This TopicQuest was designed for Kowaski and Vernetta
by Rontee Barnes, A Valdosta State University Preservice Teacher
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I hope you
have your back packs ready because we're going to take a trip. We are
on a treasure hunt to find nouns. The journey to finding nouns is fun
and full of learning. Nouns are all around us, but you have to pay
attention, or one just might get by you. So put on your hiking gear and
lets get started!
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The School House Rock |
1. Our first destination is the
School House Rock. Let's look around and see what nouns we can find
here. Are you ready. Click on the Yellow link and we'll be on our way. |
Ed. Helper |
2. Tired of walking,
let's take a
trip on the big yellow bus. He will take us to our next destination.
While riding the bus we will get a small overview of what a noun is and
also get a little practice in recognizing nouns. Click
on the yellow link above the yellow bus to test your skills.
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English
Online |
3. Feel like a
little conversation with Tara.Let's take a little pit stop at her
bungalow. Well guess what? Today's topic is nouns
and she is ready to give you all of the clues that you need, so that
you
can find the nouns that you are looking for. Click on the yellow link
above
Tara and let's see what she has to say. |
Bush
Elem. Class |
4.
Now that we have been searching for nouns for a while lets take a
break. Mrs. Bush has prepared a slide show for us to enjoy at
this rest stop. The yellow link will take you to her presentation.
Maybe
we'll learn a little more about nouns. |
Noun
Finders |
5.Many have took
this journey to find nouns. Just click on the yellow link and you'll
see
some
examples of the nouns that your fellow hunters collected on their
journey. Perhaps you all have collected some of the same nouns. |
Fact Dictionary |
6.Now that we are almost finish with
our journey let's go to our encyclopedia to make sure that the nouns
that we found are nouns by definition. Click the yellow link and we'll
see if
your nouns are truly genuine treasure. |
Misson  Today we have
geared up to go on a treasure hunt. We will be searching for
treasure. Not just any treasure but Nouns. What are nouns you say? Well
on this journey we will find the answer. Nouns are right in front of
you and you may not even know it. When you find a noun that you really
like, I want you to
make a drawing of it so that we can see what nouns you may have
stumbled upon on this journey. I also want you to place the drawings on
a map of the
places that we visited on our hunt for nouns. Are you ready ? Let's get
started. If you need assistance in finding nouns here are some good
websites to help you on your journey.
Fact Dictionary The School House Rock English Online |
| Mission Steps 1. Go on a journey through the links provided on a hunt to learn what nouns are and some of the different types 2.When you are aware of what nouns are then you will draw two pictures that you conceive to be nouns of a person , place or thing . 3.After drawing you will discuss what you drew and attach it to a map. You will also discuss why you believe the object is a noun. |
 Rontee's Home Page |
 rfbarnes@valdosta.edu |
VSU TopicQuest Pages |
TQ Lesson Plan |