Enhance instruction with a video focusing on common and proper nouns. Go in depth into the types of nouns and the difference between common and proper. Follow up the learning portion of the video with an interactive pop quiz, and end the show with a review.

Concepts

common nouns, proper nouns, capitalization, nouns, Grammar

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Recreate the noun chart displayed in the video, then brainstorm additional common and proper nouns that can be added to it 
• Flip your classroom; assign the video as homework so class members come to class prepared to discuss and apply what they learned  
• Follow along with a laser pointer to direct pupils' attention to key details

Classroom Considerations

• A brief ad pops up at the beginning of the video

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The narrator's tempo is not too fast and easy to understand 
• The video is created with a clean design

Cons

• Slides contain a lot of information which may be overwhelming for some pupils

Common Core

L.3.1.a