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TEACHING OPTIONS
APPLY IT NOW Ask students to write a short paragraph about the sport they chose, using all 10 nouns. Invite volunteers to share their paragraphs with the class. Ask listeners to raise their hands when they hear a proper noun. Students should demonstrate an understanding of common and proper nouns.
Note which students had difficulty identifying common and proper nouns. Assign Practice Book page 5 for further practice.
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WRITING CONNECTION
Use pages 214–215 of the Writing portion of the book. Be sure to point out common nouns and proper nouns in the literature excerpt and the student model.
Students should identify the proper nouns Anne Frank, Monday, September, Mrs. Van Daan and Anne.
Assign each of three groups one of these categories: person, place, or thing. Have students write as many common and proper nouns as they can for their category. When students have completed their lists, have students write five sentences using nouns from their lists. Encourage volunteers to read aloud their lists and sentences. Have students identify the nouns in the sentences and tell whether they are common or proper nouns.
Meeting Individual Needs Extra Support Have each student choose a paragraph from a newspaper, a magazine, or an online article. Direct students to write all the nouns in the paragraph. Ask students to underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns. Have students exchange their work with a partner. Allow time for partners to check the lists, add any missing nouns, and circle or underline each noun. Have partners determine whether each noun names a person, place, or thing.
EXERCISE 2 Tell whether each noun is a proper noun or a common noun. Then write a common noun for each proper noun and a proper noun for each common noun.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
song
Apollo city Pablo Picasso landmark
writer athlete Rhode Island actor Canada
EXERCISE 3 Identify the nouns in each sentence. Tell whether each names a person, a place, or a thing. Tell whether each is a common noun or a proper noun. The number of nouns in each sentence is shown in parentheses.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Cooperative Learning Have small groups write sentence pairs. Tell students that the first sentence in the pair should have common nouns and that the second sentence should have proper nouns that correspond to the common nouns. Use these sentences as a model:
Michael Jordan was born in New York. (2) When Michael was a baby, his family moved to North Carolina. (4) Jordan played basketball in high school. (3) The teen was cut from the team. (2) His practice got the young man off the bench. (3) The young athlete later led the University of North Carolina to a national championship. (3) Jordan helped the United States win a gold medal at the Olympics. (4)
The baseball player drove to the ballpark.
The now-respected player joined the professional team in Chicago. (4) Jordan became a superstar in professional basketball. (3) His incredible talent and his likable personality earned him fans around the world. (4)
Derek Jeter played at Yankee Stadium.
EXERCISE 4 Complete each sentence with nouns.
1. 2. 3. 4.
I like to play
and
My favorite athletes are
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Sports I like to watch are The and the where I play sports.
and
Allow time for groups to share their sentences with another group.
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are places
APPLY IT NOW Write 10 nouns related to an athlete or a sport that
Identify all the proper nouns in the page 225 excerpt.
interests you. Identify each as a common or a proper noun. Nouns
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Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA.L.5.1 CCSS.ELA.L.5.2 CCSS.ELA.SL.5.1b
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