NOUNS

1. NOUNS Unit 9, Writer’s Choice

2. What is a noun?

3. What is a noun? • A person • A place • A thing • An idea

4. Kinds of Nouns • Common • Proper • Concrete • Abstract • A common noun names any person, place, thing, or idea. • A proper noun names a specific person, place, thing, or idea.

5. Common and Proper Nouns • COMMON PROPER • day • month • mountain • river • ocean • book • newspaper • religion • brand of product

6. Common and Proper Nouns • COMMON PROPER • associations • movies • planets • city • historical periods • language • nationality • School course • institutions

7. Kinds of Nouns • A concrete noun names things we can see or touch • An abstract noun names ideas, qualities, or feelings that cannot be seen or touched. • Look at page 381 for differences between common and proper

8. Compound Nouns • Nouns made of two or more words. • Can make one word or be hyphenated. • Storybook • Mother-in-law • Lazy-susan

9. Practice! • Page 382 • Exercise 1, even • Exercise 2, odd

10. Share! • Share your answers with your grammar partner. • Do you agree?

11. Compound Nouns • Hyphens are tricky. We use them when we need to link the words to avoid confusion. • Ex. • The lazy-susan spun in a circle. • The lazy Susan spun in a circle.

12. Share! • Turn to your grammar partner. • Compare your answers. Share why you think one answer is correct over the other if you differ in answers. • Do not argue. Circle which ones you differ on. • We will go over the answers as a class.

13. Possessive Nouns Writer’s Choice p. 385 • What is a possessive noun?What does possessive mean? • A possessive noun names who or what owns or has something.

14. Possessive Nouns • Examples: • Singular Possessive Nouns • Joe’s dog is really pretty. • The book’s major theme is easy to find. • Plural Possessive Nouns • The Bhangdias’ dog is really pretty. • The books’ major themes are easy to find. • Turn to page 385. Look at the chart.

15. Adding an Apostrophe to form Possession • Singular add ’s • Token Token’s shine was amazing. • If the word is singular and ends in s add ’s • Rees Rees’s smile is contagious. • If the word is plural and ends in s only add ’ • Rats The rats’ food was depleting. • If a word is plural but doesn’t end in s add ’s • Sheep The sheep’s feed was rotten. • Children Children’s stores are popular.

16. Practice! • Turn to page 386 • Complete exercise 5 independently • Even sentences only! • You can write ‘, ‘s, s’ for answers

17. Share! • Turn to your grammar partner. • Compare your answers. Share why you think one answer is correct over the other if you differ in answers. • Do not argue. Circle which ones you differ on. • We will go over the answers as a class.

18. Possessive vs Contraction! • What is a contraction? • What’s a contraction? • A contraction is a word made by combining two words into one and leaving out one or more letters. An apostrophe shows where the letters have been omitted. • May sound the same... • Spelling and meaning are different!

19. Possession vs. Contraction • How do you tell the difference? • Read the sentence. If you don’t see what is owned by the noun, trying inserting the word “is” • WHICH of the following is possessive? • Ex. 1. Shelly’s a great friend to have. 2. Shelly’s best friend is coming to dinner.

20. Practice! Turn to page 388 • Independently complete Exercise 7. • We will review these when the class is finished working. Sit quietly if you finish early.

21. PRACTICE! • I will call on you individually. • No talking. • I will read a sentence from Exercise 8, the person I call on will tell me which correctly fits into the sentence. • You can say, “first” or “second.” • If you don’t know why an answer is the way it is, raise your hand.

22. Collective Nouns • What is a collective noun? • Think about the word collective. • It is a lot like “collection.” • What is a collection?

23. Collective Nouns • A collective noun names a group that is made up of individuals. • Look at the top of 389. Name two other collective nouns to your partner. • Raise your hands to give the class one they haven’t heard.

24. Collectives: Singular? Plural? • Usually we think of collectives as a group or unit. • A unit is singular. • Ex. Paper towel rolls. You can buy a pack of eight. • The pack is one unit. You do not pay for each roll inside the pack.

25. Collectives: Singular? Plural? • What if you want to make the collective plural? • The teams are on the field. • The team works on its project. • The team works on their separate projects.

26. Collectives: Singular? Plural? • A great game in grammar is substitution. • When you substitute in athletics, you have to make sure the substitute fits. • The same is true in grammar. • To determine if the collective is singular or plural, substitute the word “it” for it. • If the substitution works, it is singular!

27. Practice! Turn to page 390 • Independently complete the following: • Exercise 9 even numbers • Exercise 10 odd numbers

28. Appositives p. 391 • An appositive is a noun that is placed next to another noun to identify it or add information about the noun. • Why does the officer ask for your license? He needs to make a positive id • . • In the same way, more information helps you make appositive id of the noun.

29. Appositive Examples • My uncle, Harry, is a roofer. appositive • My uncle, the third roofer on the left, is very kind. appositive phrase • Rules of thumb: if you use only one word, or the appositive is needed to identify the sentence, some say you do not need commas. I want you to use commas for single word appositives.

30. Practice! Turn to page 392 • Independently complete the following: • Exercise 11 odd • Exercise 12 even

31. NOUN REVIEW! • With your grammar partner... NOT splitting the work, but working together on each sentence... • Complete the exercises 1-5, EVEN ONLY. • Keep voices hushed. Bonus for pair with most correct.

32. NOUN UNIT TEST NEXT CLASSreview notes prior to the test