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The Art of Nouns: Common or Proper Nouns?
While short, this presentation would provide a interesting and creative way to discuss common and proper nouns. This is a concept that students have difficulty understanding. In order to be able to write properly, students need to master...
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Capitalize Proper Nouns
Learners practice capitalizing proper nouns with a straightforward activity. As they circle the proper nouns that need to be capitalized from each sentence, they write them correctly from the paragraph.
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Pretest and Present Project
Students build their own city. In this grammar lesson, students view ads for popular vacation spots. Students take note of the correct capitalization in the ads. Students then create their own city and make a travel brochure for that...
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Noun Recognition
In this recognizing common and proper noun usage worksheet, students read sentences with blanks and the common and proper nouns in parenthesis at the end of each sentence, choose the correct noun to fill in the blank, and write the...
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Pendemonium - The Ink on the Sphinx
Students define and identify nouns. In this nouns lesson, students watch a video and review proper and common nouns before constructing a noun pyramid. They present their noun pyramids to the class and add them to a bulletin board.
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Very Proper Nouns
In this common and proper noun learning exercise, learners read 18 words and determine if each one is a common or proper noun. Answer Key for learning exercise is provided.
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Important Nouns- Proper Noun Worksheet
In this grammar worksheet, 4th graders complete a graphic organizer using their own initials. They write their initials in the first column and fill the next three columns with special people, special places, and special things, in order...
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Post Test or Worksheet on Nouns
A simple worksheet on nouns. It could be used as an in-class quiz, or as a homework assignment. Learners must provide an answer to a variety of questions regarding nouns. It could also be a good review for learners struggling to...
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A Noun is a Naming Word
Review nouns with this simple presentation. Have your class discuss what a noun is, how to change nouns from singular and plural, and read a list of proper nouns. To provide a richer experience, augment this resource with more examples.
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Name That Noun
In this nouns learning exercise, students use noun cards to identify types of nouns and write lists of nouns while they are being timed. Teams compete against each other.
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You Name It!
In this proper nouns instructional activity, students are timed to write as many movies, songs, books, cities, and countries as they can. Students get points for the correct words they write.
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Keeping Up With Capitals
Young scholars engage in a class discussion where they identify the situations where capitalization is necessary. They complete worksheets embedded in the plan where they capitalize proper nouns such as names, holidays, and special...
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Common Nouns & Proper Nouns
In this common and proper nouns worksheet, students label nouns as either being common or proper. Students complete this for 10 nouns and write 6 of their own.
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Sentence Writing with Proper Nouns
In this proper nouns worksheet, students write 3 nouns in each category of proper nouns and write sentences for each word. Students write 3 words into 6 categories.
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Proper Nouns and Capitalization
Sixth graders brainstorm and write common nouns beginning with a given letter, then using one word from the list write as many proper nouns for that word, correctly capitalized. In this proper nouns and capitalization lesson, 6th...
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Proper Nouns, Common Nouns, and Pronouns...With Ninjas!
In this grammar worksheet, students underline common nouns, double underline proper nouns, and circle pronouns in sentences about ninjas. Students complete this for 20 sentences total.
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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns
In this grammar skills worksheet, students identify the common nouns and proper nouns in 9 sentences.
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Identify Nouns and Plural Nouns
In this grammar skills worksheet, students identify the common nouns and proper nouns in 5 sentences. Students also write the 5 plural nouns for the 5 listed common nouns.
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Proper Nouns in Sentences
In this proper nouns worksheet, students circle the proper nouns in the sentences given to them. Students circle proper nouns in 10 sentences total.
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Grammar Practice
In this grammar worksheet, learners complete problems on editing sentences, analogies, plurals, grouping words, and proper nouns. Students complete 5 problems.
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Noun Book
Seventh graders create a book about the different types of nouns. In this noun book lesson, 7th graders discuss and define plurals, possessives, and proper nouns. Students then make a book or PowerPoint presentation containing examples...
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QUIZ 1A: Nouns-People, Places, Animals, and Things
In this nouns review worksheet, students examine 50 nouns and classify them in the correct columns. This worksheets requires students to note the differences between common and proper nouns.
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Understanding Nouns
Students identify types of nouns. In this grammar lesson, students define what a noun is and identify the various types of nouns in sentences. This grammar lesson is geared towards Special Education students.
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Capital Letters
In this capital letters worksheet, students write five names of their friends in the first box. Kids then write down 5 names of places they have visited. Students write the month they were born and the current day.