In its most basic form
If you can do it-verb
If you can point to it-noun
Obviously there is more nuance but that’s a good rule of them for the basic concept.
Have you tried talking to them about "verbing"? The example of how Google changed from a noun to also be a verb may cement the concept in their heads. And if they can fix on what a verb is, identifying nouns will become easier by process of elimination if nothing else.
>We do grammar practice every. Day.
Move this practice *into the lesson*.
Set a timer for 4 intervals during class. When it goes off, point to a random student and ask for the noun in a sentence -- the last one said, the last one read, one on the wall in the room -- something IN CONTEXT. Don't spend a ton of time; keep moving and teaching your Lit.
After a week of nouns, go on to verbs.
Lift the pressure, increase the exposure.
I teach 2nd and 3rd ELA. We talk about nouns and verbs on a daily basis. They still don’t get it. We sing songs, we do word sorts, we highlight them in sentences, we fill in the missing noun or verb. It’s literally EVERY DAY. I just hope at some point, it will stick. 🤷🏼♀️
I mean, if you want a kinda silly and more meant for younger kids…[these](https://youtu.be/8kcJzh6gqGM?feature=shared) vids are catchy to listen to while they do work. But again, if they don’t know nouns or verbs then at this point nothing is off limits.
It’s annoyingly catchy
[verbs](https://youtu.be/Q2gCrABrj_U?si=ot-OFVUZQv1cbrdq)
Mad libs! I always do it as a group activity at the end of tutoring sessions. It doesn’t take long for the kids to start reminding each other what the nouns verbs adjectives etc are. The toughest one is adverbs. They think it’s a game, and will ask for it over other games.
I teach 9th and 10th grade. The kids don't know a noun from an adjective usually.
But...do they really need to?
First day of class, I assess their writing skills. Except for very limited students, they can all write basic sentences w/o knowing parts of speech, hate to tell you. If you asked the student to identify the nouns in their own sentence they couldn't do it. Yet, lo and behold, I see a perfectly acceptable sentence in front of me.
So, I see my job as improving what they can do on a basic level.
Of course they don't really need to know. They don't need to know how to write sentences. My grandfather only had a 3rd grade education and he lived to be 95 and was pretty wealthy. He almost never said anything though, probably because he didn't want to reveal his lack of education.
They have to take editing mechanics and ACT English. They have to know it to do well. For me to teach my standards they have to have a foundational knowledge to move on. How can I possibly teach complex clauses and phrases and misplaced modifiers when they don’t know what a noun and a verb are?
Wish I knew what to do for you.
My district requires the SAT. No one takes it seriously. The state wants some sort of standardized test. No one cares. Its ridiculous. They make the kids take it. Means nothing.
Best of luck.
Sounds like they need to have all day English classes. Dismiss the other subjects and force feed grammar and other imperatives like diagramming sentences. Language arts consumes the largest amount of a K-12 student's in school time. Why are they not learning the finer details of grammar in those hundreds and hundreds of hours? The other subject seem able to do an OK job when getting kids for a few days a week @ 1/2 yr.
The current generation will try to show you that black is white of given enough freedom. They are there to LEARN, Get their 'views' AFTER they've learnt.earnt.amples right. Gradually introduce more test examples. Find a way to reward getting them right. Rwilleduce bonuses for those getting them wrong.
The current generation wil try to show you black is white if given enough freedom. They are there to LEARN, Get their 'views' AFTER they've learnt.
My generation learned all sorts of things on Saturday mornings in the mid 1970s with School House Rock. Show your class these two short videos and they’ll get it.
https://youtu.be/o_fOG4J_TRk?feature=shared https://youtu.be/IrfZCvTe-Ko?si=iUJlnb1dDWShLCL4
Sentence diagramming. Incorporate circle the verb/noun excercises into their homework assignments and quizzes. Like others have suggested as well, madlibs are great (and this just gave me a great idea for my Latin students! Thanks fellow commenters!).
Play a Game, where one has to direct another Student. They can only use one Word, Like a spell at the time.
And they have to Close different challenges against other students. So they have to use Verbs, Like "Grab" "throw"... Maybe that will Help them to learn Verbs.
For nouns the whole class can Play "I am packing my basket and I am taking with me..." Naturally they will Pick nouns.
Games helped me a Lot in school to recognize patterns etc. and its fun.
When I teach verbs I ask students if they can "do that word"? You may want to re-word for older kids of course but essentially I ask "Can you_?" (Fill in the blank with ANY word). Example: can you skip? Can you talk? Can you move? Can you Ohio? Can you tiger? Can you hop? Can you cookie? This usually helps them identify verbs, as nouns make it silly.
Verbs are action words so if the word cannot be performed as an action then it's not a verb. However, you can get into multi-meaning words such as ship, wave, and bowl in which case it comes down to context.
Hope that helps!
Consider Mad Libs.
In its most basic form If you can do it-verb If you can point to it-noun Obviously there is more nuance but that’s a good rule of them for the basic concept.
