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An Introduction to Verbs. Show Action. What are Verbs?. A verb is a word that tells what people or things do. Verbs are words that show action. drove. dance. jumping. talking. Can you show action?. Activity:

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  1. An Introduction to Verbs Show Action

  2. What are Verbs? • A verb is a word that tells what people or things do. Verbs are words that show action. drove dance jumping talking

  3. Can you show action? Activity: • Volunteers act out an action using a yardstick. Be creative! What could it be? • Type a sentence (on the next slide) that shows the action being acted out. • Class identify the verb in the sentence, and circle it using the pen tools. Examples: Shyra planted a tree. Billy swings the golf club.

  4. Type each sentence below.Don’t forget to circle the verbs.

  5. Lion on the Loose!Write this story beginning.Underline nine verbs. Leo pushed the cage door with one paw. The door swung open. He looked around Parkwood Zoo. The old lion walked out of the cage. He passed through the gates of the zoo. Then Leo saw something strange. Some big, shiny creatures raced past him. The creatures honked several times. Leo followed the creatures into the city. From Houghton Mifflin text p. 99

  6. Challenge: • Write an ending to “Lion on the Loose!” • Trade stories with a friend. • Underline all of the verbs in your friend’s story ending.

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