Adverb

Age
6-9.

Materials

 * Strips of paper
 * Pens
 * Grammar symbols previously used and the symbol for adverb
 * An orange sphere
 * A red sphere

Presentation

 * 1) The directress writes a simple command in black ink.
 * 2) The child reads and executes the command.
 * 3) The directress then adds an adverb in red.
 * 4) The child reads and executes the command.
 * 5) It is observed that the two actions were different.
 * 6) Why? The verbs stayed the same, but something was added, i.e. walk//walk slowly.
 * 7) This word that changed the way you walked is called an adverb. (adverb: from Latin adverbium - ad, to, beside, and verbum, a word, a verb)
 * 8) The adverb is always near the verb just as the adjective is always near the noun.
 * 9) Symbols: We recall the verb was symbolized by a red ball.
 * 10) The adverb also is symbolized by a ball, only smaller and orange.
 * 11) Only the verb is red, because the verb is energy, like a fire.
 * 12) Since the adverb stays near the verb, it gets some of the heat of the fire and it is orange.
 * 13) The verb is larger than the adverb because it is more important, just as the noun was larger than the adjective.
 * 14) For the adverb we use a small orange circle.
 * 15) The child places the symbols on the slips above the corresponding words.
 * 16) The child then tries to change the positions of the words by tearing the strip, but finds that it usually sounds right when the adverb follows the verb.
 * 17) Using the simple one word commands, the children may write their own, adding adverbs.
 * 18) These are then executed and written in their journals with symbols.