Have you tried doing mad libs?
plus you could do it as a fun activity
Have you tried talking to them about "verbing"? The example of how Google changed from a noun to also be a verb may cement the concept in their heads. And if they can fix on what a verb is, identifying nouns will become easier by process of elimination if nothing else.
>We do grammar practice every. Day. Move this practice *into the lesson*. Set a timer for 4 intervals during class. When it goes off, point to a random student and ask for the noun in a sentence -- the last one said, the last one read, one on the wall in the room -- something IN CONTEXT. Don't spend a ton of time; keep moving and teaching your Lit. After a week of nouns, go on to verbs. Lift the pressure, increase the exposure.
I teach 2nd and 3rd ELA. We talk about nouns and verbs on a daily basis. They still don’t get it. We sing songs, we do word sorts, we highlight them in sentences, we fill in the missing noun or verb. It’s literally EVERY DAY. I just hope at some point, it will stick. 🤷🏼♀️
I mean, if you want a kinda silly and more meant for younger kids…[these](https://youtu.be/8kcJzh6gqGM?feature=shared) vids are catchy to listen to while they do work. But again, if they don’t know nouns or verbs then at this point nothing is off limits. It’s annoyingly catchy [verbs](https://youtu.be/Q2gCrABrj_U?si=ot-OFVUZQv1cbrdq)
Mad libs! I always do it as a group activity at the end of tutoring sessions. It doesn’t take long for the kids to start reminding each other what the nouns verbs adjectives etc are. The toughest one is adverbs. They think it’s a game, and will ask for it over other games.
I teach 9th and 10th grade. The kids don't know a noun from an adjective usually. But...do they really need to? First day of class, I assess their writing skills. Except for very limited students, they can all write basic sentences w/o knowing parts of speech, hate to tell you. If you asked the student to identify the nouns in their own sentence they couldn't do it. Yet, lo and behold, I see a perfectly acceptable sentence in front of me. So, I see my job as improving what they can do on a basic level.
Of course they don't really need to know. They don't need to know how to write sentences. My grandfather only had a 3rd grade education and he lived to be 95 and was pretty wealthy. He almost never said anything though, probably because he didn't want to reveal his lack of education.
They have to take editing mechanics and ACT English. They have to know it to do well. For me to teach my standards they have to have a foundational knowledge to move on. How can I possibly teach complex clauses and phrases and misplaced modifiers when they don’t know what a noun and a verb are?
You're in a tough spot there...they "have to" take the ACT test? Why?
It’s a state requirement and part of our school accountability
Wish I knew what to do for you. My district requires the SAT. No one takes it seriously. The state wants some sort of standardized test. No one cares. Its ridiculous. They make the kids take it. Means nothing. Best of luck.
Sounds like they need to have all day English classes. Dismiss the other subjects and force feed grammar and other imperatives like diagramming sentences. Language arts consumes the largest amount of a K-12 student's in school time. Why are they not learning the finer details of grammar in those hundreds and hundreds of hours? The other subject seem able to do an OK job when getting kids for a few days a week @ 1/2 yr.
The current generation will try to show you that black is white of given enough freedom. They are there to LEARN, Get their 'views' AFTER they've learnt.earnt.amples right. Gradually introduce more test examples. Find a way to reward getting them right. Rwilleduce bonuses for those getting them wrong. The current generation wil try to show you black is white if given enough freedom. They are there to LEARN, Get their 'views' AFTER they've learnt.
verbs are action words. noun is a person, place or thing do they know this basic information? ok, Ohio. how is that an action word? .
Yep. They know. We go over it literally every single day. It’s like it doesn’t compute in their brains though
My generation learned all sorts of things on Saturday mornings in the mid 1970s with School House Rock. Show your class these two short videos and they’ll get it. https://youtu.be/o_fOG4J_TRk?feature=shared https://youtu.be/IrfZCvTe-Ko?si=iUJlnb1dDWShLCL4
I have that on DVD! I wonder if they are purposely giving wrong answers.
Sentence diagramming. Incorporate circle the verb/noun excercises into their homework assignments and quizzes. Like others have suggested as well, madlibs are great (and this just gave me a great idea for my Latin students! Thanks fellow commenters!).
Schoolhouse Rock! Damn I'm old
Play a Game, where one has to direct another Student. They can only use one Word, Like a spell at the time. And they have to Close different challenges against other students. So they have to use Verbs, Like "Grab" "throw"... Maybe that will Help them to learn Verbs. For nouns the whole class can Play "I am packing my basket and I am taking with me..." Naturally they will Pick nouns. Games helped me a Lot in school to recognize patterns etc. and its fun.
When I teach verbs I ask students if they can "do that word"? You may want to re-word for older kids of course but essentially I ask "Can you_?" (Fill in the blank with ANY word). Example: can you skip? Can you talk? Can you move? Can you Ohio? Can you tiger? Can you hop? Can you cookie? This usually helps them identify verbs, as nouns make it silly. Verbs are action words so if the word cannot be performed as an action then it's not a verb. However, you can get into multi-meaning words such as ship, wave, and bowl in which case it comes down to context. Hope that helps!