Nouns for Names - PowerPoint

In the 'Nouns for Names' PowerPoint, primary school teachers are equipped with a resource to help students understand and identify nouns within their reading. The lesson sets out to define nouns as naming words, which can refer to people, places, or things. Students are presented with clear examples: 'person' is exemplified by 'girl', 'thing' by 'blackboard', and 'place' by 'classroom'. The interactive nature of the PowerPoint encourages students to come up with their own examples of nouns, categorising them into people, such as 'boy', 'girl', 'farmer', 'clown', 'doctor', things like 'car', 'flower', 'pizza', 'cat', 'candle', and places including 'zoo', 'hospital', 'beach', 'garage', 'classroom'.

The lesson continues with a practical exercise where students read sentences and identify the nouns within them, clicking on words to reveal if they have chosen correctly. Sentences range from simple ones like "I love my dog" to more complex ones such as "The boy played his guitar loudly". To further reinforce the concept, students are tasked with underlining nouns in various sentences, with a reminder that there could be multiple nouns in a single sentence. This exercise includes a variety of sentences to underline nouns related to people, places, and things, such as "The sun was too hot" or "Sarah found the film very frightening". The PowerPoint concludes by reiterating the definition of a noun, cementing the idea that it is the name of a person, place, or thing.