2. Detective Dan and the Search for Words Series I. Nouns

3. Hi! I’m Detective Dan! I love to find words, especially NOUNS. Will you help me find NOUNS? YES no

4. Hi! I’m Detective Dan! I love to find words, especially NOUNS. Will you help me find NOUNS? YES no

5. GRRREAT! Let me introduce you to my friend Detective Dolly. She is going to be helping us find NOUNS ! Hi!

6. Before we get started, here are some useful tools for you to use. If you need to go back to the previous page, click on the If you want to go to the next page, click on the Now let’s get to work!

7. Hmm…What is a NOUN? -A NOUN is a word that is a person, place, or thing -You may have more than one NOUN in a sentence

8. Some examples… Sparky is so cute and cuddly. SPARKY is a NOUN because it is a name of a dog. The dog is fuzzy. DOG is a NOUN because it is an object. The park is a great place for dogs. PARK is a NOUN because it is a place.

9. Now you try! Maryland is beautiful. Which one is the NOUN? 1. Maryland 2. Is 3. Beautiful

10. GRRRREAT detective work! Maryland is a NOUN because it is a place! I’m sure glad to have you helping me!

11. Are you ready for some real detective work? Click YES for a quiz. Click NO for another example. YES NO

12. Let’s try another example. Annie wrote very small. Which one is the NOUN? 1. Wrote 2. Small 3. Annie ANNIE is a noun because it is a person.

13. The moon can be all different shapes. Which one is the NOUN? 1. Is 2. Moon 3. Very

14. GRRRREAT detective work!

15. The house is red. Which one is the NOUN? 1. Is 2. House 3. Red

16. GRRRREAT detective work!

17. We flew over Texas. Which one is the NOUN? 1. Texas 2. We 3. Flew

18. GRRRREAT detective work!

19. The rabbit is great at hiding. Which one is a NOUN? 1. Great 2. Hiding 3. Rabbit

20. GRRRREAT detective work!

21. The money has been stolen! Which one is the NOUN? 1. Money 2. Been 3. Stolen

22. GRRRREAT detective work!

23. Wow! Thanks for being a great detective and finding those NOUNS for me! I’m off to find some ADJECTIVES! For more NOUN help, visit http://www.gamequarium.com/partsofspeec h.html

24. Interactive PowerPoint Lesson created by Alyse Maskell and Pat McLhinney Integrating Technology in Teaching and Learning, Summer 2008.