Day/Date: Thursday / 22nd August 2013

Time/Duration: 1 hour

Year 3

Number of Pupils 30

Level Intermediate

Units/Themes/Topics: Grammar

“Common and Proper Nouns”

Skills: 5.1 Nouns

5.1.3 Common Nouns

5.1.4 Proper Nouns

Objectives By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Tell the difference between common nouns and proper nouns

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Orally identify at least 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns.

2. Arrange common nouns and proper nouns according to category correctly.

3. Underline and circle the correct common and proper nouns in the worksheet

given.

CCTS 1. Comparing and contrasting

2. Classifying

Moral Values: 1. Cooperation

2. Attentiveness

Teaching Materials: 1. Pictures.

2. Manila Card.

3. Flashcards.

4. 6 envelopes containing flashcards.

5. Worksheets 1 & 2

6. Tack-it

Prior Knowledge/Skills Pupils know a number of naming words for people, places and things such as cat,

girl, boy, names of people they know

Stage Teaching Strategy Language Content Notes

Set Induction

(3 minutes)

1. Teacher puts up some pictures.

2. Pupils identify the names of the items

in the picture.

“Look at these pictures.”

“Can you tell me what they

are?”

Expected answers:

Cat, mosque, boy, girl, Dora,

Diego, apple, pen

TM:

Pictures (Appendix

A) :

(i) cat

(ii) girl (Dora)

(iii) boy (Diego)

(iv) mosque

(v) apple

(vi) pen

Presentation

(15 minutes)

1. Teacher introduces the topic for the

day.

2. Teacher pastes a piece of manila card.

3. Teacher gives short explanation of

what common and proper nouns are.

4. Pupils are shown examples of common

and proper nouns through the use of

flashcards.

5. Teacher explains how common nouns

are different from proper nouns.

6. Pupils take turns to try and arrange

flashcards according to common nouns

and proper nouns.

“Today we are going to learn

about Common Nouns and

Proper Nouns.”

Teacher writes title on board.

Common noun: Names any

thing, place or person

e.g. boy, girl, mosque, pen,

pencil, bananas, cat

Proper noun: names a specific

person, place or thing. The first

letter must always be

capitalised.

e.g. Malacca, Aisyah, Si

Comot

TM:

1. Manila card.

2. Flashcards

(Appendix B).

3. Tack-it

CCTS :

Comparing &

contrasting

Moral Values :

Attentiveness

LO1

Practice

(20 minutes)

1. Pupils gather in groups of five (6

groups)

2. Each group is given one envelope with

a number of flashcards.

3. Pupils must arrange all the nouns

provided in the envelope according to

the two categories of nouns.

4. The flashcards must be pasted on the

manila card provided using tack-it.

5. Pupils are given 12 minutes to

complete the task.

6. After the task is done, the manila cards

will be pasted in front of the class for

everyone to see.

7. Teacher and pupils check to see if the

answers are correct.

“Class, please make six groups,

five members in a group.”

“Each group will get 1

envelope, 1 manila card and

some tack-it.”

Teacher gives instruction.

“You must arrange all the

common nouns together and

the proper nouns together.”

Teacher shows example.

“Paste the answers in the table

provided in the manila card.”

“You have 12 minutes to finish

this task.”

“When you have finished,

paste your manila card on the

board.”

TM :

APPENDIX B

1. 6 envelopes

containing

flashcards

(Appendix C)

2. 6 manila cards

with tables.

3. Tack-it for each

group.

CCTS :

Classifying

Moral Values :

Cooperation

LO2

Production

(17 minutes)

1. Each pupil is given a worksheet to

work on.

2. Pupils read the instructions together,

repeating after teacher. They must find

the common nouns and proper nouns

in the sentences provided.

“I am going to give each

person one worksheet.”

“Underline the common nouns

and circle the proper nouns.”

TM :

Worksheet 1 and 2

CCTS :

Classifying

3. They must underline the common

nouns and circle the proper nouns.

4. If they can finish the task quickly, they

will be given a second worksheet to

work on. Here, they must find the

proper nouns and capitalise the first

letter of the words.

LO3

Closure

(5 minutes)

1. Teacher asks pupils to state what they

have learnt today.

2. Teacher gives some words and pupils

must state what type of noun they are.

“So class, what did you learn

today?”

“Can you tell me if

___________ is a proper noun

or a common noun?”

Moral Values :

Attentiveness

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

LUQMAN

SISTER

MALACCA

CLINIC

HOSPITAL PONTIAN

DOCTOR

TOYOTA VIOS

LAMB

PENCIL

BRIDGE

APPENDIX C

FROG

CAR

PEPSI

KEY

AISYAH

BAG

MATHEMATICS

SPIDERMAN

SHOES

PROTON

WORKSHEET 1

Name : ____________________________________ Date : ____________

Class : ________________

Instructions: Underline the common nouns and circle the proper nouns.

1. Syahrizan likes to eat bananas.

2. Muslims celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri in

Syawal.

3.Elephants have long trunks.

4.My father likes to plant trees.

5.I like to watch Spongebob Squarepants.

6.Alor Gajah is situated in Malacca.

7.Noriza and Suhana are good friends.

8.English is my favourite subject.

9.Lions are fierce animals.

10. Syahmi’s house is very big.WORKSHEET 2

Name : ____________________________________ Date : ____________Class : ________________

Instructions: Find the proper nouns and capitalise the first letter of the words.

1. kudin decided to go to haji leman’s house.

2. sara woke up early to go to school.

3. ali and abu like to eat ice-cream.

4. a mermaid was found at teluk chempedak,

pahang.

5. today is thursday.

6. father wants to go to celcom centre.

7. in arabia, there was a fisherman named

abdullah.

8. my sister bought red roses from the flower

shop.