Verb: The Verb is Movement

Age
6-9.

Materials

 * Basket of one word commands

Presentation

 * 1) If we have a group of marionettes that are not moving, they are simply objects without life.
 * 2) When someone comes along and pulls their strings, she makes them dance, walk, wave their arms; she gives them movement.
 * 3) The verb is movement.
 * 4) The children stand limp like immobile marionettes.
 * 5) The directress gives each one a verb command.
 * 6) As soon as the child receives the command, he begins to execute the action.
 * 7) "The marionettes have come to life".
 * 8) One by one the directress takes the command cards back from the children's hands.
 * 9) Each in turn stops the action to become limp once again.

Purpose

 * To understand that the verb signifies movement.
 * To understand the function of the verb and all of its characteristics.

Handouts/Attachments
Verb Cards