoun Swap: display a sentence, change the subject, and have teams hold up the matching intensive pronoun.
Students write two school announcement lines, such as “The principal herself will present the award,” using intensive pronouns for emphasis.
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