ELA102
Verbs
English Language ArtsGrade 12Grade 11Grade 10Grade 2Grade KGrade 1Grade 3Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 4
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Verbs
Are you ready for some action?
Lights, camera, verbs!
Verbs (14x)
They show action
Hey, hey what does a verb do?
It shows action
I say, hey what does a verb do?
It shows action
Like a verb you can do it too
Now tell me what does a verb do?
To dance, sing, jump, throw, give, blow, speak, grow, stand, eat, love, go,
A verb is a word that shows some action
Oh dance to the beat
Dance is the verb, come sing it with me
Oh- sing is a verb
Cause it shows action here’s another word
Stomp your feet – (stomp)
Stomp is the word that shows some action
Wave your hands
Everybody wave let’s show some action
Standards
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.B — Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.A — Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.C — Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.6 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using adjectives and adverbs to describe (e.g., When other kids are happy that makes me happy).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.B — Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3.A — Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.D — Form and use possessives.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D — Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.5.D — Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or by acting out the meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.5.B — Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.D — Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.D — Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.A — Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.