Nouns and Pronouns

To help us in grammar, were going to be using different colors for different parts of speech. Lets label these in our spirals for future reference: Nouns/Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Conjunctions Prepositions Interjections

List as many nouns as possible using this picture as inspiration. (You can make things up if needed)

**Remember! Nouns are people, places, things, and ideas

Group your list into 2 categories.

What do you notice? There are 2 kinds of nouns: 1. Common nouns 2. Proper nouns

Common Nouns: Are not specific So they are not capitalized

Proper Nouns Name a specific person, place, thing, idea Its a name, so it must be capitalized

Proper Nouns, cont.

Be careful with Mom and Dad.

My mom is great!
Mom is great! My dad likes computers.

Dad likes computers.

What do you notice?

Using your nouns from your list earlier, group by common and proper nouns. Add some more to either group if you dont have a whole lot!

HW: Make a T-chart list of all the common nouns and proper nouns you can think of related to Renner MS.

Share your T-charts!

Were going to play Scattergories with our nouns. 1. Well share our nouns. 2. If you have the same noun, you must cross it off your list. 3. The person with the most nouns left once were done sharing wins!

No matter what kind of noun is used, nouns always have a JOB in a sentence! Nouns can either be: 1. A subject (who or what the sentence is about) OR 2. An object

Nouns as subjects:

As we added more brothers, my mom tried to keep up the matching dressing. As a toddler, Brian would watch Jim and me swimming and water-skiing.

Jon Sciezka, Knucklehead

Nouns as subjects:

As we added more brothers, my mom tried to keep up the matching dressing. As a toddler, Brian would watch Jim and me swimming and water-skiing.

Jon Sciezka, Knucklehead

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REMEMBER! No matter what kind of noun is used, nouns always have a JOB in a sentence!
Nouns can either be: 1. A subject (who or what the sentence is about) OR 2. An object a. direct objects b. object of a preposition

Nouns as Direct Objects

In the summers he ran the Flint Junior Golf program and taught us all how to golf. Jon Sciezka
What do you notice?

Direct objects are who or what receive the action of a verb. Direct objects are always nouns.

Nouns as Direct Objects

In the summers he ran the Flint Junior Golf program and taught us all how to golf. Jon Sciezka
What do you notice?

Direct objects are who or what receive the action of a verb. Direct objects are always nouns.

Where my dads sense of humor was slow and often unexpected, my mom loved the crazy joke, the fast remark, the wild comeback.
To find a direct object, ask yourself: Loved who or what?

Where my dads sense of humor was slow and often unexpected, my mom loved the crazy joke, the fast remark, the wild comeback.
To find a direct object, ask yourself: Loved who or what?

HW: 1. Find 2 sentences using nouns as the subject. Underline the nouns in yellow and label them subject. 2. Find 2 sentences using nouns as direct objects. Underline the nouns in yellow and label them D.O.

REMEMBER! No matter what kind of noun is used, nouns always have a JOB in a sentence!
Nouns can either be: 1. A subject (who or what the sentence is about) OR 2. An object a. direct objects b. object of a preposition

Nouns can also be used as a different kind of object, the object of a preposition.
Remember when we would ask ourselves in what? to find the prepositional phrase? Ex: I went in the store.

In what? The store. this is the object of a preposition. It is always a noun.

Just like with direct objects, we are asking ourselves the question of what But sometimes, its a who
As a toddler, Brian would watch Jim and me swimming and water-skiing.

As a toddler, Brian would watch Jim and me swimming and water-skiing. (Direct object or object of the prep.?)

Ms. Conway went with Mrs. Siller.

Ms. Conway went [with Mrs. Siller.] Stop playing with your food! (You) stop playing [with your food!]

Can you label this sentence with its nouns as subject, direct objects, and objects of prepositions?
They may have been comic book characters to some people, but they were my role models. They may have been comic book characters [to some people], but they were my role models.

HW: 1. Find 2 sentences with nouns. 2. Use yellow and orange to label the nouns and verb(s). 3. Label the subject-noun. 4. Label any direct object-nouns. 5. Label the object of preposition-nouns. ** If the sentence you chose doesnt have prepositions, choose a different one!

