Lesson Plan of Common and Proper Nouns English Grade 3

                                       Lesson Plan of Common and Proper Nouns

                                                        English Grade 3

                                             Students’ Learning outcomes

·         Recognize general naming words as common nouns and particular naming words as proper nouns.

·         Classify nouns as common and proper nouns (names of people, pets, places, holidays, etc.)

                             Information for Teachers

·         Nouns name people, places, and things.

·         Nouns can further be classified as common nouns and proper nouns.

·         The name of a common person, place or thing is called common noun. Common means, shared by all.

        For example: girl is the name of common ( shared by all) for all the girls of the world.

·         Common nouns do not begin with a capital letter unless they begin a sentence.

        For example: country, chair, girl, boy, school, burger, city, etc.

·         Proper nouns are the specific names of people, places, and things.

·         They begin with the capital letter.

        For example: Pakistan, Ali, Govt. High School, Lahore and Minar- e - Pakistan, etc.

                                         Material / Resources

            Chalks/markers, board, textbook and worksheets for all students 9if photocopy facility is not       available, write the sentences on the board)

           Activity 1

·         Ask the students the definition and example of nouns.

·         Make this chart on the board and ask any 2 or 3 students at random to give details.

Examples are given to aid the students:

Common nouns	Proper nouns
·         City	·         lahore
·         Tell the names of boys/men living there	·         Aslam/Ali/Ahmed
·         Tell the names of girls/women there	·         Faiza/Aneela/Alia

·         Ask the students to tell about all the things, people and places common nouns or proper nouns.

                                                           Development

                 Activity 2

·         Ask the students to choose a noun to write with each picture.

·         Then ask them to write ‘C’ for common noun and ‘P’ for proper noun in the given boxes.

·         National Park, Sana, Book, Badshahi Mosque, Table.

Sana             National park                 Badshahi Mosque           Book           Table           Activity 2 ·         Divide  the students into pairs, give each pair a worksheet( worksheet is given at the end of lesson plan). ·         Tell the students that they have to underline the common noun in each sentence. ·         Monitor pairs to make sure that each student is participating. Help the students where necessary.                                         Sum Up/ Conclusion ·         Conclude the lesson by telling the difference between common and proper noun.                                             Assessment ·         Assess students’ understanding of common nouns through their performance on the worksheet. ·         Check the list students make in the follow up activity  to assess their understanding of common nouns from the extended environment.                                                 Follow Up ·         Asl students to make a list of 10 common nouns and proper nouns that can be found in the market nearest to their homes (cloths jewellery, chocolates, shoes etc.                                  Common and Proper nouns   Name-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Class---------------------------------   Date---------------------------------------   Underline common and proper noun in each sentence  1: This is a school.                      2. This is a car.                   3. Go to the doctor.  4. I live in Bahawal Pur.             5. Its name is Mickey.      6. I want to eat ice Cream. 7. Mr. Aslam is very kind.           8. I have to two pencils.