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Common and Proper Nouns

Common and Proper Nouns. Grammar for “Mighty Jackie”. Daily Language Activities. Day 1 : When I got to school this morning I was really tired. Last night a noise woke me up, after I had gone to sleep. Day 2 :

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Common and Proper Nouns

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  1. Common and Proper Nouns Grammar for “Mighty Jackie”

  2. Daily Language Activities • Day 1: When I got to school this morning I was really tired. Last night a noise woke me up, after I had gone to sleep. • Day 2: A girl named Lily sat in the bleachers next to me, do you know her. She is tall, but she is not taller than jack.

  3. Day 1: Introduction • A noun is a word that names a person, a place, or a thing. • A commonnoun names any person, place, or thing: sister, museum, house • A propernoun is the name or title of a specific person, place, or thing: Aunt Ida, House of Representatives

  4. FYI • Proper nouns always begin with capital letters. If a proper noun has more than one word, each important word begins with a capital letter. • Example: New York, Mississippi River, United States of America, Babe Ruth, Louisville Slugger

  5. TP26 Identify common and proper nouns. • brother • museum • Cal Ripken, Jr. • Chicago • field

  6. TP26 Find the proper nouns in each pair. Capitalize the appropriate letters. • baseball stadium/wrigley field • my uncle/uncle dan • today/thursday • office building/rockefeller plaza • town/meyer’s creek

  7. Day 2: More Nouns • Common nouns can name people: girl, man, and doctor. • Proper nouns can name people: Jessica, Dallas, and Sarah. • Common nouns can name places: state, city, and park. • Proper nouns can name places: West Virginia, Princeton, and GlenwoodPark.

  8. Day 2: More Nouns • Words such as day, month, and holiday are common nouns. • Words such as Monday, June, and Labor Day are proper nouns.

  9. TP27 Identify common and proper nouns in the sentences. Correct. • My brother paul likes baseball. • aunt edwina once pitched at yankee stadium. • shelby tried out for the marlins, a local Team. • On halloween, tom dressed up as a giant Pumpkin.

  10. TP27 Identify common and proper nouns in the sentences. Correct. • In may, the giants will play a game here in crossville. • My uncle bill was a professional baseball player. • My sister plays for the st. louis cardinals.

  11. Daily Language Activities • Day 3: A Boy named roger is the best batter at school. His Sister is almost as good. • Day 4: The new Coach is Ms. Dowell. Have you herd of her. she has been hear since thursday.

  12. Day 3: Capitalizing Proper Nouns • Each word in a proper noun should be capitalized. • Capitalize proper nouns that name specific people: Natalie, SenatorLewis, and Ms. Garcia. • Capitalize proper nouns that name specific places: California, Miami, and CentralAvenue. • Capitalize proper nouns that name specific days and months: Friday, March, and Christmas.

  13. TP28 Correct the use of capital letters in common and proper nouns. • Everyone in the Crowd cheered as zambrano walked to the plate. • “If I just concentrate,” SHE said to herself, “I can strike jackson out.” • The class went to the Game with mr.johnson. • My Cousin maria has played Baseball since she was a young girl. • Karl larger plays all the positions in the Infield.

  14. TP28 Correct the use of capital letters in common and proper nouns. • The cubs play Baseball in chicago. • Baseball Season usually begins in april. • I walked with tara to fenway park. • Turn to page 35 in your Practice Book O. Follow the directions and complete the page. 

  15. Day 4: Proofread • My favorite Holiday is easter. • My favorite baseball Player is babe Ruth. • Does canada have baseball. • july was the Month we played the most games this Year.

  16. Day 4: Proofread • The shef worked in the kichen. • she skeched a Picture of the brantch. • Our school’s martching band streched before the game. • Who put kechip on my choped vegetables.

  17. TP29 Circle each noun in the paragraph. Is it common or proper? On Monday, local tryouts begin. My little sister is determined to play for the Redbirds. I play for the Cardinals. Paul used to play for the Cardinals, but now he is too old to play for the Washington little League. We begin our season on Memorial Day.

  18. TP29 Proofread each sentence and fix the errors. • Watch aunt elsie throw the Pitch. • On labor day, the two Teams will play a game in the morning. • One of the first African American Players was jackierobinson. • In the Winter, the Fields in town are all closed. • The Pitcher wasn’t scared of the great Hitters.

  19. Daily Language Activities • Day 5: Next week is thanksgiving don’t you love the Holidays. When we have four days off we can play so mutch baseball.

  20. TP30 Common or Proper? • Thanksgiving Day • Uncle Dan • parking lot • Garrison Street • Alex Rodrigues • mother’s day • tuesday • Outfield • mr.chan • february

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