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Lesson Plan: Indefinite Pronouns

Year Level: 2nd Year High

Value: Perseverance

I. Objectives:
At the end of a ____ period, 85% of the pupils should be able to:
1. identify indefinite pronouns.
2. discriminate indefinite pronouns in the given sentences.
3. write sentences using indefinite pronouns.

II. Subject Matter:

Lesson: Indefinite Pronouns
Reference: English CV for High Schools (Communication & Values)
4Th edition
(Navarro/Paredes/Muñoz/Dadufalza), pp.30-35
Materials:
Paper, Pen/Pencil
Visual aids, computer/projector or OHP
amplifier (15+ participants)

III. Learning Activities:

A. Terms
Frustrated
Failure
Success
Attitude
Struggle
Victory

B. Review
Do you remember pronouns? Give 5 examples.
How about the meaning of singular and plural?
How about the subject-verb agreement?

C. Motivational (Listening/Speaking)
Have you ever failed?
Have you been frustrated or unsuccessful in some of your activities?
Share your experiences to the class regarding failures, frustrations,
or unsuccessful plans in life.

D. Presentation (Listening)
Listen very well to this poem and find out why we should not quit nor
give up.

E. Comparison and Abstraction (Speaking)

1. What should be your attitude when things go wrong or when you

do not get what you want?
2. Explain:
a. "Often the struggler has given up/When he might have captured the
victor's cup;"
b. "Success is failure turned inside out."
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 3. What lesson did you learn from the poem?
4. Explain this line written by Ben Sweetland: "Success is a journey, not a destination."

Activity 1 (Reading)

Read this story about Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody

and answer the questions that follow:

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.
Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it. But Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about
that because it was Everybody's job.
Everybody thought that Anybody could do it. Nobody realized that Everybody
wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when actually
Nobody blamed Anybody.

Questions:
1. Why are the words Everybody, Nobody, Somebody, and Anybody
capitalized?
2. Did you enjoy reading the story? Why? Why not?
3. What lesson did you learn from it?

Structure in Focus: Indefinite Pronouns

1. The following indefinite pronouns are always singular. They need singular verbs.

Anybody Everybody Each No one Someone

Anyone Everyone Each one Nothing Something
Anything Everything Nobody Somebody

2. The following are always plural. They need plural verbs.

Both Few Many

Others Several Some

3. The following are either singular or plural depending upon their antecedents; that is,
the words they refer to.

All Either Neither None

Practice: Choose the correct form of the verb in parenthesis.

1. Everyone (need, needs) to cooperate in keeping the environment clean.

2. Nobody (is, are) exempted from this responsibility.
3. Some (say, says) that they keep their own backyards clean.
4. Others (claim, claims) that they clean vacant lots.
5. Many (is, are) good members of the community.

F. Generalization
Indefinite pronouns may be singular, plural, or either.
Indefinite pronouns singular = singular verb, plural = plural verbs, either singular or
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 plural = depending upon their antecedents or words that they refer to.

G. Application

Choose the correct indefinite pronouns. In some cases, more than one correct answer is
possible.

1. (All, Anyone, Everyone) who has seen Rizal Park will say it is beautiful.
2. (Everything, All, Nothing) was done to make it one of the best in the world.
3. (Everybody, Many, No one) enjoy looking at the man-made waterfalls,
picturesque fountains, and ponds at the park).
4. (Each one, No one, Everybody) enjoys the playground in the park.
5. (Many, Everybody, Somebody) appreciate this tourist attraction.

I. Evaluation

Use the following indefinite pronouns in sentences. Be sure to use the correct forms of the
verbs. Write your answers on the paper provided.

1. Anyone
2. Everyone
3. Few
4. Several
5. None
6. Each one
7. Both
8. Some
9. Someone
10. Everything

J. Assignment: (Writing)

1. Write a short descriptive paragraph of the tourist spot/attraction that you visited in
Manila or in other parts of the Philippines. Use indefinite pronouns in your
paragraph.
2. If you have not visited one, what tourist spot/attraction would you like to see? Why?

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 Rubrics

4 3 2 1
Confident Proficient Developing Insufficient
Includes accurate, Includes significant Includes few Inability to convey or
significant details and details and examples significant details and no details and
examples examples examples
Begins with an Begins with an Demonstrates limited Uses student's own
interesting and reader interesting and reader ability to convey ideas language and just very
grabbing beginning, grabbing beginning brief explanation
varied sentence types, and with varied
provides a final sentence types
statement that will stay
with the readers (an
invitation or a
challenge to act)
Contains few, if any, Contains some errors Contains several errors Contains serious (more
errors in the in the conventions of in the conventions of than seven) errors in
conventions of the the English language the English language the conventions of the
English language English language

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 Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody

There was an important job to be done and

Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure
that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it. But Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry with that because it was
Everybody's job.

Everybody thought that Anybody could do it.

Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It
ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when
actually Nobody blamed Anybody.

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 Perseverance

When all the world is looming dark

And things seem not so clear,
When shadows seem to hover 'round
Lord, may I persevere.

When it seems everything's been tried

And there's no way to go,
Just let me keep remembering
Sometimes the journey's slow.

I may just need to stop and rest

Along the path I trod,
A time to try to understand
And have my talk with God.

As I gain new strength to carry on

Without a doubt or fear,
Somehow I know things will be right,
And so, I persevere.

By Anne Stortz
from Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul