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Llana Rose Legario [Unit Title] [Unit Length]

English/ Grade 4

Lesson: 1/ Determining Nouns: Proper or Common

Unit Overview
Main Idea (Claim) Summative Assessment
Students should understand every parts of the Matching Type: Students can identify and match
speech and identify them each on a sentence. In what parts of speech each of the word in a
connection to Biblical concept, as they learned sentence.Example: I sing.
how to communicate correctly and effectively, B 1. I a. verb
they will be able to understand the Word of the A 2. sing b. pronouns
Lord: who and what are the focus of the Bible
and what are the commandments.

Guiding Questions Objectives (know/understand/do/value)

What is noun? The student will . . .
What are proper and common nouns? Differentiate proper to common nouns
Which of proper or common noun a specified Identify Noun in a sentence
and a general one?
What role in a sentence does noun usually
takes place?
How can you make a common noun to proper
noun and vice versa?
Time Instructional Procedures and Strategies
Beginning the Lesson
3-5
mins. Class Opener
Today is the first day of the unit 1 in Grade 3. As the student enter the classroom, they
will be seen the word N_ _N (with missing letters). However there will be definition on
the board under it and with 10 strings around it. To review them of what they learned on
the previous year (Grade 3), they will read out loud the definition and try to figure out
what the word is. After figuring it out, they will say an example of noun in word or
phrases they can remember about Noun and the teacher will write on the board

The teacher will assist the students if ever they have a wrong example. The teacher will
ask help to those who can help in giving a right example. After everyone gave 10
examples, the teacher will introduce to them that they will be studying today about
NOUNS.

Developing the Lesson

2-3 Introducing Proper and Common Nouns
mins. To start the discussion, the teacher will show to the students a video clip about Common
(video) and Proper Nouns. After the video watching, the teacher will review the video by asking
the following questions:
8-10 What is Proper Nouns?
mins What is Common Nouns?
What is the first tip on identify common Nouns?
What is the second tip on identifying proper nouns?
Note: The sequel of answering the questions is base on passing the ball. The teacher
will be the first one to throw the ball, a student who can catch or the closest person where
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the ball falls will answer the question. Then the student who answered the question, will
be the one to throw the ball again for the next question.

10-12 Identifying Noun in a Sentence

mins. To continue the lesson, the teacher will present four sentence example:
Example No. 1: A boy danced last night.
Example No. 2: That ball is round.
Example No. 3: She is studying at Universitas Pelita Harapan
Example No. 4: Valentines Day is special to us.
The teacher will call for one student on each example to identify the nouns by underlining
it. After they all got the correct answer. Ask them what do they notice on each noun.
Does it refer to a person? Thing? Place? Or event? At the end on exchanging ideas, the
class will have to determine a way of identifying nouns. It is through looking to the words
in the sentence that falls under the four categories of nouns. In addition, they will notice
that most of the nouns serve as the main subject of the sentence.

Closing the Lesson

3-5 Quiz and Review
mins The teacher will distribute a paper to the students. There will be 3 item test. Their task is
to list all the nouns in the sentence and mark P for Proper Nouns and C for Common
Nouns.

1. Mary was so excited that she ran all the way home.
__________ __________
2. The teacher asked the student to report on the country of France.
__________ __________ __________ __________
3. Two friends water-skied on Lake Erie.
__________ ______________

3-5 After they are done with the quiz, they will check it. Upon checking it, it is the time for
mins. the teacher to review the lesson. The teacher will let students define the meaning of noun
again. Then, willing students to answer each item will be asked which in the sentence are
nouns and identify either a proper or common noun. The teacher will ask them Why do
you think it is a proper, or common noun?, What is the definition of proper/common
noun?

2-3 Preview of the next topic

mins. Before the students leave the class, the teacher will give a riddle for them. It will be their
assignment to identify what the riddle means so they will have an idea of the next lesson.
They will copy it on their notes and will be expected to have answer the next day.

HE is the Person we cannot be,

neveR for girl nOr apart from you aNd me
Only helps Usef or a boy to makes it better
or so dictates the law of eNglish grammar What is HE?
Formative Assessment Differentiation
to check their earlier knowledge, answering Instead of asking the question in the whole
the 10 examples of noun can check their class. The teacher will group them from the near
memory seat mate they have and try to answer the
Teacher will go at the back of the class where guiding questions.
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it could be visible to see who are attentive with

the video.
Students participate with no hesitation on
catching the ball to give an answer. Also
includes the accuracy of their answer to
determine either they listen to the video or not.
Students volunteer to share their ideas and
observation on the four sentence example.
Moreover, a student who can able to pick right
which is the right noun and classify it to either
person, place, thing or event.
To be able to determine the way of identifying
a noun in a sentence shows students critical
thinking and observation in the lesson.
The result of their test and being able to
answer review questions will show how much
they learn on the class
If there is time:
They will pair with their seat mates. They will
try to label the 10 example they made on Class
Opener if which one is Proper and Common
noun. This will be a race and the first 3 pairs
who can label them correctly and pass their
paper in the front could go home first.
For review:
Instead of asking them while checking the paper.
Their review could be done by finding out the
reason of their mistakes. The teacher will ask
them what is their mistakes and what supposedly
be the answers.

Resources
White Board, pen.
video source: https://youtu.be/2rIJ9w4UVJM
Ball
White board serve as a cover to the slide show so they could underline the nouns while the
examples flash on the screen.
Printed quiz