1. Day 8 – Verbs and Intro to Fiction INSTRUCTOR: KYLE BRITT

2. Objectives Understand and identify the importance of verbs and their usage. Analyze a work of fiction for the effects of narrative techniques. Homework: VCR Exercise B Linking Verbs Worksheet

3. Warm Up Circle the subject Put parenthesis around prepositional phrases Underline verb and indicate Action or Linking 1.Paul built a doll house for Hayley. 2.The Club Members held a part in the park. 3.The audience cheered for their favorite actors during the play.

4. Vocabulary Take out your VCR and start working on 1B. I will be coming around to check on 1A. Quietly… 10 min.

5. Linking Verbs A linking verb joins the subject of a sentence with a word or expression that identifies or describes the subject. Expresses a state of being. All forms of the verb to be are linking verbs. Ex: The teacher is cranky. (Is links cranky to teacher.)

6. Handy Tip for Linking Verbs Linking verbs are like the equal signs of language. (=) Any verb that can be replaced with is, am, are, be, become, or becomes to create a sentence with nearly the same meaning is a linking verb.

9. Now take a worksheet Get into your groups. You will need to complete the worksheet. If you have questions, ask your teammates. Whatever is unfinished will be homework.

19. Closure Watch the following video. It will help you with linking verbs. Click Here!