1. 8th advanced language arts
Monday, October 13th

2. CLIP OF THE DAY

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. 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

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

8. 8th advanced language arts
Tuesday, October 14th

9. Clip of the day

10. 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.

11. 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.

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

13. 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

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

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

16. 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

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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

26. Wednesday, October 15th MAPS TESTING
8th Adv. language arts
Wednesday, October 15th
MAPS TESTING

27. Thursday, October 16th MAPS TESTING
8th adv. language arts
Thursday, October 16th
MAPS TESTING

28. 8th adv. language arts
Friday, October 17th

29. Agenda
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