Wednesday, March 8th Today’s Learning Target: I will define, understand and identify different categories of nouns in their natural habitat Today’s Essential Questions How do you define a noun? How are nouns categorized? How well can you apply these definitions and categorizations to identifying different types of nouns? No homework tonight, except reading logs of course

Today’s Riddle I am the first on Earth, The second in Heaven, I appear two times in a week, you can only see me once in a year Although I am in the middle of the sea. What am I?

Today you young scholars will… Define the concept of a “noun” Apply your understanding of “noun” to identifying them in different sentence structures Define and identify different categories of nouns Practice identifying and categorizing nouns

And now the moment you’ve been waiting for… Nouns? What are thoooooose?

Noun A person, place, thing, or idea Examples: panda vine happiness Dunkin Donuts

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

Thursday, March 9th Copy the following in your notebook (after you turn your reading log in): 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 Patriotism Friendship Brilliance Truth Charity Justice Faith Kindness Pleasure Liberty Freedom Delight Despair Hope Awe Calm Joy Reality Wisdom

a collection of things taken as a whole. 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

Identify and label the nouns in the following sentences 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 1. The teacher told the student that a person should always be loyal. 2. People with perseverance will be successful in life. 3. I bought a new pen at the drugstore across the street. 4. The man said to the policeman that he had not seen the accident.

Singular and Plural nouns Singular Nouns- Plural Nouns-

Making Nouns Plural Formed by adding s to the singular form Examples: Cheerleader- cheerleaders Wheel- wheels

Making Nouns Plural Plural nouns ending in ch, sh, s, z, and x is made by adding es to the singular Examples: Lunch- lunches Dish- dishes Mess-messes Buzz- 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- flies Cry- Cries Key-Keys

Make the common nouns plural computer secretary child energy Parent farm effort worker puzzle mathematics branch deer school tax

Thursday, March 9th Noun Closure: 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-