Lesson Plan
Intense Verbs
Saunter, jog, or dash over to this hands-on lesson, and you'll find a great way to teach your young readers about verbs. Through some fun rounds of charades, students will discover different action verbs and their degrees of intensity.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to recognize action verbs and understand that verbs may have different degrees of intensity.
Introduction
(15 minutes)- Ask students if they've ever heard of verbs. Explain that a verb is a word that shows an action or state.
- Introduce the concept of action verbs, or verbs that refer to active behavior. Give some examples (e.g. "jump," "dance," or "skip") and have the class physically do them. Clarify that words like "know" or "want" are not action verbs.
- Read It's Hard To Be a Verb! aloud to the class.