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Name
:

Huffman Academy

Topic:

LA - Common & Proper Nouns

Learning Goals for this Lesson

Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.A; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.D;

Students Will Know:

Students Will Be Able To:

How to recognize common

nouns
How to recognize proper nouns
How and when to properly use
common versus proper nouns

Use common and

proper nouns correctly.
Identify various common
and proper nouns when given
a prompt
Create complete
sentences that correctly use
common and proper nouns

Lesson Essential Question:

Activating Strategy:

Key vocabulary to preview and vocabulary strategy:

Common noun, proper noun

Lesson Instruction
Learning Activity 1:
Teacher will create anchor charts for common and proper nouns.

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Graphic Organizer

Common nouns:
Names any person, place or thing
Lower case unless at the beginning of a
sentence.
Always a single word
EX: state, president, country, team, day,
month
Proper nouns:
Names a specific person, place or thing.
Always capitalized
Sometimes more than one word
EX: Alabama, Center Point, Etc

Have students create T-chart graphic organizer in new section of

Reading/Language Arts Journal: Common and Proper Nouns.

state - Alabama
person - President Barack Obama
school - Huffman Academy
month - December
team - Auburn Tigers
movie - Aladdin
person - Mr. Lovell
language - Spanish

Assessment Prompt for LA 1:

Teacher will provide three sentences with a mix of common and proper
nouns. Students will have to determine whether each noun in the
sentences are common or proper.
My brother said Rhode Island is not a state because it is
such a small square on the map.
Amy and Mark love to play basketball, and they want to
play in the National Basketball Association.
The entire crew was excited when we reached the
summit of the mountain, but tired when we reached the peak of
Mount Everest.

Learning Activity 2:
Teacher will show video at https://m.youtube.com/watch?
v=bmZA90W53Rk.

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Teacher will explore more examples of common and proper nouns

through sentence examples:
The Mississippi River is one of the longest and the
largest rivers in the world.
After each game, Coach Carter takes the team out for ice
cream.
The main character in my favorite book is a toy bear
named Winnie the Pooh.
My family moved from New York City to Los Angeles
when my little brother, Jake was born.

Teacher will walk students through completion of page 80 in Grammar &

Writing textbook, numbers 1-8.

Assessment Prompt for LA 2:

Students will work in groups to complete page 81 in Grammar & Writing
textbook on their own sheets of loose-leaf paper to turn in for a
participation grade and formative assessment.

Assignment

Learning Activity 3:

Teacher will pass out

page 24 of What Jo
Did worksheet for
students to complete as
a review prior to the
actual test. Teacher will
review this after its
completed.

Common & Proper Noun Gallery Walk

Students will be placed into 4 groups of 6 students. Six anchor charts will
be hung around the room. Each chart will have a title:

State names
Languages
Important People in History
City Names
Restaurants
Other Proper Nouns

Students will walk around in groups to list as many proper nouns on a

single chart in five minutes. Each group will be presented with its own
colored marker.

After students have completed the thirty minutes Gallery Walk activity,
students will go back to their desks, and the teacher will place one of the
charts on the desks for groups to use. Students will write as many
sentences as they can on their own paper using the proper nouns on the

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Students will then

complete page 23 of
What Jo Did section
as test for this lesson.

chart and additional common nouns.

Papers will be turned into the teacher for review.

Assessment Prompt for LA 3:
Students will complete page 83 in Grammar & Writing textbook
independently. Papers will be turned in to the teacher for a formative
assessment review.

Summarizing Strategy:

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