Verb: Energy Needs Matter

Age
6-9.

Materials

 * Strips of paper.

Presentation

 * 1) The directress writes two commands - one is transitive; the other is intransitive, i.e. walk and eat.
 * 2) It is observed that one child can perform while the other cannot, because he has no object.
 * 3) One action depended on having an object (to eat), while the other action depended solely on the child.
 * 4) Directress says: "Some verbs require an object while others require only someone to do it".

Purpose

 * To indirectly prepare for transitive and intransitive verbs.