Wednesday, October 25th Good morning, class! Please record today’s Big Idea AND Essential Questions in your notebook. You do not have homework tonight. We will visit the library today. Big Idea: Students 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 can you apply these definitions and categorizations to identifying different types of nouns?

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

An ode to the students who talk out…

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 Patriotism 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

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

Closure- Close your notebooks… Noun- Proper Noun- Common Noun- Abstract Noun- Collective Noun-