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Rebekah McCloy

Dr. Ian Nolte and Dr. Megan Marshall

ENG 402

6 October 2020

Noun Phrase Mini-Lesson Script

SWBAT

 Students will be able to understand what a noun phrase is.

 Students will be able to construct sentences using noun phrases.

Procedure

 5:30-5:32 – The teacher will begin the mini-lesson by asking the students for the

definition of a noun. Once the students have given an answer to the teacher, the teacher

will ask tell the students the definition of a noun phrase. Constance Weaver describes a

noun phrase as, “A noun plus any words describing it” (98).

 5:32-5:35 – The teacher will give the students a couple examples of noun phrases.

 5:35-5:37 – The teacher will ask the students to take a couple of minutes and write a

sentence that includes a noun phrase. Once students have completed their sentences, they

are to put their sentences in the chat box, so that they can be read aloud as they come in.

 5:37-5:38 – For homework, students will be asked to look at Lou Gehrig’s farewell

speech and locate all noun phrases within the speech.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2009/07/05/gehrig-text

Model: See PowerPoint

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Practice

 Students will write their own sentences using noun phrases.

Assessment

 Students will be assessed by finding all the noun phrases within Lou Gehrig’s farewell

speech. https://www.si.com/mlb/2009/07/05/gehrig-text

Works Cited

Brown, Leah. “20 Star Trek Quotes to Help You Boldly Go through the Workday.”

TechRepublic, TechRepublic, 20 Sept. 2017, www.techrepublic.com/article/20-star-trek-

quotes-to-help-you-boldly-go-through-the-workday/.

Jules. “Star Trek Week: 28 Universally Known Star Trek One-Liners.” Wired, Conde Nast, 15

Jan. 2018, www.wired.com/2012/09/star-trek-one-liners/.

“Noun Phrase: Examples and Definition.” EnglishSentences.com, 2020,

englishsentences.com/noun-phrase/.

Staff, SI. “Full Text of Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech.” Sports Illustrated, 5 July 2009,

www.si.com/mlb/2009/07/05/gehrig-text.

Weaver, Constance. The Grammar Plan Book: a Guide to Smart Teaching. Heinemann, 2007.