Department of Education

Region VI-Western Visayas

Division of Aklan
District of Makato

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in English Grade IV

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
a. Define what a proper is and common noun.
b. Identify the proper and common noun in a given sentence.
c. Appreciate the use of proper and common nouns in our daily life.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

Topic: PROPER AND COMMON NOUN
References: Language Arts IV (pages 23-25)
Materials: Visual aids and power point presentation
Values: Appreciate and understanding

III. LEARNING ACTIVITIES/PROCEDURES

A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES
1. Routine Activity
a. Opening Prayer
b. Greetings
c. Classroom Management
d. Checking of Attendance
e. Passing of Assignment
f. Recap of previous lesson

B. MOTIVATION
1. The teacher will show a different kinds of pictures.
2. The teacher will ask the students to think a word or words associated to the
pictures.

PICTURES Associated Word/s

1.

___________________________

Hamburger
2.

______________________________

Car

3.

____________________________

zoo

4.

____________________________
 shoes
5.
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Bus

6.

________________________

Park

7.

____________________________

Boy

C. LESSON PROPER
1. The teacher will discuss the proper and common nouns.

PROPER NOUN COMMON NOUN

Is used to name specific persons, places, Is used to name person, places, things, animals
things, animals and events. It is always begin and events in general. It is refer to class or type
with a capital letter. of noun without being specific.
Examples of Proper Nouns Examples of Common Nouns
Germany Drink
Tom man
Mercedes laptop
April planet
The President mountain
Google school
Dr. Morgan building
Central Park Zoo castle
Titanic cat
Russian cellphone

How to use Proper Noun in a Sentence? How to use Common Noun in a Sentence?

Proper noun is used to specific names of Common nouns are used to denote a class of
people or Pets. object, thing or idea. Example of this is the
name “City” which is a common noun to
Examples: denote the name of place. The word “City” is
Mr. Jackson generic term when we mention the specific
Fluffy name of a cat name of city like New York City.

Proper nouns are used to specific names of

places like cities, streets, states, countries and
other geographical landmarks.

Examples:
Bracil
South Korea
Makati City

Proper Noun is used to specific names of days,

months and holidays. Days of the week, the
names of holidays are all proper nouns.

Examples:
Tuesday
Saturday
Christmas
Halloween

The Differences between Common Noun and Proper Nouns

Common Noun Proper Noun
Common Name of something Particular name of something
Common Nouns are not capitalized unless they Proper nouns always capitalize.
are place at the beginning of a sentence

Practice Exercises 1:
Tell whether the word is proper or common noun.
Ana teacher barangay park cellphone pencil paper holiday party monkey
Ms. Lopez Aklan Birthday Father’s day Rainy season Africa President Joy Laptop
PROPER NOUN COMMON NOUN
Ana barangay
Ms. Lopez park
Aklan pencil
Father’s Day paper
Africa holiday
Joy monkey
Rainy Season party
Birthday laptop

Practice Exercises 2:
Identify the proper noun or common noun in a sentence:
1. The boy threw the ball to his dog, Wilson.
2. I went to cinema yesterday.
3. Spain is a country of southwest Europe.
4. We will go to the party.
5. He was born in England.

D. GENERALIZATION:
1. What is proper and common noun?
2. Give an example of proper and common noun?

E. APPLICATION:
Group Activity:
The class will be divided into 2 groups.
Group 1- Using this table; change the following proper noun words into common noun.
PROPER NOUN COMMON NOUN
Manila
Mrs. Cruz
Philippine Cobra
San Sebastian Church
Lenovo Laptop
7th Birthday
Group 2- Using this table; change the following common noun words into proper noun.
COMMON NOUN PROPER NOUN
Girl
Park
Holiday
Monkey
Teacher
Table
cellphone
 IV. EVALUATION
Activity 1
In a ½ sheet of piece of paper, copy each sentences. Underline the noun word and
identify if it a proper of common noun.
1. Mrs. Cruz is the adviser teacher in Grade 1. ___________________
2. Elephant is one of the largest animals on earth. _________________
3. She bought a new black Nokia cellphone.______________________
4. My favorite country is Europe._______________________________
5. Dexter is one of the best students in his class. ___________________

Activity 2
Change the highlighted word from Common to Proper Noun and write a sentence.

1. Common Noun: My teacher starts work before sun up.

Proper Noun:_________________________________
2. Common Noun: I want to be a writer.
Proper Noun:__________________________________
3. Common Noun: Let’s go to the city.
Proper Noun: _________________________________

V. ASSIGNMENT
In a 1 whole sheet piece of paper, write at least 5 sentences with a proper noun words and
5 common noun words.

Prepared by:

MICHELLE D. TAYTAYON
Teacher I-Applicant