Once upon a time, SchoolHouse Rock used Rufus Xavier Sarsparilla to teach a lesson pronouns. Featuring an updated song, the third of four videos in a Language Arts playlist, uses a catchy hip-hop tune to teach about pronoun-antecedent agreement. With big beats and helpful lyrics, it encourages learners to "become a pro at pronouns."

Concepts

personal pronouns, pronouns, pronoun-antecedent agreement, parts of speech

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Review the different types of pronouns before watching the video to ensure learners know that part of speech
• Take a text that contains pronouns and antecedents and remove or change them, then have scholars correct the document

Classroom Considerations

• Consider printing the lyrics from the Flocabulary website to make it easier for viewers to follow along

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Uses repetition and alliteration to capture listeners' attention
• Includes the lyrics on the screen to make it easier to follow along

Cons

• Requires a paid subscription to Flocabulary to access supplemental teacher materials (although a free trial is available)

Common Core

L.6.1.a L.7.1.a L.8.1.a L.9-10.1.a