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Just heard about a great lesson Tina Fouts did, provoking her students thinking about nouns. Here is the basic lesson:
 * Word Detectives: An Inquiry into Parts of Speech~Tina Fouts posted by Deb Wadden**

Tina transcribed the morning message and circled all the nouns, then said, “ You probably noticed that I circled some words in the morning message. See if you can figure out why I chose those words.” (Students noticed some were names of people, some were things or places)

Next day, Tina again circled more the nouns in the morning message without saying why. Discussion ensued among students about what the words had in common. “ Aren’t you going to tell us?," they asked. "Not yet," said Tina.

In a subsequent meeting, students summarized what the words had in common before Tina introduced the term, noun. Simple, yet brilliant and, Tina reports, very effective in engaging every student. Try it for other parts of speech. as well!

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