Today we reviewed the noun as a part of speech.
- Students received progress reports. A blank means I have not yet scored the assignment. EX means the student is exempt and does not have to complete the assignment. 30 means the student did not turn in the assignment (I use 30 instead of zero because it makes more sense mathematically to show what kind of student you are).
- Students worked together to identify nouns in a passage from the class set of Writer’s Choice books.
- Students worked independently to fill in the concrete, abstract, or proper nouns in this passage (if you’re absent you should do this!):
Thanksgiving Day
The festive [abstract] of the Thanksgiving [concrete] filled our [concrete]. [Proper and concrete] told us the [common] of the [proper] who prepared the first Thanksgiving feast. All of the young [common] listened. The table, set with our best [concrete], held steaming platters of [concrete] and [concrete]. For [common] each of us had a generous [common] of [concrete.
After dinner we sat by the blazing [concrete] and [Proper and concrete] told us that it was President Lincoln who declared Thanksgiving an official holiday. Then we turned on the [concrete] and watched [proper and concrete]. Later that [common], we agreed that we had had so much good [abstract] we wished that [proper] came more than once a year.
Concrete: object that occupies space or that can be recognized by any of the senses.
Abstract: an idea, a quality, or a characteristic.
Proper: a particular person, place, thing, or idea.
Common: the general–not the particular–name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
HW: Complete Exercise 15 (above) homework. Read “The Giant Water Bug.” Bring Writer’s Notebook.
ALEXA GARVOILLE 