View source for Verb: The Difference Between Matter and Energy

=== Age  ===

6-9.<br>

=== Materials  ===

*Strips of paper
*Black and red pens
*Miniature environement
*Black pyramid
*Red sphere
*Grammar symbols: noun, article, adjective, verb
*Insets of geometry cabinet: circle, triangle, polygons <br>

=== Preparation  ===



=== Presentation  ===

#The directress writes the labels for some objects consisting of noun, article and adjective written in black.
#A few children read the labels and bring the objects. 
#Other labels are written in red; these are simple commands, i.e. run, walk.
#The children read these silently an execute the commands.
#All of the labels are placed on the table: the environment labels with their objects and the verb commands alone. 
#Directress says: "The objects are here, but where is run and walk? They have disapppeared. These are verbs. The verb is energy".
#Examples of energy in activity are given, recalling the generation of body heat through activity. 
#"Like a coal or wood fire is energy, it gives off heat and light. Energy is very important to life. Verbs show energy".
#The pyramid is presented, and the child recalls that it represents the noun. 
#The symbol chosen for the verb is a red sphere. 
#Directress says; "The noun is very stable; it cannot move. The verb moves quite a bit and freely".
#"In the same way as the triangle represents the pyramid, a circle represents the sphere".
#The freedom of movement is shown with the metal insets. 
#The greater the number of sides, the more freely it moves.<br>

=== Control Of Error  ===

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=== Points Of Interest  ===

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=== Purpose  ===

*To give the symbol and etymology of the verb<br>.

=== Variation  ===

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