Action Verbs

Objective: Students will identify and use action verbs when writing sentences and poetry.

Name the complete predicate. 1. Julia plays the drums. 2. Carlos blows on the trumpet.

Rules of Action Verbs An action verb is a word that shows action. It tells what the subject of a sentence does or did.

Name the action verb in each sentence. 1. Our class played a song. 2. Caroline blew the whistle. 3. Sam banged a gong. 4. Noah rang the bell. 5. Ali struck the cymbal.

Replace the underlined verb with a new action verb. 1. Our class played a song. 2. Caroline blew the whistle. 3. Sam banged a gong. 4. Noah rang the bell. 5. Ali struck the cymbal.

Write as many different verbs as possible. 1. Maria ______her crayons. 2. Julian ______ his science project. 3. Ellen ______ her paragraphs well.

Pull a Verb Activity (if you didn’t do this on Day 1) Students will pull a verb from the bag and act out that verb. The audience will try to guess the action verb being performed.

Top Ten Verbs Think of as many different strong verbs as you can. Make a list of the ones you think are super! We will create a Top Ten with the words you have suggested for the 5 th grade.

Verb Poem Mrs. Brown Listens, Instructs, Assists, Grades, Monitors, And cares.

Your turn: 1. Choose a person who is important to you. 2. Lists things they do-make sure they are actions you can see. 3. Create an action verb poem about your chosen person. 4. Write your poem on the card I give you.

Agenda Homework: Animal Alliteration 1. An aardvark asked an ant for his address.