1. Let’s Refresh Your Knowledge of…
The NOUN!

2. Start by Doing the Following Things:
Take out a piece of paper
Draw a big box on it
Draw a horizontal line across the middle of the box
Put a Label Above the Box Titled “Nouns”
Label the top half, “Things I Know”
Label the bottom half, “Things I Learned”
Fill out the top ½ of the box

3. person, place, thing, or idea
Definition of a Noun?
person, place, thing, or idea

4. Don’t worry, they’re easy!
There are six
different
types
of nouns!
Noooo!!!
Compound
Common
Proper
Concrete
Abstract
Don’t worry, they’re easy!
Collective

5. What is the difference, kids?
Let’s Start with…
Common & Proper Nouns.
What is the difference, kids?

6. That’s right. A common noun names anything that is not specific
That’s right! A common noun names anything that is not specific. Therefore, it does not have a capital letter.
And a proper noun is something specific, so it does require a capital letter!

7. EXAMPLES EXAMPLES OF COMMON: EXAMPLES OF PROPER: Grand Cannon
cell phone
compassion
squirrel
movie
flag
EXAMPLES OF PROPER:
Grand Cannon
Beethoven
Sperry’s
Timn
Pacific Ocean

8. Now let’s discuss concrete & abstract nouns!
What are they?

9. Can be perceived by one or more of the senses
Examples:
popcorn
tree
student
football
Concrete Noun:
Can be perceived by one or more of the senses
Examples:
love
humor
pride
confidence
Abstract Noun:
An idea, feeling, quality, or characteristic

10. See if you can find concrete & abstract nouns in these pictures!

11. Examples? Next is Compound Nouns. This is really too easy… Definition?
A noun made up of 2 or more words put together as a single noun
Examples?

12. COMPOUND NOUNS:
basketball
twelve-year-old
Sheldon Cooper
air freshener
fire drill

13. Def: A word that names a group
Collective Nouns
“What is a collective noun?”
Def: A word that names a group
audience
family
team
committee
flock
Examples?

14. Collective Nouns “Is cats a collective noun?” Why or why not?
“What’s the difference b/t a collective noun & a plural noun?”

15. Now let’s see if you know what you’re talking about…
Identify the nouns in each sentence and classify as: common or proper,
concrete or abstract,
& if it’s collective
Now let’s see if you know what you’re talking about…
Each day huge crowds visit the Lincoln Memorial, which is in Washington, D.C.
The memorial is in a beautiful setting not far from two other presidential monuments and the capitol.

16. 3. Between the memorial and the Washington Monument are two long, shallow pools.
4. The Lincoln Memorial was designed by a noted architect of the time, Henry Bacon.
5. The memorial is styled to look like a Greek temple and has 36 columns, one for each state in the union at the time of the death of Lincoln.

17. Finish by Doing the Following Things:
Take out the box you made at the
beginning of class
2. Fill out the bottom half about what you
learned and now know about nouns