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VERBS 9 -4-2014 

VERBS 9 -4-2014 . Take out last night's homework and keep it at your desk. Grab a red verbs sheet from the front table. Copy Down HW : Finish verb practice Verb formative tomorrow. Be sure your ISN is numbered through page 5.

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VERBS 9 -4-2014 

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  1. VERBS 9-4-2014  Take out last night's homework and keep it at your desk. Grab a red verbs sheet from the front table Copy Down HW: Finish verb practice Verb formative tomorrow Be sure your ISN is numbered through page 5

  2. Please trade homework with someone at your table and take out a colored PEN! Multiple Choice b g f e c a d

  3. Copy the learning target onto the TOP of page 3 of your ISN: I can use verbs to make my writing flow and to create a PICTURE in the reader’s mind. Copy the following pages into your table of contents. Page 3: Verb Notes Page 4: Verb Practice

  4. Examples of color from famous authors in 
books we are reading... Verb Examples: "Trying hard to bear all this in mind, Harry took a pinch of Floo powder and walked to the edge of the fire." -Harry Potter "Being a half-blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways." -Lightning Thief Pass out Color Sheets: You will be 
writing using Verbs today!

  5. Notes on Page 3 of your ISN 3 Types ACTIVE - actions STATE OF BEING/LINKING - is, am, 
are, was, were, be, been... HELPING - can, could, shall, should, 
will, would, have, has, had

  6. Verb - Start It! Hint: Use the back of your verb sheet to collect great verbs! Also, you may add -ed or -ing to any of those verbs. Original sentence: The Greeks fought the war. Revised sentence: Running, the Greeks fought the war. Running toward their opponents, the Greeks fought the 
war. (this is a verb phrase!) Revised sentence: Charging, the Greeks fought the war. Charging forward,the Greeks fought the war Begin a sentence with a verb.*USE COMMAS AFTER A VERB START IT! Comma! Comma!

  7. Verb - Improve it! Hint: Use your verb sheet to collect great verbs! Improve a weak verb with a strong, action verb. Original sentence: The blender broke into thousands of pieces. Revised sentence: The blender shattered into thousands of pieces. Revised sentence: The blender exploded into a thousand pieces.

  8. Tape the half sheet into page 8 of your 
ISN Go through and underline verbs, nouns, and adjectives.

  9. Verb - COMMA RULES 1. ) "START ITS" NEED COMMAS. We 
really call this an introductory phrase or clause. 2.) "REPEAT ITS" NEED COMMAS. We 
really call this a list or a series.

  10. Directions: Take a blank, small, red sheet and tape it into page 6 of your ISN. Make 
sure that the red sheet is slightly agove the 
yellow sheet. Original sentence Start it: Improve it: Repeat it: Write VERBS 
on the very 
bottom of the 
red sheet VERBS

  11. Directions: On the top of your red sheet, write this sentence: Original: The girl sat on a chair. Underneath the sentence, write: Start It: Improve It: Repeat It: Remember to use your ISN and/or red sheet 
to help you make your revised sentences.

  12. Reflection On page 5 of your ISN , please reflect on today's lesson by creating a 4 line poem, each line STARTING with a great verb!

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