DESIGN FOR RIO 2: SINGULAR and PLURAL Noun No. Section I.

Content Item
1 Introduction

Content details

Glossary

At the end of this screen, students should be able to match singular nouns with its corresponding plural
OUTLINE 1: INTRODUCTION .

Learning Information

in the above screen, the instructor and the student are inside the car, the instructor will introduce the topic and singular and plural form as follows:

Instructor: Welcome to part of speech town, Im so glad youve won the types of noun race challange. today, we are going to learn about singular and plural nouns. Ill show how to tell the difference between singular and plural nouns as Im driving in the part of speech town Then, you ll get a chance show me your how much youve learned as you are driving the car in the part of a speech town.

Student:Ok Instructor: there are two categories of nouns, singular and plural Instructor: a singular noun is a noun used to represent one person, place or thing. Instructor: a plural noun is used to represent two or more persons, places or things. Instructor: As I said before, nouns either represent people, places, or things. Instructor: examples of singular nouns would be: Boy Field Book Instructor: these are all examples of singular nouns Instructor: now lets list some examples of plural nouns Boys Fields Books

OUTLINE 2: Exploring singular and plural nouns

In this screen the instructor will more elaborate on the deference between singular and plural nouns as follows:

Instructor: you should notice that plural nouns have s at the end of each word. Singular nouns do NOT have s at the end. Lets try a few more examples: Student. A student is a person, but the word doesnt have s at the end so it must be a Student: singular noun Instructor: Thats right, now markets are places, but the word doesnt have s at the end so it must be a Instructor: plural noun Instructor: Good job! Ok, try this one: school! Student: schools are places, so that tells me its a noun and it has s at the end so that also tells me its a plural noun Instructor: youre doing wonderful! Lets move on to things. Instructor: the word computer represents a thing and has no s at the end. So the word is a Student: singular noun Student: but if we are to talk about computers that would be a plural noun because we are talking about many things. Instructor: Wow! I think youre ready to start doing this on your own and just in time too

OUTLINE 3: Activity Walkthrough

In this screen the instructor gives an overview on the activity session and what students will face during the next session.

II. Practice/Interactive Activity

1 Practice/Activity ACTIVITY ON singular and plural nouns Items

Instructor: Ok, here we are at the beginning of the Spotting singular and plural Nouns Race. Instructor: you will start over here Instructor: use your mouse to click on the car starting here to get started Instructor: I will read both words for you and tell you if you need to click on the singular noun or plural noun in the question. Instructor: make sure you click the correct answer at each stop . Instructor: here we go Student: Answer Princess Jasmine Question Policeman : Balls Answer policeman Question holidays : New Years Day Answer - holidays

Question Messenger : boys Answer boys Question Toyota : cars Answer Cars Question Kings : city Answer Kings