Naming Words/Nouns · B5 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.5.3.1.2 - Identify and use proper nouns to refer to festivals; common nouns

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify proper nouns that name specific festivals (such as Homowo, Christmas, Eid-ul-Fitr, Damba, Aboakyer) and common nouns related to those festivals (such as festival, feast, food, dance, drum, crowd).
Distinguish between count nouns (nouns that can be counted, e.g. table, child, egg) and non-count nouns (nouns that cannot be counted, e.g. rice, milk, music, water).
Form plural forms of regular count nouns by adding s or es (e.g. table to tables, box to boxes).
Form plural forms of irregular count nouns that change their spelling or word entirely (e.g. child to children, man to men, goose to geese) and identify nouns that do not change at all (e.g. sheep, fish, deer).
Use proper nouns, common nouns, count and non-count nouns, and singular and plural nouns correctly in sentences about Ghanaian festivals and everyday situations.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Using Writing Conventions/grammar Usage (Strand 5)
Sub-strand: Naming Words/Nouns (5.3)
Content standard: B5.5.3.1 - Apply knowledge of different types of nouns in communication
Indicator: B5.5.3.1.2 - Identify and use proper nouns to refer to festivals; common nouns:
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.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 140
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Count/non-count
- Singular
- Plural (regular, irregular)
- plural without plural marker
Proper nouns
- Introduce the concept in context.
e.g. Christmas is coming. The people of Ga celebrate Homowo.
Count and non-count nouns.
- Revise the concept of proper nouns and common nouns giving and eliciting several examples. (Proper nouns refer to particular nouns such as names of
people, places, mountains, etc.)
- Provide a text and let learners identify count and non-count nouns.
- Have groups use the nouns identified in simple sentences.
- Invite groups to present their work. Singular and Plural (regular, irregular) nouns
- Introduce singular and plural nouns in context.
E.g. I need a table. Can you give me one of these tables? This child looks sick, but those children look healthy.
- Have learners read the sentences and observe the underlined words.
- Show pictures of objects/people to help learners identify regular and irregular nouns.
E. g. picture of a child and a picture of children.
- Guide learners to discover the difference between regular and irregular plural forms:
- Regular count nouns take s or es to form their plural.
E.g. table - tables, chair - chairs
- Irregular count nouns are nouns that do not take s or es to form their plural.
E.g. child - children; ox - oxen; man - men; goose - geese
Put learners into groups
- Have groups construct sentences with given singular and plural nouns and share their work with the class.
Plural nouns without plural markers
- Have learners discover the plural nouns without plural markers in context.