LESSON PLAN OF THE NOUN: GENDER

LESSON PLAN OF THE NOUN: GENDER

SUBJECT ENGLISH

GRADE VIII

One of the two sexes (male and female), 

especially when considered according to social and cultural differences rather than biological differences.

The term is also widely used to denote a group of identities that do not fit into the 

idea of ​​sustainable men and women.

"Situations that affect people of both sexes"

Grammar

Each class of nouns and pronouns (usually masculine, feminine, general, and neutral) (in languages ​​such as Latin, French, and German) is distinguished by the various conjugations they have and require in words related to their syntax. Gender grammar is very loose in relation to natural gender differences.

Although gender is used to describe socially constructed male and female characteristics, gender refers to biologically determined characteristics. People are born male or female, but learn to be male and female, transforming into male and female.

What in nature is called the difference of sex is in grammar called the difference of Gender.

[Boy, Girl], [Lion, Lioness], [Hero, Heroine], [Boy-friend, Girl-friend]. The first word of each pair denotes the name of a male and the second word of each pair denotes the name of female.

A noun that denotes a male is called the Masculine Gender. As,

                    {Boy}, {Lion}, {Hero}, {Boy-friend}, etc.

A noun that denotes a female is called the Feminine Gender, as such below:

                  {Girl},     {Lioness},      {Heroine},   {Girl-friend},

A noun that denotes either a male or a female is called the Common Gender. As,

Parent, Doctor, Baby, Infant, Friend, People, Servant, Thief, Enemy, Cousin, Orphan, Student, Doctor, Teacher, Police, Neighbor,

A noun that denotes things without life is called the Neuter Gender. As,

Book, Pen, Chair, Table, Room, Gold, Silver, Iron, Knife, Shirt, Coat,

Though ‘tree’ is not lifeless, yet it is neuter gender in English.

Determiners are used with nouns to clarify the noun. They are used, as;

a)      To define something or someone.

The girl in the red hat

The dog with the long tail

b)      To state the amount of people, things or other nouns, as;

There are five people in the room.

There were a lot of flowers in the garden.

c)      To state possession, as;

I like my dress

This is her purse.

d)     To state how things or people are distributed, as;

The boys each got two cakes.

There are more students that study in the school.

e)      To state something or someone is specific, as;

I want the new pen. I don`t want the old pen.

I live in the big house at the end of the block.

Therefore, there are four kinds of Gender and 50 different determiners in the English Language. They include, as; Articles,             as; a, an, the

                           Demonstratives, as; this, that, there, those, which

                           Possessives, as; my, your, our, their, her, whose,

                           Quantifiers, as; few, a few, many, much, each, every, some, any,

                           Numbers, as; one, two, three, four, five,

                           Ordinals, as; first, second, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, last, next

RULES OF CHANGING GENDERS

Generally there are four rules for changing Masculine Genders of Noun into Feminine Gender:

[1] Some “Masculine Nouns” have “Feminine Nouns” of totally different words, as;

Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Father Brother Boy Uncle Nephew Husband Man Male Gentleman Lord King Bachelor Monk cock	Mother Sister Girl Aunt Niece Wife Woman Female Lady Lady Queen Maiden, spinster Nun hen	Son Sir Bull, ox Dog Fox Horse Boar Buck Drake Drone Gander Ram Stag wizard	Daughter Madam Cow Bitch Vixen Mare Sow Doe Duck Bee Goose Ewe Hind witch

 

[2] Some “Masculine Nouns” take the addition of “-ess” to form their “Feminine Nouns “, as;

Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Author Baron Count Giant Heir Host Jew Lion Manager	Authoress Baroness Countess Giantess Heiress Hostess Jewess Lioness Manageress	Mayor Patron Peer Poet Priest Prophet Shepherd Steward Viscount	Mayoress Patroness Peeress Poetess Priestess Prophetess Shepherdess Stewardess Viscountess

 

[3] In some “Masculine Nouns” the vowels followed by the last letter is removed and “ess” is added to that last letter for making “Feminine Nouns”, as;                                                                                           

Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Actor Abbot Duke Emperor Governor God Hunter	Actress Abbes Duchess Empress Governess Goddess Huntress	Instructor Master Prince Seamster Songster Tiger waiter	Instructress Mistress Princess Seamstress Songstress Tigress Waitress

 

[4] “Feminine Nouns” of some “Masculine Nouns” are formed by some addition or alteration, as;

Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Boy-friend He-goat He-bear Bull-calf Bridegroom Son-in-law Father-in-law Brother-in-law	Girl-friend She-goat She-bear Cow-calf Bride (exception) Daughter-in-law Mother-in-law Sister-in-law	Grandfather Great-uncle Step-brother Man-servant Milk-man Peacock Landlord Washer -man	Grandmother Great-aunt Step-sister Maid-servant Milk-woman Peahen Landlady Washer-woman

 

[5] Sometimes Feminine forms are made by adding [a, ine, ix] etc.

Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Hero Sultan Signor	Heroine Sultana Signora	Administrator Executer Prosecutor Testator	Administratrix Executrix Prosecutrix Testatrix

Note –

a)      Objects without life are often personified and then they are regarded as males or females.

b)      The Masculine Gender is often applied to objects remarkable for strength or power;

The Sun, Summer- Winter, Death, Time etc.

The Sun sheds his beams on the rich and the poor alike.

c)      The Feminine Gender is often applied to objects remarkable for beauty and gracefulness; as; The Moon, The Earth, Nature, autumn, spring, Liberty, etc.

The Moon has hidden her face behind the cloud.

d)     A ship is always spoken of as Feminine Gender; as;

The ship lost all her boats in the storm.

e)      Collective Nouns, even when they denote living beings, are considered of the Neuter Gender, as,

The army showed its strength.

f)       Lower animals are often considered as Neuter Gender, as;

The mouse cut the rope with its teeth.

Some more words denoting male or female are, as;

Masculine	Feminine
Mr./Mr (with or without full stop) Master	Mrs. /Mrs (with or without full stop) Miss

 

Common Gender

Common Gender		Common Gender
Baby Bird Child Cattle Clerk Cousin Deer Enemy Sheep Fowl Friend Infant Minister President		Monarch Mouse Neighbor Orphan Person Pupil Rat Relation Reader Singer Student Thief Teacher Falcon