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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Nouns 2 - Common and Proper

Common nouns refer to a general person, place or thing. Proper nouns are specific people, places, or things. Proper nouns are always capitalized.
Daily Grammar Lesson 18
Daily Grammar Lesson 304

Common nouns: dog, toy, car

Proper nouns: Rover, Legos, Toyota


Teaching Ideas:
  • Point out the difference between things and their names.
  • Make it a game at the grocery store or toy store.
  • Start to find common & proper nouns in weekly copywork of simple sentences.
  • Play noun games ("Search By Topic" in sidebar).
Copywork Ideas (younger):
  • Make a list of some common toys and their proper names.
  • Make a list of friend and family names.
Copywork Ideas (older):
    • Make a list of cities and states visited, or where friends and family live.
    • Make a Christmas or birthday wish list, pointing out the importance of proper nouns in describing what one really wants! (example: "game" ... do you want Hi Ho Cherry-O, or Wii Star Wars?)
    List of common and proper nouns in
    our Noun Collection (see "noun games" tag).




















    Copywork.   We circled the nouns
    and discussed if they were common
    or proper.

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