Georgia 5.L.GC.1.42
The Standard
Grammar: Use intensive pronouns. (Master)
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 identify pronouns ending in self or selves when those words add emphasis. They place each pronoun near the noun or pronoun it emphasizes and distinguish emphasis from receiving an action.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly write sentences such as “I myself checked every answer.” They choose a form that agrees with the noun or pronoun and explain that removing it leaves a complete sentence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse emphasis with a reflexive object, as in “Maya taught herself.” They may use nonstandard forms such as “hisself” or “theirselves.” They may also match the pronoun to the wrong subject.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Rewrite “The students organized the book drive” with an intensive pronoun. Underline the pronoun and circle the word it emphasizes.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs subject cards and pronoun cards, then have them build and read sentences using matching forms such as herself and ourselves.
Ask students to write two sentences that emphasize who completed a difficult task, then explain why each pronoun can be removed.
Play Pronoun Sort, with teams placing sentence cards under intensive, reflexive, or incorrect and defending each choice.
Examine school announcements or advertisements, then revise one line with an intensive pronoun to emphasize who performed the action.
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