Download File - 7th Grade Global Studies

In this lesson, students define nouns, verbs and adjectives, then
categorize words they have been working with in the China unit.
Materials
word bank
worksheet, see below
pencils
chart
chart paper
marker
Procedure
Discuss, define and chart the words noun, proper noun, verb and adjective.
Have the students form a working definition of each with examples. Write
some sample sentences and have students identify nouns, proper nouns,
verbs and adjectives.
When the students are comfortable identifying nouns, proper nouns, verbs
and adjectives, download, reproduce and distribute the worksheet (below)
for each student. Have the students use the word bank to categorize some
words onto the worksheet. The teacher can choose words for younger
students.
Name _________________ Date ____________________
Words About China
Nouns
A noun is a person, a place or a thing.
People
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Places
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Things
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Verbs
A verb shows action.
Action Words
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Adjectives
An adjective describes a noun.
Describing Words
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Word Bank
Content area words relating to the study of China
abacus, Asia, acupuncture, ancestor, artisan, art, acrostic
bamboo, Beijing, bicycles, Buddha, basin, brochure
China, chopsticks, calligraphy, characters, Confucius,
courtyard houses, communist, concrete, Chiang Kai-shek,
communes, China Sea, Cultural Revolution, culture, camel,
compass, Canton, canal, contract labor, California, continent,
country, celebration
dim sum, dragon, desert, dynasty, dragon boats, dumplings
emperor, elders, elephants, exercise, emigration, exclusion
Forbidden City, fan, firecrackers, farms, factories, fishing,
festivals, folk tale, fairy tale, fractions, flag, folk art, fortune
Great Wall of China, Gobi Desert, gunpowder, giant pandas,
Guangzhou, Guilin, gold rush
Hong Kong, Himalayas, Hwang He River, hutongs, Hongwu
ideograms, Imperial Palace, Islam, inventions, immigrants
Japanese invasion, junk, jade
kite, Kublai Khan, kowtow, karaoke
lantern, lotus, Lanzhou, lisee
Mount Everest, Mao Zedong, Manchu, Marco Polo, Ming
Dynasty, Mongols, Mongolia, monsoon, Mahjong, millet, Muslims,
moat, Moon Festival, museum, mandala, monks, maps, mountains
noodles, Nepal, nomads, new year, nursery rhymes
origami, oxen, oasis or oases
panda, Plateau of Tibet, ping pong, paddies, pagoda, paper,
People's Republic of China, poetry, postcard, paper cuts
Qin Dynasty, Qing Dynasty
rice paddies, revolution, republic, rickshaw, reincarnation,
relief map, red envelope
Silk Road, scrolls, silk, Spring Festival, superstitions, silk
worms, sampan, steppes, South China Sea
Tibet, Taklimakan Desert, tea, tangrams, temples, Taiwan,
traditions, Tibetan Plateau, tigers, trade, Tiananmen Square, time
umbrellas
wheelbarrow, wontons, wok, water buffalo, writing
Xin Nian Jie (New Year), xiang qi (Chinese chess)
Yangtze River, Yellow River, Yeh-Shen, yak, Yin and Yang,
yurt
zodiac, zhongqiu jie (mid Autumn feast), zones