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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore the inappropriate use of verbs which have a helping verb. Since it is difficult for students to remember which form of the verb to use with the helping verb, teaching them a contrived trick often helps them choose the correct form. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 8th
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Students practice using verbs taken from lists written on the board to practice verb usage. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students define and identify different types of verbs, demonstrate correct usage of different verbs, including past and present tense verbs and helping verbs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students create a script for a radio show that spotlights local events (i.e. homecoming, parades, basketball tournaments etc...) using verbs in the present tense, to practice creating compositions with appropriate subject/verb relationship. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students identify linking, action, and helping verbs and express their knowledge of them by participating in an interactive read aloud in responses to the text Kites Sail High by Ruth Heller. They identify the verbs in a variety of sentences. They also use the internet for reinforcement of these skills too. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students realize that good sentences have a subject and a verb and distinguish the difference. They then listen to sentences to see if they make sense the way they are written identifying the word that was added to the second sentence to help it make sense. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students identify subjects and verbs/predicates in written sentences paying special attention to helping verbs and singular and plural nouns. They then complete a reading activity in which they share personal experiences that mirror the reading selection. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students identify the subjects and predicates in a variety of sentences. They listen to a teacher-led lecture and discuss the role of predicates and subjects and complete a worksheet. Students read sentences and identify if the subject and verb are singular and plural, and develop a class list of helping verbs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students examine sentence structure and identify the subjects and predicates in sentences. They read sentences as a class and discuss if the subject and predicate are singular or plural, develop a list of helping verbs, and read a story and answer questions about their personal connections to the text. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students are given the following topic to write in their journals: "Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction." They are asked if they agree or disagree with this statement. Students go over action vs. linking verbs. They discuss main vs. helping verbs. Full Review »

