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Level: Grade 0 • Primer

Lesson 9: For-Name-Words • Words That Stand for Names

First Book in Language • Discovery of Living Pronouns
Living Grammar
Part 1.1 Read and discuss • Guided Socratic Discovery
Pair 1: The Cat & Rat
1. The cat saw a rat.
2. She ran after it.
• What word takes the place of cat? (She)
• Of what does it take the place? (rat)
Pair 2: The Dog & Cat
3. A dog saw the cat.
4. He ran after her.
• What word takes the place of dog? (He)
• Of what word does her take the place? (cat)
Pair 3: John & Sister
5. John speaks to his sister.
6. She comes to him.
• What words do him, she, his replace?
• They are for-name-words!
Part 1.2 Memorize: “As they stand for name-words, they are called for-name-words.”
Word Bank (Click to paste into active blank):
She it He her him
Part 2.1 Practice Work — Supply the fitting for-name-words: Type or click words from the bank above
1. The cat saw a rat. ran after .
2. A dog saw the cat. ran after .
3. John speaks to his sister. comes to .
4. The boy found a bird’s nest. looked into .
5. Lucy loves her little kitten. gives milk to .
6. Father called his good son John. walks with .
Part 2.2 Oral Telling • Charlotte Mason Method
Point to a person, an animal, or an object in your room. Speak three sentences aloud using he, she, it, him, or her!