A Lesson Plan in English (Language)

Grade IV
Prepared by: Bella Josie T. Limbaga
I.

Objectives:
At the end of the 60-minute lesson, at least 80% of the Grade 4
pupils must have:
a. differentiated common and proper nouns;
b. recognized common and proper nouns; and,
c. rewritten a paragraph by observing proper capitalization of the first letter of
proper nouns and not capitalizing the first letter of common nouns.

II.

Subject Matter:
Topic:
Reference:

Proper Nouns and Common Nouns

English Language Power, the New grade 4 by Mara Teresa C.
Valera del
Rosario
and Vilma S. Dominguez, pp.
21- 24
Materials:
copies of organizer, copies of the rubrics, worksheets
Values Infused: Cooperation
III.
Procedure:
A. Before the Lesson
The teacher will do the daily routines and check the attendance. The teacher will give
an activity based on the previous lesson.
Teachers Activity
Pupils
Activity
a. Review
Good morning,
Good morning Ms. Limbaga!
class!
Class, before
we begin our We discussed
lesson, let us about nouns.
see if you can Nouns
are
still recall what naming words
we
have and they name
discussed
persons,
yesterday.
events, names,
What did we and places.
discuss?
And what are
nouns?
b. Motivation
I will divide The nouns are:
the class into month
two groups and brother
I have here mango

some words. I
want you to
identify
the
nouns in these
group
of
words.
Whoever
identifies the
most number
of nouns wins.
Write
your
answer in any
piece of paper.
You will then
recite
your
answers as a
group. Are you
ready?
Here are the
words.

vase
father
mother

month beautiful
jump
8AM
Daniel
brother sad
swim
yesterday CocaCola
Palawan
Malaybalay City Snow White
Tuesday
in
the
vase
mango father mother

B. During the Lesson

The teacher will explain the lesson and elaborate on the concepts.
Teachers Activity
Pupils Activity
c. Presentation
Class since we have learned what nouns are,
we will go deep into nouns. We will now learn
about the classification of nouns.
d. Discussion
As what you can see on the board, there are
two columns which are composed of the
different nouns that we got from the paragraph
we have read. Does anyone have any idea why There are two columns because
they are grouped according to
are they in two columns and not one?
Very good. This means that nouns are classification.
classified into two groups. What can you
observe from the first column that is different
from the second column?

Correct. In the first column the words begin

with a small letter. And this is the first
classification of nouns, we call them, common
nouns.
Common nouns name persons, animals,
places, or things in general. Like the words in
the first column. Can you give some examples
of your own?
What can you say about the second column?
Good observation. Yes, in the second column
the words begin with a capital letter, this
second classification of nouns is known as
proper nouns. Proper nouns name particular
persons, animals, places, or things. Like the
words in the second column. Can anyone give
some examples?
For instance, the word shoes, is a common
noun, since it does not give a specific name of
what shoes. But, if we say, Gibi or Vans, we
now call those words as proper nouns.
Do you have any question before I continue?
Very well. I have here more examples of
proper nouns, give your examples.
1. Name of days, months and holidays
Sunday
April
Independence
2. Geographical
names:
cities,
countries,
continents, and the like
Baguio
Philippines Asia
3. Languages and dialects
English
Filipino Ilonggo
4. Names of streets, roads, avenues, and boulevards
Tandang Sora
Taft Avenue
Airport Road
Dewey Boulevard
5. Nationalities and ethnic communities
Filipino
Canadian
Maranao
6. Titles of books, paintings, plays, and movies
Noli Me Tangere
Miss Saigon
Spolarium
Mulan
7. Titles of newspapers and magazines
The Manila Bulletin
Time
National Geographic
8. Names of organizations
Girl Scout of the Philippines
World Health Organization
9. Personal names
Mary Felicity
Benigno Semion
Aquino III
10. Names of religions
Christianity
Iglesia ni Kristo
Islam

e. Exercises

The first letter of each word in

the first column are written in a
small letter.

Examples are flowers,

months, hospital, etc.

days,

The words in the second column

begin with a capital letter.
Examples are London, Liza,
Philippines, Roman Catholic, etc.
We have none miss.

