1. Vivid Verbs
Abandon, concoct, gallop, hinder, dedicate, brandish, chant, chastise, crawl, assault, annihilate

2. Verbs are all around us!
They tell us what to do!

3. Verbs “A verb is an action word.
But a vivid verb is an action word that puts a picture in your reader’s mind.”

4. But why?!
Finding the right verbs to put into your memoir IS CRITICAL!!
We will be replacing “dead” and boring verbs in our writing today, to make our piece come alive!

5. What does the word vivid mean?
Turn and Talk
What does the word vivid mean?
When would you use it?

6. Now that we know what vivid means...
On the left side of your page please write as many vivid verbs as you can think of… you have 2 minutes!!!
Here are your prompts:
Said go
See jump
move put
Laugh

7. This or That!! ate or devoured whispered or hissed stole or kidnapped
pushed or rammed
hurt or pummeled
fast or streaked

8. Let’s see what we’ve got.. enhance these boring sentences with your team. GO!
Sammy went across the icy pond.
The girls laughed as they rushed to dance class.
Miss Thomas said, “don’t do that.”
Tyler ate lunch, barely stopping to breathe in between bites.

9. Misconceptions! Ask yourself…
Did I enhance the verb or did I add adjectives (or enhancers) to create a more vivid sentence?
YOUTUBE ROCKS!

10. Hmm… I think verbs may relate to something we studied in poetry!
Replace the word “walked” with the six verbs below. Examine what this does to the sentence, and what you are now imagining. How does it change the “picture” of the sentence.
Jose walked into the house.
Now reread the sentence substituting each of the following verbs in place of the word walked:
slammed
darted
charged
sauntered
danced
tiptoed

11. THATS RIGHT! TONE/MOOD

12. Why does this matter? Like we discussed before….
We will be going back to our seed moment to enhance it using writer’s craft that we study (narrative techniques).
Tomorrow… you will have a partner read your strawberry seed moment, and rate you based on how many vivid verbs you have included in your story!

13. Read Aloud...
Please paste 4 sticky notes to the top of your desk and number them 1-4.
We will be completing the active engagement strategy again today.
Everytime I stop, you will be looking for a sentence that stands out to you that includes a very vivid verb. You will write this sentence on the sticky note.
You will be sharing this with a partner when we are done, and you will be analyzing one of these sticky notes after the reading. The more vivid the verb, the easier it will be to analyze!!!!