Download More nouns (Nominative, direct object, and indirect object)

WARM UP
 List all the ABSTRACT nouns that “SLOWM” discussed:
Hint: What THEMES/TOPICS/ISSUES did the story hint at?
 E.g., masculinity
 Dreams, ambition, escapism, reality, fantasy, imagination,
marriage, masculinity, dissatisfaction, disrespect, the
common man, drudgery, boredom, adventure, insecurities,
identity issues, memory, heroism, self -esteem, reactivity.
 What do you think it was saying about reactivity? Write a few
sentences on this topic.
 Independence: it’s better to be yourself and be independent
because if not, other people are going to tell you who to be.
MORE NOUNS (NOM, DO,
IO, POS, OP)
REVIEW: LAST WEEK’S QUIZ
Most common errors:
 Points were deducted if you capitalized a common noun. Be
INTENTIONAL about your academic writing (that’s the
dif ference between normal and academic writing).
 Pre- AP English:
 “English” is a proper noun. Languages, ethnicities, and races are
always capitalized (for fear of offending someone).
 “God” is capitalized, “gods” is not (common form, not a name).
 Nice double explanation of “bubble” as both concrete AND abstract; if
you said bubble was just concrete, that’s ok too as long as you were
thorough and used both words.
 Standard English:
 Wednesday is concrete (it begins and ends)
 Nice that almost everyone tried the bonus question! Almost everyone
got it right!
MORE NOUNS: WHY?
 They are the basic building blocks to more elaborate and
intricate sentences
NOUN CASES
Nouns can be used in many ways (cases):
 Case 1 . As nominatives (NOM) (subjects; main “doer” of the
sentence)
 E.G.: Sheila gave.
 Case 2. As direct objects (D.O.) (completes a verb)
 E.G.: Sheila gave a pencil.
 Case 3. As indirect objects (I.O) (receives the D.O.)
 Sheila gave a pencil to Monica.
 OR, Sheila gave Monica a pencil.
 Case 4. As object of the preposition (O.P.) (come after
position words)
 Sheila gave a pencil to Monica before the test.
 Case 5. Possessive noun (P0S) (Ownership)
 Sheila gave a pencil to Monica before Mrs. Orozco’s test.
MORE INFO ON #1. NOMINATIVES
 Two types of NOMs:
 Subject (S):
Doer of the sentence
 E.g. Carlos sits on the couch.
 Into the very late hours of the night, Mrs. Orozco grades papers.
 In spite of not understanding the concept, the student tried to do his
homework.
 Predicate Nominative (PN):
Noun that RENAMES/DESCRIBES the doer, located in predicate (After verb)
 Usually after a form of “be” (is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been )
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E.g., The woman is a teac her.
The computer was a Dell.
I am president of the Spanish club.
They were athletes on the football team.
All the girls in the class were friends.
He was being immature.
Albert remained a good student throughout college.
PRACTICE
 Write all the nouns in each sentence (Don’t write the sentence; it
takes too long). Label them according to their case. Use the
abbreviations we discussed.
 EXAMPLE: Have the team’s uniforms arrived?
 ANSWER: team’s= POS, uniforms=S
 1 . The mechanic promised to deliver the car to Marion by noon.
 2. Today, Adele put the books on the shelves for her mom.
 3. We gave Allen and Dominique our tape; the couple will
preview our demo tonight.
 4. The trees are shedding their leaves.
 5. The president’s speech gave Congress food for thought.
 6. The newly elected class president is Alice.
 7. Finish drawing up the plans for your new swimming pool.
ANSWERS
 1 . The mechanic promised to deliver the car to Marion by
noon.
 mechanic=S, car=DO, Marion=IO and OP, noon=OP
 2. Today, Adele put the books on the shelves for her mom .
 Adele=s, books=DO, shelves=OP or IO, mom=IO and OP
 3. We gave Allen and Dominique our tape; the couple will
preview our demo tonight.
 We=S, Allen, Dominique=IO, tape=DO, couple=S, demo=DO
 4. The trees are shedding their leaves .
 Trees=S, Leaves=DO
 5. The president’s speech gave Congress food for thought.
 President’s=POS, speech=S, Congress=IO, Food for thought = DO
 6. The newly elected class president is Alice.
 President=S, Alice=PN
 7. Finish drawing up the plans for your new swimming pool .
 (You)=S, plans=DO, pool=OP (for)
TOMORROW’S ASSIGNMENT
 You will be completing pages ___ --____ in the WriteSource
Grammar Workbooks in class.
 These WILL be graded based on number correct (substitute)
 Put an asterisk near any that you feel are dif ficult so we can
go over them in class; I will only review a few of them.
 Pre- AP: Please bring your HOMS novels as well
 Regular:
SIMPLE SENTENCES (INDEPENDENT
CLAUSES)