Monday, New Year

Malaybalay, Europe
Japanese, Cebuano
Cudal St., Fortich St.
American, Hiligaynon
Mona Lisa, Cinderella
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Forbes
Boy Scout of the Philippines
Bella, Kathryn Bernardo
Roman Catholic, Buddhism

Group yourselves into groups of five. I will

give each member a different color of pen, one
member should answer one item and lets see
if you can identify the proper and common
nouns from the following sentences. List them
in the column that I will provide.
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

Agapito Flores was the Filipino who invented the

fluorescent lamp.
Mr. Baul, our librarian, takes care of our books.
Mrs. Corazon Aquino and Joseph Estrada became
presidents of our country.
Radio Veritas Asia broadcasts news in different
languages, such as Sinhala, Urdu, Hindi, and Tamil
among others.
The wounded pawikan found on the seawall near Luneta
Grandstand was transferred to the Manila Zoo and taken
care of by the zookeepers.

f. Generalization
What are the classifications of nouns?
What are proper nouns?
What are common nouns?

Proper Nouns
Agapito Flores
Filipino
Baul
Corazon Aquino
Joseph Estrada
Radio Veritas Asia
Sinhala
Urdu
Hindi
Tamil
Luneta Grandstand
Manila Zoo

Common
Nouns
fluorescent
lamp
librarian
books
presidents
country
languages
news
pawikan
seawall
zookeepers

Proper and common nouns.

Proper nouns name particular
persons, animals, places, or
things.
Common nouns name persons,
animals, places, or things in
general.

g. Application
Rewrite the paragraph. Capitalize the first
letter of all proper nouns and change the first
On Friday, letter
September
the nouns into small letters,
of the 10,
common
fourth grade
classes
of
Sta.
and other necessary corrections.
Catalina College
will have
a field10, the Fourth grade classes
On friday,
september
trip. The of
classes
will watch
a playwill have a Field Trip. The
sta. catalina
college
at the Aliw
Theater.
Afterward,
Classes will watch the
a Play at the aliw theater.
pupils will
get
a
chance
to
go
to get a chance to go to star
afterward, the pupils will
Star Citycity
andandenjoy
the
rides.
enjoy some Rides. Some Mothers and
Some mothers
Fathers and
will fathers
help thewill
teachers supervise the Pupils.
help the The
teachers
supervise
the
buses will return to School at four oclock in the
pupils. The
buses will return to
Afternoon.
school at four oclock in the
afternoon

IV.

Evaluation
The teacher will give an activity to see the mastery of the learners.
Teachers Activity
Pupils Activity
Given the paragraph, identify the nouns and group them using a graphic organizer, according to
their classification, either proper or common nouns.

Anna went to the mall together with her

Proper
Nouns
Common
Nouns
mother
Sonia to buy
the
materials
she needed
Outstanding
Very
Good
Good
Anna
mall
for
her
projects.
They
bought
some
10
pts
8 pts
6 new
pts
Sonia
pencils
books from the National
Bookstore. She
National Bookstore
mother
bought the
book with
the
title TheThe
Diary
of a
The
was
pupil
pupil
The pupil
Diary
of aThematerials
Wimpy
Kid
and
Walk
Over
Manifest.
She
able
to Kid
use more wasbooks
able to
was able to
Wimpy
also5Over
bought
some use
pencils,
crayons,
and4 proper
Walk
Manifest
projects
than
proper
exactly
5 use
construction
forcrayons
hernouns
project.nouns
When and
they6
Quezon
City7 paperproper
nouns
and
arrived
in
their
house
in
Quezon
City,
she
John
paper
common nouns. and exactly 7 common
Andrew
house
kissed
her father,
John
and huggednouns.
her The
The
spelling
is
common
Sam
father
brothers,
Andrew
and
Sam.
She
gave
themis
excellent, and
nouns. The
spelling
brotherfor them.
the
shirts
that
they
bought
the use of
spelling is
okay, and the
shirts

punctuations is
very accurate
and complete.

good and the

punctuations
are correct.

V.

punctuations
are correct
but lacking.

Satisfactory
4 pts
The pupil was
able to use not
less than 3
proper nouns
and 5 common
nouns. The
spelling needs
improvement,
punctuations are
lacking and
often used
inappropriately.

Fairly
Score
Satisfactory
1 pt
The pupil was
only able to use
2 proper nouns
and less than 5
common nouns.
There are many
errors in
spelling and
punctuations are
used
inappropriately.

Agreement
The teacher gives an assignment to the pupils.
Teachers Activity
Pupils Activity
Create an essay about your family and use at
least 5 proper nouns and at least 7 common
nouns. Write it in a whole sheet of paper.

Rubric for Agreement

Members:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Nouns:

Pen Color used

Common Nouns

Proper Nouns