Noun Demo

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LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON:

PARTS OF SPEECH : NOUN



Objectives
Students will be able to define different types of nouns - including proper nouns,
pronouns, singular and plural nouns.
Students will be able to identify nouns in a sentence
Suggested Grades: 3rd Grade - 4th Grade

NOUNS LESSON PLAN

Procedure

Teacher -- tell the students: a fun activity might be to have the students look around
their classroom, and write down everything they see. Have each student read one or
more of their items out loud - most of these will be nouns. Next, have the students
organize these nouns into categories of "people, places, or things."
(Ex. desk, chair, teacher, Sam, pencil, book, chalkboard, floor...)

NOUN
A noun is a word that names a:
person
place
thing
idea

Common Noun
A noun that names any:
person
place
thing
idea

Proper Noun
A noun that names a specific:
person
place
thing
idea
Singular Noun
A noun that names one:
person
place
thing
idea
Plural Noun
A noun that names more than one:
person
place
thing
idea
Collective Noun
A noun that names a group of:
people
things

Possessive Noun
A noun that shows ownership or
possession.


Teacher: Will give these example sentences. Then have students try to identify the
nouns, as well as tell what type of noun it is.

1. Bobby walked to the store late yesterday. What type of noun is store?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun

2. The committee met at noon. What type of noun is committee ?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun

3. We went to North Carolina. What type of noun is North Carolina?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun

4. Mr. Johnson carried in the heavy boxes. What type of noun is boxes?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun

5. He read only one book last week. What type of noun is book ?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun

6. Sherrys book was very interesting. What type of noun is Sherrys?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun
7. The team has a game on Saturday. What type of noun is team?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun
8. Everyone liked Mr. Frances dog. What type of noun is Mr. Frances ?
a. Proper noun b. Plural noun c. Common noun

Choose the proper noun(s) in this sentence.

9. Everyone in Mrs. Ganns bus was late for school on Monday.

Answers: The word school is a common noun.
The word Everyone is a collective noun.
The word bus is a common noun.
Monday is the name of a specific noun.

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