Naming words/ Nouns · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.5.3.1.2 - Identify and use proper nouns and common nouns

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Define proper nouns (names of specific cities, countries, people, places) and common nouns (general names of people, places, things).
Read simple sentences aloud and identify the proper nouns (names of cities and countries) and common nouns within them.
Sort a mixed list of nouns into two groups: proper nouns and common nouns.
Identify proper nouns and common nouns from paragraphs or passages.
Form their own sentences using proper nouns (names of cities and countries) and common nouns correctly, using capital letters for proper nouns.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Using Writing Conventions/ Grammar Usage (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Naming words/ Nouns (5.3)
Content standard: B4.5.3.1 - Apply knowledge of different types of nouns in communication
Indicator: B4.5.3.1.2 - Identify and use:
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

exemplars - p.59
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 59
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Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Proper nouns - refer to cities and countries
- Common nouns
Proper nouns
- Have learners read simple sentences with names of cities and countries from the board.
- Put learners into groups to identify the names of cities and countries.
- Have learners identify proper nouns from paragraphs/passages.
- Have learners form sentences with names of other cities and countries.
Common nouns
- Introduce common nouns in context.
- Have learners read simple sentences with common nouns from the board.
- Put learners into groups to identify the common nouns.
- Have learners identify common nouns from paragraphs/passages. Have learners form sentences with the common nouns identified The document prints a dash with no text beside it between "Common nouns" in the indicator's list and the exemplars; it is dropped here. "Proper nouns" and "Common nouns" on their own lines are the document's headings inside the exemplar block.