Lesson Plan
Verbs that Show Character Action
Use this lesson to teach your students how to identify character actions with verbs. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *Look for the Clues* lesson.
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Objectives
Academic
Students will be able to predict characters' actions using clues and evidence from the text.
Language
Students will be able to identify character actions with verbs using a graphic organizer.
Introduction
(3 minutes)- Have students take out their whiteboard and whiteboard markers. Tell them that you will act out a few situations and they will write down one word to describe what is going on.
- Act out a situation without talking (e.g., looking for something frantically, dropping a book, bumping your head) and ask students to write the word down. Then, discuss as a class and record a single verb to describe the situation.
- Continue the process of acting out a situation and having students share one word to describe what was going on.
- Explain to students that they just focused on the action in those situations, and they will do the same as readers during this lesson.