Aspects of the Verb: The duration of the action depends upon the presence or absence of an object.

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Age

6-9.

Materials

Preparation

Presentation

1. The directress writes several commands of which some are transitive and some are intransitive.
2. These are distributed to the children and they begin executing the commands at the same time.
3. It is observed that some children have finished their actions, i.e. write a word, open the door, while others have not finished because no one has told them to stop, i.e. walk, hop.
   

Control Of Error

Points Of Interest

Purpose

Direct Aim:

• Point of consciousness: An action without an object may last forever. An action with an object has a specific point of completion.

Indirect Aim:

•  Comprehension of transitive and intransitive verbs; concept of infinitive.

Variation

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