STRONG VERBS

Showing sentences should use strong vivid verbs to help to energize the writing.  This was a revise and review lesson, focusing on verbs.  It can also be used as a pre-writing exercise.

Materials to prepare:

a.  List of words
b.  Envelops containing strips of strong action verbs
c.  Colour paper
d.  Magic pen
e.  Glue
f.  Dictionaries
g.  Thesaurus

1.  Show a slide on overused verbs and ask students to review their writing.





2.  Inform students of the activities and  learning outcomes expected of them for the lesson.

3.  'Cooperative Learning' and 'Circle Map' in action.  
Group leaders must ensure that the verbs are distributed equally among the members so that everyone is engaged in the task.

4.  At the end of the lesson, students would do a gallery walk, replace the vague verbs and revise their essays.

Note:  Students love this engaging activity but they still have issues when using the words in the appropriate context.  So, I came up with this table to help myself and the students.

Reference table for the verb 'said'

Good activity to help students categorize the verbs.  Do give feedback.

Some useful websites:

1.  http://thecaveonline.com/APEH/said.html

2.  http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/wsaid.html

Reference table for the verb 'walked'

Good activity to get students categorize the verbs.  Do give feedback .

Some useful websites:

1.  http://english-language-skills.com/item/266/266.html

2.  http://www.dailywritingtips.com/60-synonyms-for-walk/

3.  A Really Useful worksheet by Mr Wong