Created by Dr. Joseph Axel of Arizona State University
Lesson Plan
Micro Lesson Video Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gmGD0u-Ni4&feature=youtu.be
Business/Materials
Lesson Objectives
● Video link to ​Who and Whom​ ​video
Students will be able to
● Students will need to share something
● Differentiate between “who” and “whom”
that they have with them during class
● Use the subject “who” and the object “whom”
e.g., a pen, a set of keys, an eyeglass
correctly when forming and answering questions
case.
related to real objects and actual experiences.
Warm-up and Objective Discussion
For homework, students will have watched this video: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiGvGjxbLfs
● Welcome students and ask them about the video they watched for homework: ​What animal did
you see?
● Divide students into partners. Ask the following questions, allow partners to talk, then check their
answers together as a class.
○ Why do you think these animals were used?
○ Which two words did the video focus on?
○ What else do you remember about the video?
■ Elicit pronouns that answer Who (he/she/it/ect) and Whom (her/him/us/etc)
○ Create a question with the two words in the video.
● Teacher invites students to leave partners and join the class again.
● Objective discussion: Today, we’re going to learn how to correctly use ​who ​and ​whom​ in a
sentence.
Instruct and Model
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● Explain the difference between who and whom:
○ who = subject
○ whom = object
○ Write this table on the board:
WHO
I, You, She/He, We,
They
WHOM
Me, You, Her/Him, Us, Them
Example 1 - ​WHO
Q: ​Who​ ​was at the party?
A: She was. He was. You were. We were. They were.
Example 2 - ​WHOM
Q: To ​whom​ ​did you send invitations?
A: I sent it to her, to him, to you, to them, to all of us.
● Discuss the above pronouns in relation to who/whom.
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● Provide more examples:
○ Pen: Who gave the pen to you? I gave the pen to you. To whom did I give the pen to? I
gave the pen to you.
○ Practice with more examples. (cookie, email)
Guided “Who” and “Whom” Practice
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● Write these sentence on the board (and more):
○ Tom gave the gift to Jennifer.
○ My parents drove you home.
○ The girl delivered flowers to her friend.
● Students work with partners to create questions with who/whom
○ Ex. Who gave the gift to Jennifer?/To whom did Tom give the gift?
○ Teacher asks students to share questions with the class.
Independent Practice - Interview Assignment
Part 1:
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● Students ask these ​who ​questions to the teacher (​subject pronouns in bold text​) and teacher
responds:
○ Ss: What is a special gift that someone has given you, and ​who​ gave it to you?
○ T: ​When I was 10, my dad gave me a train set.
○ Ss: Why did ​he​ or ​she​ or ​they​ give you this gift?
○ T: ​He gave it to me because it was my birthday, and he had a train set when he was a kid,
so he wanted me to enjoy the same thing.
● Working with a partner, students ask and answer these questions with each other.
Part 2:
● Students ask these ​whom ​questions to the teacher (​object pronouns in bold text​) and teacher
responds:
○ Ss: What is a special gift that you have given to someone? To ​whom​ did you give the
gift?
○ T: ​I bought a phone cover with the Claude Monet painting, “Sunflowers” on it and gave
it to my friend Belle for her birthday.
○ Ss: Why did you give the gift to ​her, him, ​or​ them​?
○ T: ​I gave it to h
​ er​ because she needed a new phone cover and she loves art, especially
Monet’s work.
● Working with a partner, students ask and answer these questions with each other.
Assessment
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● Partners create their own who/whom questions and practice asking and answering them with each
other.
● Teacher randomly asks a few partners to perform their who/whom questions/answers for the
class.
● Students (and teacher) provide feedback on the usage of who/whom and subject/object pronouns.