1. LA: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Handouts: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural)
Homework: * Grammar #9 (Nouns: Singular and Plural)
Assignments due: * Grammar #8 (Nouns: Proper and Common)

2. Lesson Goal: Learn to distinguish between singular nouns and plural nouns.
Outcomes: Be able to . . .
Define “singular noun” and provide an example of a singular noun.
Define “plural noun” and provide an example of a plural noun.
Identify and distinguish between singular and plural nouns within sentences.
Explain the rules for changing singular nouns to plural nouns.
Demonstrate your ability to change a singular noun to a plural noun.

3. Starter #1 Yesterday we said that a noun is . . .
a person, place, or thing
All nouns could be divided into what two categories?
common nouns and proper nouns
What are common nouns?
any person, place, or thing
What are proper nouns?
a particular person, place, thing or idea,
designated by a capital letter

4. Starter #1 continued
Common Noun Proper Noun
Person student Jan Lopez
police officer Captain Michael Miller
Place school Clark Middle School
park Tom Sawyer State Park
Thing poem “Jabberwocky”
painting Mona Lisa

5. one person, place, or thing A plural noun is . . .
Starter #2 Today we are going to learn to distinguish between singular and plural nouns.
A singular noun is
one person, place, or thing
A plural noun is . . .
more than one person, place, or thing
How do we form a plural noun? That is, how do we change a singular noun to a plural noun?
by adding “s” or “es”
Sometimes, however, we need to apply special rules. Those rules will be stated for you at the top of today’s handout. Let’s examine those rules together

6. Starter #3 Forming Plural Nouns
Nouns ending with To form plural Example:
s, z, -zz, ch, sh, x Add –es church, churches
o preceded by a vowel Add –s patio, patios
o preceded by a consonant Usually add –es echo, echoes
Sometimes add –s piano, pianos
y preceded by a vowel Add –s monkey, monkeys
y preceded by a consonant Usually change y to i fly, flies and add –es
f or fe Usually chance f to v knife, knives and add es
Sometimes add –s earmuff, earmuffs