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APPLY IT NOW Have students work with partners to write a script for this scenario. Invite students to perform their scripts for the class. Have listeners raise their hands each time they hear a noun used in direct address. Students should demonstrate an understanding of nouns used in direct address.
Note which students had difficulty identifying nouns used in direct address. Assign Practice Book page 15 for further practice.
TEACHING OPTIONS
WRITING CONNECTION
Use pages 230–231 of the Writing portion of the book.
If time permits, you may wish to show the class a brief clip of a TV show and have students write examples of nouns in direct address in their notebooks.
Have small groups work together as Noun Detectives. Tell groups to keep track of all the times throughout the day that they hear nouns used in direct address. Encourage groups to keep a log of all the sentences in which they hear or see nouns in direct address. At the end of the day, ask groups to present their sentences to the class and to describe the situations in which they heard each sentence.
Malik, please collect the props from storage. Anna lent Mr. Hoffmann her wig collection for the play. Read clearly and loudly, Marta, so the back row can hear you. Mrs. Tuttle explains Benjamin Franklin’s role in securing independence.
Meeting Individual Needs
5. Mr. Franklin captured the spirit of the struggle for independence. 6. As my assistant, Javier, you are responsible for making sure all
Extra Support Help students understand that the same noun may be in direct address in one sentence and used as a subject or an object in another.
the signers are onstage.
7. John Hancock of Massachusetts was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence.
8. The women of the Revolutionary period, though less famous, were equally important, Timothy.
I assigned the class Chapter One.
EXERCISE 4 Tell whether the italicized noun in each sentence is a subject, a subject complement, a direct object, an object of a preposition, an indirect object, or a noun in direct address.
Underline the word class. Ask students to rewrite the sentence using class in direct address. For example:
1. The 13 colonies wanted independence from Britain. 2. The colonies paid England taxes. 3. The colonies had no voice in the decisions of the British
Class, please read Chapter One.
government.
4. Students, do you know about the Boston Tea Party? 5. On December 16, 1773, colonists threw tea into the harbor.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
They were protesting against unfair taxes. Paul Revere was a leader of the protest. His actions were perhaps the start of the American Revolution. John Adams was a lawyer from Massachusetts.
Paul Revere
He supported independence for the colonies. Leaders of the 13 colonies met in Philadelphia.
12. Who was the first signer of the declaration, Mr. Daniels?
13. Benjamin Franklin was not only a statesman but also an inventor and author.
Identify nouns in direct address on a TV show.
Write on note cards several situations in which students might use commands, such as cleaning the classroom, walking to lunch, and playing during recess. Have small groups choose a card and write sentences about their situation, using nouns in direct address. Offer some examples. (Dana, clear off your desk. David, put that paper in the trash can.)
Cooperative Learning
EXERCISE 3 Identify a noun in a sentence only if it is used in direct address.
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Reteach
APPLY IT NOW Imagine you are cleaning out the garage or attic with your family. Write five sentences about things you find and give
Write several more sentences similar to the above example. Invite volunteers to rewrite each sentence, using the underlined word in direct address.
Common Core Standards CCSS.ELA.L.5.1 CCSS.ELA.L.5.2c CCSS.ELA.SL.5.1
directions about what to do with the items, using nouns in direct address. Nouns
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