| You will find plenty of opportunities for your | | | | Ask your students to - |
| students to explore nouns if you focus on the | | | | - Write down a list of 5 abstract nouns for each |
| different types of nouns. | | | | of the following categories: feeling (anger, joy, |
| 1. Start with common nouns (also called concrete | | | | jealousy), quality (beauty, goodness, failure), state |
| nouns) - nouns that can be perceived by one of | | | | (freedom, luck, growth). |
| the five senses. | | | | 3. Explore the world of proper nouns. |
| Ask your students to - | | | | Ask your students to - |
| - Write down everything on and in your desk. | | | | - Write down a list of 10 or 20 proper nouns |
| - Write down in 5 minutes everything you can | | | | (things that have a unique identity). |
| see in the classroom. | | | | - Write down 5 proper nouns for each of these |
| - Work in groups of four to six and write down | | | | categories: towns, friend's names, famous people's |
| 100 things that can be seen in the classroom (use | | | | names, countries, songs, books, restaurants and |
| a large piece of pager and colored markers). | | | | brand names. |
| - Go outside and working in groups of four to six, | | | | - Fill a page with 20 scattered common nouns |
| write down 100 things that can be seen outside. | | | | (everyday items that can be perceived by the |
| - Write down a noun that starts with each letter | | | | sense) and 20 scattered proper nouns. Give this |
| of the alphabet. | | | | to another student and ask them to circle all the |
| 2. Explore the world of abstract nouns (things that | | | | proper nouns. |
| cannot be perceived by the senses). | | | | |