8th advanced language arts Monday, October 13th

CLIP OF THE DAY

Bell Ringer Prompt: Noun Identification Write the following sentences, underline the nouns, and label their types. The swim team travels to New Mexico once a year. The Ramirez family wants to move to Alaska.

Bell Ringer Answers Write the following sentences, underline the nouns, and label their types. com/con/coll proper/con/comp The swim team travels to New Mexico com/con once a year. com/con/coll pro/con The Ramirez family wants to move to Alaska.

Closure Agenda Rule #35 Nouns Nouns Packet- First 12 each section pgs. 61-68 Check Closure

Objectives By the end of class the 8th grade students will be able to do the following: Define the six types of nouns Identify nouns in a sentence and classify them Make sure the verb agrees with the noun or nouns used as the subject

Closure By the end of class the 8th grade students will be able to do the following: Identify the six types of nouns

8th advanced language arts Tuesday, October 14th

Clip of the day

Bell Ringer Prompt: Noun Identification II Write the following sentences, underline the nouns, and label their types. Hannah and her sister swam in Lake Michigan on their vacation. The train ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles took us on a scenic route.

Bell Ringer Answers Write the following sentences, underline the nouns, and label their types. pro/con com/con pro/con/comp Hannah and her sister swam in Lake com/con Michigan on their vacation. com/con pro/con/comp pro/con/comp The train ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles took us on a scenic route.

Closure Agenda Rule #36 Nouns Recognizing Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions PPT/Cornell Notes Nouns Packet- Complete section 11 and possessives section Check Closure

Objectives By the end of class the 8th grade students will be able to do the following: Correctly change nouns from singular to plural Identify a noun as being plural, a contraction, or possessive Correctly write possessive forms of nouns

Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions! Oh, MY! Grammar Unit 2: Lesson 11 Plurals, Possessives, and Contractions! Oh, MY!

DEFINITION A POSSESSIVE NOUN is a noun that shows ownership or possession of things or qualities. Ling’s birthday cake

How to form possessive nouns: Examples All singular nouns; plural nouns not ending in S Add an apostrophe and s (‘s) A girl—a girl’s name The bus—the bus’s route Children—children’s toys Mr. Nevins—Mr. Nevins’s tie Plural nouns ending in S Add just an apostrophe (‘) at the end of the plural noun. Babies—babies’ bottle The Joneses—the Joneses’ car

Singular Possessive Noun Plural Possessive Noun Examples Singular Noun Lyndell has a book about baseball. Singular Possessive Noun Lyndell’s book is about baseball. Plural Noun Several cities have baseball teams. Plural Possessive Noun Several cities’ teams attract fans.

Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. Guided Practice Write the possessive form of the noun in parentheses. 1. The hawk stole the eggs from that (bird) nest. 2. (Janel) entry in the soapbox derby won first place. 3. (Oscar) claws are very sharp. 4. The three (students) homework was accepted one day late. 5. (Mr. Nevins) tie is always around his neck. 6. The (bus) wheels go round and round. bird’s Janel’s Oscar’s students’ Mr. Nevins’s bus’s

DEFINITION A CONTRACTION is a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been left out.

SPEAKER’ S Contractions The speaker is happy about her presentation. We can join the two words speaker and is to create a contraction. SPEAKER’ S The speaker’s happy about her presentation.

Complete the following chart Singular Noun Singular Possessive Plural Noun Plural Possessive Noun Contraction woman echo’s countries speakers woman’s women women’s woman’s echo echo’s echoes echoes’ country country’s countries’ country’s speaker speaker’s speakers’ speaker’s

Guided Practice Plural noun Singular Poss. Singular Poss. contraction Identify the bolded word in each sentence by writing plural noun, singular, singular possessive noun, plural possessive noun, or contraction. 1. School hours begin at 7:40 am. 2. Elvis’s cage is in the 7B science room. 3. Micky Rodgers’s bus arrives at 7:25 am. 4. Skylar’s the illustrator for that book. 5. The children’s mittens are lost. 6. My two sneakers’ laces are too short. Plural noun Singular Poss. Singular Poss. contraction Plural Poss. Plural poss.

Testing Your Knowledge 1. What is a possessive noun? AN: A noun that shows ownership 2. How do you form singular possessive nouns? AN: By adding an apostrophe s (‘s) 3. How do you form plural possessive nouns? AN: By adding an apostrophe after the s.

4. How do you form the possessive form of plural nouns that DO NOT end in s? AN: By adding an apostrophe and s (‘s). 5. What is a contraction? AN: a word made by combining two words and leaving out one or more letters using an apostrophe.

Closure By the end of class the 8th grade students will be able to do the following: Identify a noun as being plural, a contraction, or possessive The bank teller’s hours The donkeys walked up The chefs’ secret Andy’s been waiting

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