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English: Tuesday, October 29, 2013

English: Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Handouts: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural) Homework: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural) This will be graded on Friday .  * Your Folk Lore piece is due tomorrow ! No late work accepted

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English: Tuesday, October 29, 2013

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  1. English: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 Handouts: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural) Homework: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural) This will be graded on Friday.  * Your Folk Lore piece is due tomorrow!No late work accepted 3. Assignments due: * Grammar #8 (Nouns: Proper and Common)

  2. Lesson Goal: Learn to distinguish betweensingular nouns and plural nouns. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Define “singular noun” and provide an example of a singular noun. Define “plural noun” and provide an example of a plural noun. Identify and distinguish between singular and plural nouns within sentences. Explain the rules for changing singular nouns to plural nouns. Demonstrate your ability to change a singular noun to a plural noun.

  3. Starter #1Yesterday we said that a noun is . . . a person, place, or thing All nouns could be divided into what two categories? common nouns and proper nouns What are common nouns? any person, place, or thing What are proper nouns? a particular person, place, thing or idea, designated by a capital letter

  4. Starter #1 continued. . . . Common NounProper Noun Person student Jan Lopez police officer Captain Michael Miller Place school Clark Middle School park Tom Sawyer State Park Thing poem “Jabberwocky” painting Mona Lisa

  5. Starter #2 Today we are going to learn to distinguish between singular and plural nouns. A singular noun is . . . . one person, place, or thing A plural noun is . . . more than one person, place, or thing How do we form a plural noun? That is, how do we change a singular noun to a plural noun? by adding “s” or “es” Sometimes, however, we need to apply special rules. Those rules will be stated for you at the top of today’s handout. Let’s examine those rules together. . . .

  6. Starter #3 Forming Plural Nouns Nouns ending with . . . To form plural . . . Example: s, z, -zz, ch, sh, x Add –es church, churches o preceded by a vowel Add –s patio, patios o preceded by a consonant Usually add –es echo, echoes Sometimes add –s piano, pianos y preceded by a vowel Add –s monkey, monkeys y preceded by a consonant Usually change y to ifly, flies and add –es f or fe Usually chance f to v knife, knives and add es Sometimes add –s earmuff, earmuffs

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