Action Verbs

1. Action Verbs

2. Objective: • Students will identify and use action verbs when writing sentences and poetry.

3. Name the complete predicate. • 1. Julia plays the drums. • 2. Carlos blows on the trumpet.

4. Rules of Action Verbs • An action verb is a word that shows action. It tells what the subject of a sentence does or did.

5. Name the action verb in each sentence. • 1. Our class played a song. • 2. Caroline blew the whistle. • 3. Sam banged a gong. • 4. Noah rang the bell. • 5. Ali struck the cymbal.

6. Replace the underlined verb with a new action verb. • 1. Our class played a song. • 2. Caroline blew the whistle. • 3. Sam banged a gong. • 4. Noah rang the bell. • 5. Ali struck the cymbal.

7. Write as many different verbs as possible. • 1. Maria ______her crayons. • 2. Julian ______ his science project. • 3. Ellen ______ her paragraphs well.

8. Pull a Verb Activity (if you didn’t do this on Day 1) • Students will pull a verb from the bag and act out that verb. • The audience will try to guess the action verb being performed.

9. Top Ten Verbs • Think of as many different strong verbs as you can. Make a list of the ones you think are super! We will create a Top Ten with the words you have suggested for the 5th grade.

10. Verb Poem • Mrs. Brown • Listens, • Instructs, • Assists, • Grades, • Monitors, • And cares.

11. Your turn: • 1. Choose a person who is important to you. • 2. Lists things they do-make sure they are actions you can see. • 3. Create an action verb poem about your chosen person. • 4. Write your poem on the card I give you.

12. Agenda • Homework: Animal Alliteration • 1. An aardvark asked an ant for his address.