1. VERBS, ADVERBS

2. Action Verb  Tells what someone or something is doing or thinking.  Example: Rain pounded against the roof.  Example: Morgan suspected that basketball practice would be cancelled.

3. Action Verb Brainstorm  Board brainstorm.  Choose 3.  Three most creative sentences in three minutes.  Share.

4. Linking Verb  Connects a word at the beginning (usually the subject) with another word at the end.  Usually, a form of the ‘to be’ verb: is, are, am, was, were, am being, can be, have been, etc.  Example: I am a teacher, and you are students.

5. Linking Verb Activities  Two sentences describing yourselves. Use linking verbs.

6. Helping Verbs  Added to main verb to make a single verb phrase.  Often a ‘to be’ verb.  Example: Young people should drive carefully.  Example: We are eating chicken biscuits for breakfast.

7. Helping Verb Activity  Write two sentences using at least one helping verb and the main verb shown below. 1. Sizzle. 2. Snort.

8. Action vs. Linking vs. Helping  Complete the verb practice WS.  In plenary?

9. Adverbs  Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.  Often, but not always, ends in –ly.  Example: …talk quietly…  Example…dark green car…  Example…walks very quickly…  Example: Marina is tired because she slept fitfully.  Example: Lauren prefers to use the hot pink highlighter.  Example: Brendan swings the bat very forcefully.

10. Adverbs  When describing a verb:  Where? When? How? To what extent?  The 8 th graders marched noisily across the quad toward the cafeteria.  When modifying an adjective or another adverb:  To what extent?  Nashville has been extremely humid this summer.

11. Adverb Practice  Create sentences using using… 1. …‘very’ as an adverb 2. …‘sleepily’ as an adverb 3. …choose your own adverb

12. Journal: Verbs, Adverbs  TOPIC: Think of an activity that you are good at – e.g. playing video games, playing a sport, riding horses, building furniture, painting or drawing, etc. – and then explain to someone, in detail, how to do it.  Use and underline at least…  5 action verbs in red  2 linking verbs in blue  2 helping verbs in green  3 adverbs in orange