Sample lesson plan on Collective nouns

A Lesson Plan in English I

I.              Objectives

Within the period, the first year students with 75% accuracy will be able to:

A.   Define collective nouns;

B.   Construct their own sentences using collective nouns;

C.   Apply subject-verb agreement in using collective nouns in a sentence

II.            Subject Matter

Content Focus         : Collective Nouns

Skill Focus                : grammar skills

References               : Sebastian, Victoria V. “Building Better   English 1 and Values through Filipino Literature”, V.S Publication and Trading

                                    : De Peralta H. And Lojas L. “Grammar and Writing Workbook”, Vibal Publishing House, Inc.

                                    :www.Enchantedlearning.com/grammar/partsofspeech/nouns/collective

                           :www.teachro.publiccomputingservices.org/grammarpractice/nouns/conounadverb

                                    :www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6276#9

Instructional Materials: cartolina with the details written

                                         Photocopies of the test questions for evaluation

                                          Replica of a cabbage

III.           Procedure

A.   Stimulating Activity

The teacher will have an activity called “Word Groups”. A replica of a cabbage will be passed around the class accompanied with music. Once the music stops, the one holding the cabbage will get the rolled paper inside it and answer the question written. If nothing was written, then the student is safe. The student who cannot answer will have a corresponding consequence.

The question is:

            Which of the following does not belong to the group?

1.    Mouse, keyboard, processor, monitor, speaker

2.    Car, train, submarine, bus, bicycle

3.    Russian, Africa, Scottish, English, Australian

4.    Swede, turnip, java plum, leck, union

5.    Honda, William, Fiat, Rover, Aston Martin

6.    Scobby Doo, The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny

7.    Lipstick, nailpolish, foundation, eye shadow, mascara

After the activity, the teacher will give the consequence for those who was not able to answer correctly.       

B.   Actual Activity

The teacher will start introducing the topic which is about collective nouns. The definition of the collective nouns will be given and its examples.

Collective nouns refers to the names of the persons, places, or things taken as a group, as a unit or as one.

Examples: team        bunch                        fleet of ships

                   family      crew                colony of ants

If the collective nouns is referred to as one unit, it is taken are singular. If you refer to the individual members in the collective noun, the noun is taken as plural.

Examples:

1.    The staff is having a meeting. (singular)

The staff are arguing about an issue. (plural)

2.    The play’s cast is rehearsing for today’s show. (singular)

The play’s cast are having their costume rehearsal. (plural)

            The teacher will ask a few students to give examples of a collective noun. While the students are giving examples, the teacher will write those examples on the board. After, the teacher asks another student to construct a sentence using the given collective nouns. Then, the teacher will post on the board more examples of collective nouns and the students will pick one and use it in a sentence.

LIST OF COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Crew of sailors                                 flight of swallows                 galaxy of stars

Band of musicians                          murder of crows                   basket of fruit

Gang of thieves                                army of frogs                         library of books

Team of players                                litter of kittens                       string of pearls

Tribe of natives                                 flock of sheep                       pair of shoes

C.   Follow-up Activity

The teacher will group the students into four groups. Each group will line up at the back part of the classroom. For the first part of the game, the teacher will give a sentence and the students should race o the board and write the collective noun found in the sentence. In the second part, the students should select the appropriate collective noun of the given sentence. The last part would be the giving of a sentence, wherein the students are tasked to write the correct verb that will agree with the collective noun.

The questions for the activity are:

I.Pick the collective nouns found in the sentence.

·         Has anyone seen a bunch of keys?

·         She was attacked by a swarm of bees.

·         The political party won the election.

·         In the movie “The Lion King”, Simba had a battle to take control of his pride.

·         We sat down in the shade of a clump of trees.

II.Choose the appropriate collective noun.

·         A _ of geese. (gaggl, straggle, waggle)

·         _ is to army as a staff is to company. (platoon, pack, pile)

·         For the ice breaker activities, we had to work as a _. (crew, company, team)

·         A _ of organised criminals. ( slang, gang, bang)

·         A huge _ of _ surrounded the vampires and devoured them.

(litter, kittens; gang, staff; pack,werewolves)

III.Write the correct verb choice that will agree with the collective noun.

·         On the first day of school, the class ( describe, describes) their vacation.

·         The jury (agree, agrees) that the state prosecutors did not provide enough evidence.

·         The swarm of reports (engulf, engulfs) the famous actor all at once.

·         The team (is, are) putting on their helmets.

·         The audience (cheer, cheers) the winner of the million dollars.

The group who gets the highest score wins the activity.

D.   Evaluation

Underline the collective nouns found in the sentence.

1.    Gang of guys celebrated the football championship.

2.    The priest was very sad to see his congregation getting smaller.

3.    For their wedding, I gave them a set of cutlery.

4.    That cruise ship carries 150 passengers and a crew of 85.

5.    She gave a bundle of old clothes to charity organization.

6.    An enormous swarm of locusts ate all the crops.

Encircle the correct verb that will agree with the collective noun.

7.    The class (listen, listens) carefully to their teacher’s instructions.

8.    The class (start, starts) their projects while the teacher grades their papers.

9.    The team (is,are) heading for practice this afternoon.

10.  The team (is are) eating with their families tonight.