Thursday, September 10th Warm Up: In your notebook, write a sentence that uses each type of noun correctly (no combining; four sentences total please)

Proper Noun-

Common Noun-

Abstract Noun-

Collective Noun-

Period 2,4 & 6 Identify and label the nouns in the following sentences as either proper, common, abstract, or collective• 1. The teacher told the students that a person

should always be loyal.

• 2. People with perseverance will be successful in life.

• 3. I brought a new pen to the school across the street.

• 4. The men said to the policeman that they had not seen the accident.

Today’s Essential Questions

•What does an apostrophe represent when used with nouns?

Today you will•Understand clearly the use of apostrophes

with nouns•Use individual practice to further

understand the concepts learned yesterday•Define the concept of a “pronoun”•Define and identify different forms of

pronouns•Apply their understanding of “pronoun” to

identifying them in different sentence structures

Today’s Essential Questions

•What does an apostrophe represent when used with nouns?

•What is the definition of a pronoun?•What are the different types of pronouns

and how are they used?•What is an antecedent?•What does an indefinite pronoun lack?

•The Phillies and the Yankees played a game. The Phillies won 5-0, but not a single man crossed home plate…how did they win?

One last pluralization rule•Usually, when a word ends with the

combination of a long vowel and an “f” sound, to make it plural you drop the f and replace it with a v (and will sometimes have to add an e as well)

•Life >>> Lives•Wife >>> Wives•Leaf >>> Leaves

Chief>>> Chievs Chiefs

Apostrophes

•Apostrophes are used with nouns to show ownership or possession

•Nouns are changed to their possessive version by simply adding an apostrophe and an “s”

ex: Jake >>> Jake’s cat >>>> cat’s

The exception to the rule

•When a noun ends in an “s”, you simply add an apostrophe to the END of the word

•Harris>>>> Harris’•cats>>>>> cats’

Time for individual practice…

Part I: Common and Proper Nouns: Circle all the nouns and label all proper nouns with a “P”.

•1. I like chocolate milk.

•2. The vase is broken; it shattered in a million pieces!

•3. Who broke the statue of Rocky?

•4. I lost my calculator; it was next to my binder.

•5. Sam loves to play basketball.

•6. Have you ever taken the ferry in New York?

Part II: Singular and Plural Nouns: Write the plural form of the following nouns.

• 1. elephant:

• 2. moose:

• 3. toy:

• 4. tooth:

• 5. thief:

• 6. glass:

Part III: Possessive Nouns: Write the possessive form of the noun that is bolded and in italics.

1. That boy mother taught him to make bread. ________________________________

2. Miss Thomas explanation was very clear. __________________________________

3. The knights swords were made of steel. ___________________________________

4. This wineglass stem contains a spiral pattern. ______________________________

Pronouns

What is a pronoun?

•A pronoun is a word used to take the place of a noun or another pronoun.

Three Forms

•Subject•Object•Possessive

Subject•Singular: I, you, she, he, it•Plural: we, you, they

•Ex.: They cut the tree down.•Ex.: I went to the mall.

Object•Singular: me, you, her, him, it•Plural: us, you, them

•Ex.: William thanked her.•Ex.: Maggie asked us to join in.

Possessive•Singular: my, mine, your, yours, her, hers, his, its

•Plural: our, ours, your, yours, their, theirs

•Ex.: Where is his book?•Ex.: That is my choice.

Possessives and Contractions•Beware! Many people confuse the

possessive forms of some pronouns with the contractions they resemble.

•Pairs often confused include: its and it’s(it is), your and you’re(you are), & their and they’re(they are).

•Remember: the possessive pronouns DO NOT have apostrophes!

•The dog lost its tags. VS. It’s raining again.•The twins rode their bikes. VS. They’re

riding bikes.

What is an ANTECEDENT?•The antecedent of a pronoun is the noun

or the other pronoun for which the pronoun replaces/stands.

•The antecedent USUALLY appears before the pronoun in a sentence; sometimes it appears in the sentence before.

•The architect came today and brought her drawings. (architect is the antecedent of her)

•Debby and Tom came in. They were laughing. (Debby and Tom are the antecedents of they)

Indefinite Pronouns

•And indefinite pronoun is a pronoun that does not refer to a particular person or thing (it lacks an antecedent).

•Some are singular and some are plural.

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

•Another•Anybody•Anyone•Anything•Each•Either•Everybody•Everyone

•Everything•Neither•Nobody•No one•One•Somebody•Someone

Plural Indefinite Pronouns

•Both•Few•Many•Several

Closing Time

•What does an apostrophe represent when used with nouns?

•What is the definition of a pronoun?•What are the different types of pronouns

and how are they used?•What is an antecedent?•What does an indefinite pronoun lack?

•Tonight’s HW: Complete pronoun worksheet