1. Mr. Verutes /12/17 – 9/13/17
Speech 9
Aim: What are Nouns, Pronouns, & Adjectives? How is each used in a sentence? Do Now: 1. Write out an example of a concrete noun, an abstract noun, and a collective noun and label each. -concrete - _______________________ -abstract - ________________________ -collective - _______________________ 2. In your own words, explain what a pronoun is (in at least one complete sentence) Write a sentence that contains an adjective. Circle the adjective and draw an arrow from the adjective to the word in the sentence it describes.

2. Nouns …are words that stand for a person, place, thing, or idea.
Proper nouns names a particular person, place, thing, or idea and are capitalized.
Common nouns stand for but do not name a particular person, place, thing, or idea and are not capitalized.
Proper Noun
Common Noun
George Washington
man
New York
city
Ford
car
English
language

3. Nouns
Concrete nouns are words that stand for people, places, or things that can be understood using the five senses.
Ex: table, chair, soda, phone
Abstract nouns are words that stand for concepts or ideas.
Ex: truth, beauty, justice, hatred
Collective nouns stand for a group that functions as a whole and may be singular or plural.
Ex: The team are at their lockers.
Ex: The orchestra is playing in the auditorium down the hall.

4. Pronouns
…are words that are used in place of a noun or more than one noun.
Ex: Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election. Before running for President, she was the Secretary of State.
Ex: Jose and Joseph are brothers. They saved their allowances for an entire year. Then, they used their savings to buy a used car.

5. Pronouns Pronouns that stand for people are called personal pronouns.
Personal pronouns also have possessive forms and show ownership. Sometimes a possessive pronoun appears in front of a noun and acts as an adjective.
Relative pronouns start subordinate clauses.
Interrogative pronouns are used to start questions and stand for unknown people, places, things, or ideas.
Demonstrative pronouns point out which.

6. Pronouns Case Personal Possessive 1st Person Singular I, me my, mine
2nd Person Singular
you
your, yours
3rd Person Singular
he, she, him, her, it
his, her, hers, its
1st Person Plural
We, us
our, ours
2nd Person Plural
3rd Person Plural
they, them
their, theirs

7. Relative and Interrogative Pronouns Demonstrative Pronouns
who whom whose that which what
Ex: Who said that? What did we have to do for homework?
Ex: The students who arrived to school late had to attend detention.
Demonstrative Pronouns
this that these those
Ex: I have several papers on the desk. These are copies of the syllabus and those are worksheets.
Ex: That assignment was the best one you completed this year.

8. Pronouns
Indefinite pronouns can stand for a number of people, places, things, or ideas, and the noun the pronoun replaces is purposefully unclear.
Ex: Anybody who forgets to do his homework has to stay after school and complete it.
Ex: The students arrived for class. Each took out his binder and began to copy the notes.

9. Adjectives
…are words that are used to modify (describe) nouns and pronouns.
Adjectives always tell what kind, which one, or how many of a noun or pronoun.
Ex: Mr. Verutes disdains incomplete work.
Ex: Ethan likes chocolate ice-cream.
Ex: The blue car raced down the street.
Ex: This painting is world-famous.
Ex: I purchased three books at the store on Friday.
Ex: Many students enjoy participating in sports.

10. Adjectives
Usually, adjectives appear in a sentence before the noun or pronoun they describe, but they can also sometimes follow the noun or pronoun they describe.
Ex: The singer, soulful and passionate, impressed all of the audience members with his performance.
Ex: Many of the students wore their fancy sneakers to gym class. His sneakers were red and gold.
The articles a, an, and the ALWAYS act as adjectives and modify the next noun that follows them in a sentence.
Ex: The student had an unusual backpack that had wings on the side.

11. Classwork Activity
Circle any words that fit the part of speech in parentheses.
(pronoun) Paul hopes that Liz will join the choir with him.
(pronoun) Susan offered to help Pablo with the science project. She always got better grades in science, and he gratefully accepted her help.
(pronoun) Will they be able to finish the assignment on time? The deadline was announced last week, and it suddenly was here!
(noun) Have you seen the eraser? I couldn’t find it near the whiteboard.

12. Classwork Activity
(noun) The lock on the locker was stuck. If he didn’t open it quickly, he would need to get a late pass.
(noun) The founding fathers devised a system of law that guarantees citizens’ rights.
(adjective) The very loud party upset many of the older neighbors.
(adjective) He is an agile wrestler. He will make a valuable addition to the team.
(adjective) The insightful students provided amazing answers to the difficult questions.

13. Classwork Activity
B. Over each underlined word, label the part of speech (noun, pronoun, or adjective). If the word is an adjective, write the word it modifies (describes) on the line next to each exercise. If the word is a pronoun, write the noun it stands for on the line next to each exercise. If the word is an indefinite pronoun write “indef.” on the line next to the exercise. If the word is a noun, identify what type(s) of noun the noun is on the line after the exercise.
Fast runners won all the awards at the track meet. ____________________
Everyone was counting the ballots during history class. ____________________
The students arrived late to class. They wouldn’t be able to finish the test in time. ____________________
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ____________________
Her sister is the oldest member of the team. ____________________
The award-winning player signed a multi-million dollar endorsement contract. ______________________
____________________

14. Classwork Activity
C. Write 2 sentences using a pronoun (and circle the pronoun). D. Write 2 sentences using a noun (and circle the noun). E. Write 2 sentences using an adjective (circle the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun it modifies).

15. Homework
Complete the “Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives” homework exercises handout (#1-25)
Review Example – part a.

16. Mr. Verutes
Speech 9
Aim: Review Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives Homework Exercises Do Now: Identify the part of speech of each underlined word. Label each word with its part of speech (below the underlined word). Michael quickly walked down to the commons because he did not want to be the last student in line for lunch.

17. Whole Class Review
Take out the Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives Homework Worksheet (homework exercises #1-25) and pass it up to the front of the classroom.
Mr. Verutes will hand you a random student’s homework. Then, using your correcting (red/green etc.) pen, circle the number for each exercise your classmate did not answer correctly.
Write the correction (using your correcting pen) to the right of the answer space.

18. Homework
Complete the Nouns, Pronouns, & Adjectives Quiz (Quiz#1). The link will be posted to the homework listing on the school website.