Daily Bellringer8/24/15 #5

On Desk: pencil, red pen, highlighter, plot diagram for “The Homecoming”, writer’s notebook, AGENDA1. Write all assignments in your agenda for the week.

2. Go to a clean page in your Writer’s notebook and title the page “Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns.” Write the following in your WN:

A common noun names any one of a group of people, places, things, or ideas. Examples include: girl, city, dogs, chairs.

3. Give 5 examples of common nouns.

Daily Bellringer8/25/15 #6

On DESK: pencil, Writer’s Notebook, station answer sheet

1. Go to the “Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns” page in your composition book. Write the following:

A proper noun names a particular person, place, or thing. A proper noun always begins with a capital letter. Examples include: Lawrence Yep, China, “The Homecoming.”

3. Give 5 examples of proper nouns.

Daily Bellringer8/26/15 #7On DESK: pencil, red pen, highlighter, Writer’s Notebook1. Go to the “Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns” page in

your composition book. Write the following:A possessive noun shows ownership or possession. An apostrophe (‘) is used to form the possessive.

To form the possessive of a singular noun (naming one person, place, thing or idea) add an apostrophe and an “s”. For example: Doris’s dog, Georgia’s peach crop, Mrs. Crust’s classroom.2. Give 3 examples of possessive singular nouns. Write a sentence using one

possessive noun. Highlight the P.N.

Daily Bellringer8/27/15 #8On your desk: pencil, vocab triangle paper and lined paper with sentencesGo to the “Common, Proper, and Possessive Nouns” page in your composition book. Write the following:

To form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in “s,” just add the apostrophe at the end of the word. For example: five minutes’ time, the Beckmans’ address, the girls’ team.2. Give 3 examples of possessive plural nouns. Write one sentence using a

possessive noun. Highlight the P.N.

Daily Bellringer8/28/15

On desk: pencil, red pen, highlighter, reading log

Complete the worksheet on common, proper, and possessive nouns.