daily journal nouns activity ssr vocabulary crossword

ENGLISH 9WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST

2011Daily Journal

Nouns Activity

SSR

Vocabulary

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DAILY JOURNAL #2 Write words 14-25 5xeach.

REVIEW: NOUNS Noun=

Person, Place, Thing, or Idea Common=

Non-specific Proper=

Specific, Capitalized Collective=

Refers to group Compound=

Two words referring to one noun Concrete=

Can feel or see Abstract=

Cannot feel or see

GOT NOUNS? Assign groups Give each group whiteboard, marker,

eraser Explain directions:

Listen to the directions, which will tell you the type of noun you are to identify

Correctly identify and spell the specified noun in each of the given sentences.

Hold up your sign. The first team to get it correct gets a point.

FIND THE COMMON NOUN IN EACH SENTENCE

The big dog ran away fast.             The two girls liked to swing high.        My cat is big and fluffy and white.       Michael, be safe and do not play with

matches.       The class is going to work hard today.        Please go get the paper for me.            Look at Mr. Marks’ fireworks!       A newborn baby cries a lot.       My brother is older than I am.       My teacher said that we are working hard.    

FIND THE PROPER NOUN IN EACH SENTENCE.

My favorite cereal to eat is Cheerios.    I have a black cat and his name is

Midnight.     My mother went to Safeway to buy milk.     We live in Birmingham.     Did you cheer for Ruben to win?     I can't wait until Christmas is here!    I like to watch Clifford on television.    Are you going to Florida for vacation?     I like the month of July the best.    Will you get me a Coke from the machine?   

FIND THE WORD THAT IS NOT A NOUN.  cat, house, run, barn         girl, frog, car, hear        sister, talk, dog, letter         can, horn, sing, meat         desk, room, Bill, say         Mom, teacher, head, cry          tell, clock, floor, sky         bed, sleep, toe, paper         chair, pray, chicken, egg                  eat, apple, banana, cookie

SSR Make sure you are seated and reading when the bell rings and continue to do so for the entire 20 minutes.

Remember this time is worth 10% of your grade!

LIST 1 VOCABULARY Identify the correct definition for the

remaining words on list 1 (#14-25). Test on Friday!

SpellingDefinitionCorrect Usage

SPELLING PRACTICE Complete the Word Search. Make sure you are finding the correctly

spelled word! Test on Friday!

SpellingDefinitionCorrect Usage