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Grade 11, Language Arts Std # 1.11: Identify correct noun forms Regular and 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: Nouns Students will be able to define the term "noun" and differentiate between concrete, proper, and common nouns. Create Your own Grammar Exercise Nine short lessons to help students recognize and correctly use adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, and verbs. Mad Lib Screams Uses Mad Libs idea to teach/review parts of speech. Jabberwocky grammar Uses the popular poem to review/teach parts of speech. Teachers' Handbook of Lesson Plans Propaganda lesson plans geared toward GED students,yet appropriate all students Uncountable Nouns Students will be able to identify uncountable nouns.

Resources: Noun Pre-Test A quick quiz to help evaluate the students' knowledge. Mrs. Crites' Grammar Page Interactive games and activities to reinforce noun skills Teach-nology Various noun worksheets Plural noun form quiz Interactive quiz with immediate feedback Possessive Nouns Mini-lesson Suggestions for English Language Learners: 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.
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