Aspects of the Verb: Invisible Movement

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Age

6-9.

Materials

Preparation

The directress writes a command which requires no visible movement, e.g. think of a story.

Presentation

1. The child reads the command and executes it.
2. It seems that nothing is happening.
3. There is no movement.
4. "What were you doing?" "I was thinking of a story".
5. What did you do when I asked what you were doing? I answered you.
6. You have performed two actions: thinking, which showed no movement and answering a question, which was an action we could see and hear.
7. When you were thinking all of the action was going on inside, in your brain; it was an internal action. When you read silently, your mind is very active even though your body doesn't have to move.
   

Control Of Error

Points Of Interest

Purpose

• To understand the verb can indicate internal or unseen movement or activity.
  

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