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 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?

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- 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

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-