Lesson Plan of Nouns from Environment

LESSON PLANNING OF USE OF NOUNS FROM IMMEDIATE AND EXTENDED ENVIRONMENT

Subject English

Grade 5^th

Students` Learning Outcomes

Recall and demonstrate use of more common, countable and uncountable, collective nouns from immediate and extended environment.

Information for Teachers

Students have studied these types of nouns in Grade 3 and Grade 4. This lesson therefore is a revision of common, countable and uncountable, collective nouns.

Enhance students` vocabulary on types of nouns through the use of more nouns from immediate and outside the class environment; school, home, town, city, etc.

Definition of countable nouns: countable nouns can be counted; they have a singular and plural form.

Example:

Uncountable nouns (also called mass nouns) can`t be counted. For example, we can`t count “milk”. We can count “bottles of milk” or “liters of milk”, but we can`t count “milk” itself.
Examples: Music, art, love, happiness, advice, information, news, furniture, luggage, rice, sugar, butter, water, electricity, gas, power, money, currency.
Uncountable nouns usually don`t have a plural form. They are used with a singular verb, we can`t say sugars, music, knowledge, etc.

Examples: I have some news for you. This information is very useful.

We can`t use ‘a/an’ with these nouns to express a quantity of uncountable nouns, we use a word or expression like : some, a lot of, a piece of, a bit of, a box of, a bar of, a bottle of , etc.
Common nouns are general names. They aren`t capitalized unless they begin a sentence.

Examples: country, chair, girl, boy, school, city.

Collective nouns are nouns that refer to things or people as a unit or group. Nouns that name a group of people, place or thing are called collective nouns.

While teaching the lesson, the teacher should also consult textbook at all steps where and when applicable.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk /marker, duster, textbook, worksheet for each student

Introduction

Revise previously learnt types of noun by asking students: what are nouns? Give some examples of common nouns. What are countable and uncountable nouns?
Invite a few students to board and ask them to write examples (words, sentences) of common nouns, countable and uncountable nouns, and collective nouns.
Help students recall the concepts if they have difficulty in recalling them.
Explain with examples the way to count uncountable nouns.
Write more examples of each noun type on the board. For example book, grass, window, door, cement, sand. Make the following table on the board and ask students to sort them out under the columns given below.

Go through each collective noun with students and teach pronunciation.
Tell the class that they will do three written exercises to practice the noun types.

Development

Activity 1

(If photocopying of worksheets is not possible, students can write the sentences in their notebooks. The sample worksheets are provided at the end of the lesson plan.)
Write the sentences on the board or give each student a worksheet on collective nouns.
Explain the task to the students and ask them to do the worksheet or do the exercise in their notebooks.
Guide students if they need help.

Activity 2

Give the students worksheet. Give clear instructions.
If the worksheet could not be photocopied, write the exercise or some part of it on the board. Ask students to copy the sentences on the notebook.
Help students if they have difficulty in recognizing countable and uncountable nouns.

Activity 3

Sum up / Conclusion

Give students a quick recap by asking them about the definitions and examples of common, countable and uncountable and collective nouns.

Find the exercise related to the topic in the textbook. Students must do this exercise in the notebook or on the textbook.

Assessment

Assess students` ability to recall and demonstrate use of common, countable and uncountable nouns, and collective nouns through the correct responses given in the introduction activity.
Assess students` ability to use collective nouns through the correct nouns chosen in the activity 1.
Assess students` ability to identify countable and uncountable nouns in the activity 2.
Assess students` understanding of more countable nouns through the activity 3.
Assess students` ability to identify and use common nouns through the follow up activity.
Arrange a written quiz / activity to assess students` understanding of common, proper, countable, uncountable and collective nouns.
Identify the nouns in the sentences given below. Also write if it is countable, uncountable or collective noun.
Identify the nouns in the sentences given below. Also write if it is countable, uncountable or collective noun.

Follow up

learn the lesson for test in the following week. Solve activities about countable, uncountable and collective nouns given the textbook