1. WOW Writing on Wednesday This is the week that many state fairs open all across the United States. Fairs usually have agricultural displays, carnival rides, animal exhibits and entertainers. Often prizes are given for crafts, homemade foods and works of art. Have you ever been to a state fair? When and where? What did you like about it? What didn’t you like about it? What was your favorite part of the fair? If you’ve never been to a fair, write about a carnival or an amusement park you’re visited and enjoyed.

2. Helping Verbs Tune: “Jingle Bells” Helping Verbs! Helping Verbs! There are 23.... Am, is are! Was and were! Being, been, and be! Have, has, had! Do, does, did! Shall, should, will, and would! There are 5 more helping verbs: may, might, must, can, and could!

3. Verbs Wrote Saw Froze Fell Chose Rode Wore Took Did Broke Ate Gave Grew Knew Rose Spoke Stole threw Written Seen Frozen Fallen Chosen Ridden Worn Taken Done Broken Eaten Given Grown Known Risen Spoke Stolen thrown

4. Students’ Examples

5. Compare These Examples I wrote a story for my language teacher. I took my sister’s earrings, and I forgot to give them back to her. I threw the ball in the house and broke my mother’s favorite lamp. I have wrote a story. I have took my sister’s earrings. I have threw the ball and broken something in the house.

6. Remember the Song???? Here is a hint… Helping Verbs! Helping Verbs! There are 23… Am, is, are… Have, has, had… There are 5 more helping verbs:

7. What do all the words on the right side have in common? Written Seen Frozen Fallen Chosen Ridden Worn Taken Done Broken Eaten Given Grown Known Risen Spoken Stolen thrown

8. Trick “Crippled N” gets a “Helping Crutch”

9. Examples With Helping Verbs I have written a story in language class. I have taken items from my sister before and apologized for it later. I have thrown the ball and have broken numerous items in the living room.

10. Students’ Examples Crippled N

11. What do the verbs in the second column have in common? Ran Became Came Drank Rang Sang Run Become Come Drunk Rung Sung

12. Student Examples “Duh”

13. Ticket Out of Class What made learning easy for you today? What made learning difficult for you today? Write a sentence correctly using a helping verb with a main verb.