Let’s Refresh Your Knowledge

of…
The NOUN!
Start by Doing the Following Things:
1. Take out a piece of paper

2. Draw a big box on it

3. Draw a horizontal line across the middle

of the box

4. Put a Label Above the Box Titled

“Nouns”

5. Label the top half, “Things I Know”

6. Label the bottom half, “Things I

Definition of a Noun?
person,
place,
thing,
or idea
There are six
different
types
of nouns! Noooo
!!!
• Compo
und
• Commo • Concret
n e y ,
rr
• Proper • Abstrac on’t wo e
D ey ’r
• Collectit th !
s y
ea
ve
 Let’s Start with…
Common & Proper Nouns.

What is the difference, kids?

 on
m m
co ing
t ! A yth
r igh s an fic.
t ’s e c i
Th un na ot sp es not
a m e
no at is n , it do tter.
th fore tal le
e re a pi
Th e a c
hav And a proper noun
is something
specific, so it does
require a capital
letter!
 EXAMPLES
O F EXA
LE S MPL
EXAMP N : P ROP
ES O
F
COM M O • G ER:
e rand
l ph o n Cann
• cel on
• B
on eeth
m p a s s i oven
• co
• S
perr
ir r el y’s
• squ • T
imn
• m ov i e
• P
acifi
c Oc
• flag ean
 Now let’s
discuss concrete
& abstract
nouns!

What are
they?
 : Examp
N o u n les:
nc re te b y • pop
Co eiv ed corn
e p erc he • tree
Can b e o f t
o r m or • stud
one e s ent
sens • foot
ball

Examp
les:
N o u n: • love
t ra c t
Abs
ee lin g , • hum
e a , f or
An id ity, or • prid
e
qual i stic • con
r a c te r fidence
ch a
 fin d
c an c t
o u t ra
e i fy a bs
Se ete & ese
on cr i n th
c n s
no ctures!
u
pi
 N o un s.
m p o u n d
ext i s Co ea sy …
N a l ly to o
e
This is r

Definition?
A noun made up of 2
or more words put
together as a single
noun

Examples?
 O UN D
CO M P
U N S :
NO

etb a l l
• bask
e a r- ol d
l v e -y
• twe
o o p e r
d o n C
• Shel
h e n e r
ir f re s
•a
 Collective
t i s a Nouns
D e f: A w
o r d t ha
“Wh a n am e s
a gr o u t
c t i v e p
co ll e
n ? ”
nou • au d i e n c e
• family
Examples? • team
m i t t e e
• com
• flock
 Collective
a ts a Nouns
W h y or
“ Is c why
c t i v e not?
co ll e
n ? ”
nou
“What’s the
difference b/t a
collective noun &
a plural noun?”
 Identify
the nou
Now let’s see if each se ns in
ntence
you know what classify a nd
as: com
you’re talking or prop mon
concret er ,
about… e or abs
& if it ’s tract,
collectiv
e

1. Each day huge crowds visit the

Lincoln Memorial, which is in
Washington, D.C.

2. The memorial is in a beautiful

setting not far from two other
presidential monuments and the
capitol.
3. Between the memorial and the Washington
Monument are two long, shallow pools.

4. The Lincoln Memorial was designed by a

noted architect of the time, Henry Bacon.

5. The memorial is styled to look like a Greek

temple and has 36 columns, one for each state in
the union at the time of the death of Lincoln.
Finish by Doing the Following Things:

1. Take out the box you made at the

beginning of class

2. Fill out the bottom half about what

you

learned and now know about nouns