1. Language Arts Common Nouns

2. Do Now On a piece of paper, list as many nouns as you can.

3. Essential Question How do we identify nouns? How do we distinguish between common and proper nouns?

4. What is a common noun? A common noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.

5. What is a proper noun? A proper noun names a particular person, place, thing, or idea. It is always capitalized. In proper nouns of more than one word, each important word is capitalized. –East Middle School –Empire State Building

6. What is a common noun? What is a proper noun? Take the list that you created with nouns. Exchange papers with the person behind you. On your new paper mark each noun as either common or proper. Give it back to the owner when you are done. Owners check their work.

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8. What is a common noun? What is a proper noun? In your anthology, identify common and proper nouns. Put the page number. Common NounsProper nouns

9. Summarization Activity Write a paragraph about a topic of your choice. USE COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS. Label them.

10. Do Now: Complete the chart. Common nounsProper nouns leader Endurance continent Wednesday state president Chicago ocean country Rio Grande month girl

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12. Assignment Complete lab 71.

13. Ticket out the door Identify as common or proper. 1.East Middle School 2.McDonalds 3.coach 4.curtains 5.children

14. Ticket Out the Door 2 3 nouns that are people 2 nouns that are places 1 noun that is a thing