*GROOVY GRAMMAR*

(GRAMMAR WITH A GROOVY THEME)

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an ability to define the different kinds of nouns.

• Describe a noun using adjectives only.

•What is a noun and an adjective?

Food Frisbee.• Aim of the game:1. Throw the frisbee to a fellow groover.2. Where the pad of the right thumb lands,

you have to name the word.For example, if your thumb lands on

‘adjective’ name an adjective: beautiful.

• PLEASE KEEP CASUALTIES TO A MINIMUM!

Aims

• To teach the basic grammar words of the noun and adjective, and give learners a basic understanding of these words and how they’re used.

•You have to learn to walk before you can boogie.

• (Noun (informal), a dance to pop or rock music)

Noun Match Game

• How to play the game:• Match each noun with its description and

example.• E.g.• Noun: Description: Example.

What is a noun?

• There are four types of noun:• Common: an object you can see or touch,

e.g. pen, table, car.• Abstract: thoughts, ideas, qualities or

emotion, e.g. peace, anger, truth.• Collective: one word indicating a collection

of people or objects, e.g. group, herd, queue.

• Proper: an individual name; a place a person or an object, e.g. Birmingham, Jane, Tower of London.

What is an adjective?

• An adjective (underlined) is a describing word. It tells us what a noun is like:

• Old book,• Sensible child,• Smelly socks.

Describe a noun game.

• Aim of the game:• Individually, write down as many adjectives

you can think of, in 3 minutes, to describe a peacock.

Describe a Peacock (using adjectives only).

Describe a Peacock (using adjectives only).

Feathery, Bright,

Colourful, Blue,Attractive, Dominant,Noisy, Beautiful,Proud, Shiny.

What were the outcomes for today’s class?

• Demonstrate an ability to define the different kinds of nouns.

• Describe a noun using adjectives only.

Conclusion

• Next lesson: verbs and adverbs.• Game show of ultimate funk!