Bell Work!
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Get out one highlighter.
Get out your Abstract Noun Prewriting from yesterday.
With your Shoulder Partner, list as
many abstract nouns as you can in
1:14.
Outline
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Objective
Poems
Sharing
Collective nouns
Worksheet
Objectives
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Create three poems based on abstract nouns
(8.W.1)
If time allows: Identify collective nouns by
completing independent practice. (8.W.6)
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Homework is possible today.
How you will demonstrate learning…
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You will write three poems
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You will give peer feedback on those poems
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You will complete independent practice
Abstract Noun Poetry
Step One:
• Brainstorm a list of abstract nouns in your Composition
Notebook.
• Persistence
• Love
• Danger
• Fury
• Greed
• Sadness
Poems
Step Two:
• Choose three abstract nouns you want to write about.
• Persistence
• Fury
• Danger
Poems
Step Three:
• For each of the three abstract nouns you chose, write
a four- line poem in your Composition Notebook.
Use one of the two patterns provided and write it in
the form of the model.
Poems
• _abstract noun_ is __action-_ing __ __where or what_.
• TITLE is
• It smells like
• It tastes like
• It sounds like
• It feels like
• It lives
Persistence by Spider Man
Persistence is waiting patiently all night to fight only
one crime
Persistence is training harder than the bad guys
Persistence is running even when your lungs are on fire
Persistence is delivering justice when others won’t
“Danger is My Caffeine”
by Wolverine
Danger smells like hot coffee in the morning
Danger tastes like you drank your espresso before it
cooled
Danger sounds like a tea kettle singing
Danger feels like drinking ten Red Bulls
Danger lives in my hands
Silent IND Work Time
• Writing
• You may write as your super hero
Peer Feedback
• Be honest
• Be fair
• Be open
Objective
• Identify collective nouns by completing independent
practice. (8.W.6)
A noun is a word
that names a:
•person
•place
•thing
•idea
Proper Noun
A noun that names
a specific:
•person
•place
•thing
•idea
Happy Valley
Church
Timmy
Mr. Gatti’s Pizza
Newton’s Theory of Gravity
Common Noun
A noun that names
any:
•person
•place
•thing
•idea
Proper and Common Nouns:
Name a specific:
•person
•place
•thing
•idea
Common
Proper
Table
Brisbane Bayside College
Desk
Australia
Girl
Queensland
Dog
Brisbane
Collective Noun
A noun that names
a group of:
•people
•Things
•Eg, team, class,
committee
These collective nouns are commonly used under the category of people.
A class of students.
An army of soldiers.
A choir of singers.
A crew of sailors.
A band of musicians.
A bunch of crooks.
A crowd of people/spectators.
A gang of thieves.
A group of dancers.
A team of players.
The following collective nouns are used for animals.
An army of ants.
A flock of birds.
A school of fish.
A flock of sheep.
A herd of deer/cattle/elephants/goats/buffaloes.
A hive of bees.
A litter of cubs.
A team of horses.
A pack of wolves.
The following collective nouns are used for things.
A group of islands.
A galaxy of stars.
A forest of trees.
A stack of wood.
A fleet of ships.
A string of pearls.
An album of stamps/autographs/photographs.
A library of books.
A basket of fruit.
Can you identify
the type of noun
in each of these
sentences? Click
the correct answer.
Bobby walked to the
store late yesterday. What
type of noun is store?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun
That is incorrect! You
have Noun Madness!
Try again.
That is correct!
The committee met at
noon. What type of noun
is committee ?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Common noun
That is incorrect! You
have Noun Madness!
Try again.
That is correct!
We went to North
Carolina. What type of
noun is North Carolina?
Proper noun
Plural noun
Common noun
That is incorrect! You
have Noun Madness!
Try again.
That is correct!
The team has a game on
Saturday. What type of
noun is team?
Proper noun
Collective noun
Plural noun
That is incorrect! You
have Noun Madness!
Try again.
That is correct!
Independent Work
Page 32 of the worksheet from Monday - All
Objective
• Identify collective nouns by completing independent
practice. (8.W.6)
QUESTIONS?
Now is the time to ask, ladies and gentlemen.