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Understanding and Categorizing Nouns: A Journey into Language

Explore the concept of nouns, categorize them, and practice identifying different types of nouns in sentence structures. Learn about proper nouns, common nouns, abstract nouns, and collective nouns.

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Understanding and Categorizing Nouns: A Journey into Language

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  1. 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 QuestionsHow do you define a noun?How are nouns categorized? How can you apply these definitions and categorizations to identifying different types of nouns?

  2. 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

  3. An ode to the students who talk out…

  4. And now the moment you’ve been waiting for… Nouns? What are thoooooooooooooooooooooooose?

  5. Noun • A person, place, thing, or ideaExamples:

  6. 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

  7. How Noun Brown Cow, How Noun Brown Cow Categorize the following nouns as either common or properCar School MondayTohickon Middle School Desk TodayJackie Robinson Backyard September Mexico McDonald’s Teacher

  8. Abstract noun A noun denoting an idea, quality, concept, feeling or state rather than a concrete object:

  9. Examples of Abstract Nouns

  10. Collective noun- • a collection of things taken as a whole.

  11. Examples of collective nouns

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. Singular and Plural nouns • Singular Nouns- • Plural Nouns-

  15. Making Nouns Plural • Formed by adding s to the singular form • Examples: • Cheerleader- cheerleaders • Wheel- wheels

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Make the common nouns plural • computer secretary • child energy • Parent farm • effort worker • puzzle mathematics • branch deer • school tax

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

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