Wednesday, September 9th

Good morning class! Please record today’s EU and EQs in your notebooks:

Daily EU: Students will define, understand and identify different categories of nouns in their natural habitat

Today’s Essential QuestionsHow do you define a noun?How are nouns categorized? How well can you apply these definitions and categorizations to identifying different types of nouns?

Daily Riddles

What starts with an E ends with an E and has 1 letter in it?

This morning my girlfriend sent me this text message: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,V,W,X,Y,Z.

What did she mean by this text?

Today you young scholars will…

Define the concept of a “noun”

Define and identify different categories of nouns

Practice identifying and categorizing nouns

Apply your understanding of nouns to identifying them in different sentence structures

During this video…

In your notebook, make a connection with one part of Brian’s comedic take on grammar, and the struggles of school in general

Tyler’s Riddle

Railroad crossing look out for the cars, can you spell that without any “r”s?

And now the moment you’ve been waiting for…

Nouns? What are thoooooooooooooooooooooooose?

Noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

Examples:

Proper and common

A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, thing or idea.

Proper nouns are capitalized.

Common nouns are any nouns that do not name a specific person, place, thing or idea.

Common nouns are not capitalized

How Noun Brown Cow, How Noun Brown Cow

Categorize the following nouns as either common or proper

Car School Monday

Tohickon Middle School Desk Today

Jackie Robinson Backyard September

Mexico McDonald’s Teacher

Abstract noun

A noun denoting an idea, quality, concept, feeling or state rather than a concrete object:

Examples of Abstract Nouns

Love Anger Hate

Peace Loyalty Integrity

Pride Courage Deceit

Honesty Trust Compassion

Bravery Misery Childhood

Knowledge Perseverance Friendship

Brilliance Truth Charity

Justice Faith Kindness

Pleasure Liberty Freedom

Delight Despair Hope

Awe Calm Joy

Reality Wisdom

Collective noun-

a collection of things taken as a whole.

Examples of collective nouns

Army Audience Band

Board Cast Class

Committee Company Crowd

Family Faculty Group

Jury Navy Puble

Plethora School Society

Staff Team Troupe

Singular and Plural nouns

Singular Nouns-

Plural Nouns-

Making Nouns Plural

Formed by adding s to the singular form

Examples:Cheerleader- cheerleadersWheel- wheels

Making Nouns Plural

Plural nouns ending in ch, sh, s, z, and x is made by adding es to the singular

Examples:Lunch- lunchesDish- dishesMess-messesBuzz- buzzes

Making Nouns Plural

The plural of common nouns that end in y with a consonant letter just before the y are formed by changing the y to i and adding es.

Examples:Fly- fliesCry- CriesKey-Keys

Make the common nouns plural

computer secretary

child energy

Parent farm

effort worker

puzzle mathematics

branch deer

school tax

Identify and label the nouns in the following sentences (Proper vs Common, abstract vs concrete, singular vs plural)

1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal.

2. People with perseverance will be successful in life.

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

4. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident.

Identify and label the nouns in the following sentences (Proper vs Common, abstract vs concrete, singular vs plural)

1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal.

2. People with perseverance will be successful in life.

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

4. Steve said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident.

Identify and label the nouns in the following sentences (Proper vs Common, abstract vs concrete, singular vs plural, or is it collective)

1. Becky went with her sisters to Disneyland on Friday.

2. My youngest son is in Brazil until September.

3. Mr. Smith works with his wife in Los Angeles.

4. Love could bring marriage to Mark and Terri.

Identify and label the nouns in the following sentences (Proper vs Common, abstract vs concrete, singular vs plural, or is it collective)

1. Becky went with her sisters to Disneyland on Friday.

2. My youngest son is in Brazil until September.

3. Mr. Smith works with his wife in Los Angeles.

4. Love could bring marriage to Mark and Terri.

Closure-

Close your notebooks…

Noun-

Proper Noun-

Common Noun-

Abstract Noun-

Collective Noun-