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English 9 Wednesday 17 August 2011. Love Writing. Love Reading. Daily Journal Nouns Activity SSR Vocabulary Crossword. Daily Journal #2 . Write words 14-25 5xeach. . Review: Nouns. Noun= Person , Place, Thing, or Idea Common= Non-specific Proper= Specific, Capitalized
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English 9Wednesday 17 August 2011 Love Writing Love Reading Daily Journal Nouns Activity SSR Vocabulary Crossword
Daily Journal #2 • Write words 14-25 5xeach.
Review: Nouns • Noun= • Person, Place, Thing, or Idea • Common= • Non-specific • Proper= • Specific, Capitalized • Collective= • Refers to group • Compound= • Two words referring to one noun • Concrete= • Can feel or see • Abstract= • Cannot feel or see
Got Nouns? • Assign groups • Give each group whiteboard, marker, eraser • Explain directions: • Listen to the directions, which will tell you the type of noun you are to identify • Correctly identify and spell the specified noun in each of the given sentences. • Hold up your sign. The first team to get it correct gets a point.
Find the Common Noun in each sentence • The big dog ran away fast. • The two girls liked to swing high. • My cat is big and fluffy and white. • Michael, be safe and do not play with matches. • The class is going to work hard today. • Please go get the paper for me. • Look at Mr. Marks’ fireworks! • A newborn baby cries a lot. • My brother is older than I am. • My teacher said that we are working hard.
Find the Proper Noun in each sentence. • My favorite cereal to eat is Cheerios. • I have a black cat and his name is Midnight. • My mother went to Safeway to buy milk. • We live in Birmingham. • Did you cheer for Ruben to win? • I can't wait until Christmas is here! • I like to watch Clifford on television. • Are you going to Florida for vacation? • I like the month of July the best. • Will you get me a Coke from the machine?
Find the word that is NOT a noun. • cat, house, run, barn • girl, frog, car, hear • sister, talk, dog, letter • can, horn, sing, meat • desk, room, Bill, say • Mom, teacher, head, cry • tell, clock, floor, sky • bed, sleep, toe, paper • chair, pray, chicken, egg • eat, apple, banana, cookie
SSR • Make sure you are seatedand reading when the bell rings and continue to do so for the entire 20 minutes. • Remember this time is worth 10% of your grade!
List 1 Vocabulary • Identify the correct definition for the remaining words on list 1 (#14-25). • Test on Friday! • Spelling • Definition • Correct Usage
Spelling Practice • Complete the Word Search. • Make sure you are finding the correctly spelled word! • Test on Friday! • Spelling • Definition • Correct Usage