Pronouns & Sentence Variety

“Dear Possum, This is your good friend, Cal, writing to you.”

Which word best replaces your?

• No Change

• you're

• yourself

• you

“Like the squawking jaybird I am, I talked to Pop for a long time about Challagi. I told him about my classes and the plot of land I’m farming. I told him about my horse Dakota. I told him about Little Coon, Bear Meat, and Deacon, and how Deacon helped me understand the vision I had on the last night at Challagi, the one that brought me to Pop. Of course, I also told him about yourself.”

Which word best replaces yourself?

• no change

• you're

• your

• you

“He remembers you from the first day, but they’ve heard a lot more now.”

Which word best replaces they’ve?

• no change

• he's

• his

• their

“When he first brought me to Challagi, I was so scared. I didn’t know anyone. I didn’t know how to be away from Pop.”

Which word best replaces me?

• no change

• I

• Mine

• Myself

“All of this is why I’ve decided to leave himself for now and return to Challagi.”

Which word best replaces himself?

• no change

• him

• themselves

• them

“I want to keep learning and keep building my friendships with you and the rest of the gang. It’s funny because when I first got to Challagi, all I wanted was to be with him.”

Which word best replaces him?

• no change

• Superintendent Morell

• Possum

• Pop

“I even feel like I might want to start my own campaign against Challagi, in order to fight for all of you there.”

Which word best replaces you?

• no change

• us

• your

• ours

Directions: Revise the excerpt below to improve its sentence variety and meaning. Also explain why the changes you made help to better convey meaning.

“I made it to Washington and found Pop. It took me four days of traveling. I was on a train and walked to get here. I finally made it. Pop was so happy to see me. He cried and hugged me.”

Directions: Revise the excerpt below to improve its sentence variety and meaning. Also explain why the changes you made help to better convey meaning.

“I didn’t know anyone. I didn’t know how to be away from Pop. So much has changed since then. Now I have a group of brothers, my Creek brothers.”