ELA21.4.39a

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 4

ELA21.4.39a

Use relative pronouns who, whose, which, and that, relative adverbs where, when, and how, and irregular possessive nouns.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship.
  • A relative pronoun is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun in which the clause modifies or describes the noun.
  • A relative adverb is an adverb that introduces an adjective clause.
  • Common irregular nouns and conventions to form possessive nouns.

Skills

  • Use relative pronouns correctly in writing.
  • Use relative adverbs correctly in writing.
  • Form and use irregular possessive nouns correctly in writing.

Understanding

  • There are some special parts of speech that can be used to add more details to sentences, like relative pronouns and relative adverbs, that must be used correctly to clearly convey meaning.
  • There are some nouns that create their plural and possessive forms in an irregular way.

Vocabulary

  • Relative pronouns
  • Relative adverbs
  • Irregular possessive nouns
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