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Grade 9, ESL / Language Arts Std # 1.11: Identify correct noun forms (singular and plural) Regular and irregular forms Regular Irregular Forms Collective nouns Proper Nouns Compound Nouns Words with alternate accepted forms (ex. The plural of index could be indexes or indices)

Lesson Plans: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Students locate and highlight as many proper nouns as possible in a newspaper article. (B) Students point to words that represent nouns. (B, I) Students repeat and rehearse nouns after the teacher pronounces them. (I, T) Students identify and circle all the nouns in a short reading passage. They can then copy the nouns onto a list and define their meanings. Differentiate Nouns (I, T) Define ‘noun’ / Differentiate between concrete, common and proper nouns Countable and Uncountable Nouns (I, T) Review and solidification of countable and uncountable noun and noun quantifiers Use Count / Non-Countable Nouns In Health (I, T) Describe aches, pains, illnesses, injuries, and dental health as well as follow doctor's instructions

Resources: Count and Non-Count Nouns (B, I, T) Charts of count nouns and non-count nouns, including categories they fit in, singular and plural, and the much and many rule Test Count and Non-Count Nouns (I, T) Count and non-count noun descriptions and examples Purdue University Owl Online Writing Lab (I, T) Count and non-count nouns with plurals, articles, and quantity words including examples
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