*GROOVY GRAMMAR*

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GROOVY GRAMMAR

• (GRAMMAR WITH A
• GROOVY THEME)

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Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an ability to define the different
  kinds of nouns.
• Describe a noun using adjectives only.

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• What is a noun and an adjective?

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Food Frisbee.

• Aim of the game
• Throw the frisbee to a fellow groover.
• 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!

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Aims

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

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• You have to learn to walk before you can boogie.
• (Noun (informal), a dance to pop or rock music)

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Noun Match Game

• How to play the game
• Match each noun with its description and example.
• E.g.
• Noun Description Example.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Describe a Peacock (using adjectives only).
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Describe a Peacock (using adjectives only).

• Feathery, Bright,
• Colourful, Blue,
• Attractive, Dominant,
• Noisy, Beautiful,
• Proud, Shiny.

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What were the outcomes for todays class?

• Demonstrate an ability to define the different
  kinds of nouns.
• Describe a noun using adjectives only.

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Conclusion

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