1. Monday, August 31, 2015 Agenda: Check the wall to see where you sit (Please sit in the assigned number or you will be counted as being asbsent) In your rows, pass up IR Log #2 to turn in IR Grammar #1 Reminders: If you missed Friday, Picture Make-Up Day is October 1st. Grammar practice due Wednesday at the beginning of class. Grammar Assessment #1 is Friday. Add it to your calendars! Come out to this Friday’s football game for the “Jtown in Color” – We will have colored powder to launch in the air! It will be a game to remember.

2. Watch this: Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla

3. While We Take Notes: Keep this sheet in your Grammar tab Remember to raise your hand to ask questions Fill in the blanks on your notes sheets. Underline the nouns in the examples.

4. Types of Nouns Grammar ElementDefinitionExample Proper Noun A specific person, place, or thing. Starts with a capital letter. Mr. Probst goes to the University of Louisville. Common NounA person, place, or thing. There is a unicorn outside the window. Collective NounNames a group of people. The football team is playing this Friday. Our band will play the fight song. Abstract Noun Refers to states of being, events, concepts, feelings, qualities, etc., that have no physical existence. I love homework. It brings me so much joy. Concrete Noun An object that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted, I’m using a pencil to write my notes on the paper.

5. Types of Nouns (cont’d.) Grammar ElementDefinitionExample Pronoun A word used in place of a noun or another pronoun. She is beautiful. Antecedent The word for which a pronoun stands. There is a unicorn outside the window! She is beautiful. SingularPlural First PersonI, me (my, mine)we, us (our, ours) Second Personyou (your, yours) Third Person he, him, she, her, it (his, hers, its) they, them (their, theirs) Personal Pronouns can change forms: