Teaching Sheets

LITERACY Tuesday Grammar Sheet Proper nouns-common nouns Creative Writing(1st, 2nd,3rd person) and comprehension Read the Ugly Duckling to classWrite in 1st person from the ugly duckling’s perspective-introduce Hans Christian Anderson. Create poem with single feelings from story Baby swan is a cygnet! Why did he choose a swan? Thursday Dictation Hans Christian Anderson-biography Friday Spelling, cross words, finish work and country work. Choose a European country(kidspace) Games Consequences Charades Can’t say the word

PROPER NOUNS A proper noun is a specific name for someone or something. It tells exactly which person, place or thing we are referring to…it must begin with a capital letter….treat proper nouns with a bit of respect…all right!!!!!!! 1. In each of these sentences, at least one of the nouns is a proper noun and needs a capital letter. Put a capital letter in each place that it is needed. a. Our family dog, jossy, used to be called smokey. b. My brother lives on the mississippi river; his name is mervyn mcdorknut . c. Our school is called dunalley primary school and is in the south east of Tasmania. d. Emily, gemma and caroline go on a holiday to noosa every September. e. My ballet teacher’s name is barbara todd; she used to dance in the Australian ballet company. 1. Match each specific proper noun on the left to the more general common noun that also fits the person, place or thing that is identified. Draw a line to link each pair. Proper noun Common noun Dunalley Primary student Ms. Beams car Mum principal Dad school Mrs. Bignell mother Holden teacher Nicholas father 2. Circle as many common nouns as you can(there are nine), in this paragraph and put capitals in for the proper nouns. There is one trick….can you pick it up? There was a nervous giggle from one of the girls in the class, but otherwise everything went very quiet. The silence was broken by mr sharp giving a small cough, and then saying, ‘mrs jackson, I think tom should come along to my Office for a little chat about sensible behaviour.’