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Re-cap:
There are 2 kinds of nouns: 1. Common 2. Proper Nouns can have 1 of 2 jobs: 1. subject-noun 2. Object-noun (direct object or object of a preposition)

But, what if I have more than 1 of a person, place, thing, or idea? We also have singular and plural nouns!
Most nouns follow the s or es rule: Book books Chair chairs Couch couches Potato potatoes

However, there are some nouns that are irregular meaning they dont follow the rules Can you think of any?
Here are some big ones:

Shelf Life Baby Day Turkey

Child Woman Man Mouse Goose

However, there are some nouns that are irregular meaning they dont follow the rules Can you think of any?
Here are some big ones:

Shelf shelves Life lives Baby babies Day days Turkey turkeys

Child children Woman women Man men Mouse mice Goose geese

So here are some simple rules to remember for plural nouns: 1. Most add s or es to the end 2. Consonant + y = change y to i, add es 3. Vowel + y = add s 4. f or fe = change f to v, add es 5. Know the really irregular nouns (children, mice, etc.)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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Noun or Nouns? There will be 2 teams. A spokesperson for each team will come to the board. Team 1 will give a noun to Team 2 Team 2 must correctly write the nouns plural form on the board. If Team 2 is incorrect, a new spokesperson will come up, and it is now Team 2s turn to give a noun to Team 1. If Team 2 is correct, the spokesperson stays, and it is now Team 2s turn to give a noun to Team 1.

HW: 1. Look around your house write down at least 10 nouns 2. For each noun, write its plural form 3. Try to have nouns that use the different spelling rules

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Lets talk about pronouns!

Similar nouns, there are two kinds of pronouns: 1. Subject pronouns 2. Object pronouns What do you think the difference is between these two kinds of pronouns?

PRONOUNS!
Subject Pronouns I We You You He, she, it They Object Pronouns Me Us You You Him, her, it Them

What do you notice about these pronouns? Subject pronouns take the place of a noun used as a subject. Object pronouns take the place of a noun used as an object (direct object or object of a preposition).

In the summers he ran the Flint Junior Golf program and taught us all how to golf.

Use yellow to find the nouns/pronouns Label the subject-noun/pronoun Label the object-nouns/pronouns (dont forget green if its a prepositional phrase!)

[In the summers] he ran the Flint Junior Golf program and taught us all how to golf.

Use yellow to find the nouns/pronouns Label the subject-noun/pronoun Label the object-nouns/pronouns (dont forget green if its a prepositional phrase!)

As a toddler, Brian would watch Jim and me swimming and water-skiing.

Use yellow to find the nouns/pronouns Label the subject-noun/pronoun Label the verb Label the object-nouns/pronouns (dont forget green if its a prepositional phrase!)

As a toddler, Brian would watch Jim and me swimming and water-skiing.

Use yellow to find the nouns/pronouns Label the subject-noun/pronoun Label the object-nouns/pronouns (dont forget green if its a prepositional phrase!)

Using the pronouns I and me can be tricky The trick to using the correct pronoun is to use it by itself

My friends and I went to the store. My friends and me went to the store. I went to the store. Me went to the store.
Mom took Mom took Mom took Mom took my sister and me to the store. my sister and I to the store. me to the store. I to the store.

HW: 1. Find 3 sentences with pronouns. 2. Use the correct colors and labels to identify the pronouns and their jobs in the sentence. (subject, direct object, object of prepositions) a. yellow b. orange c. green

Leo muttered some unflattering comments about numina (mtn. god), but he turned the wheel.
I slapped him across the face with my pizza and two pepperonis rolled off his fat cheeks. I would sleep if my brother would stop being annoying. The ball was tossed [to her.]

Why do we use pronouns in our writing? Shortens our writing Creates point of view in our writing
Pronouns replace nouns that means: When we use pronouns in our writing, we have to make sure that the readers understand what the pronouns are replacing

The noun being replaced by a pronoun is called an antecedent.

The sweet-shop in Llandaff in the year 1923 was the very centre of our lives. To us, it was what a bar is to a drunk, or a church to a Bishop. Roald Dahl, Boy: Tales of Childhood

Look at this:

We ate at McDonalds for breakfast, it was delicious. I got a breakfast biscuit, hash browns, and orange juice, it looked beautiful, it had a picture. That had dolphins and sharks and fish. It was really nice inside McDonalds. Ashley, student
What do you notice?

This is what we call an it parade.

There are too many its that we cant really understand exactly what is being described.

Using pronouns means you must have clear and understandable antecedents.

HW: 1. Glue the page into your notes. 2. Highlight or circle all the pronouns in yellow. 3. Draw arrows from the pronouns to their antecedents.