When I found out my students would be tested in Grammar, I had to come up with some creative ways to teach my kids all the rules and tricks of our English-language system. My unit on verbs went along on the idea of verbs showing action, so I came up with a Hollywood theme to make it relevant and fun for my students. They always remember anything fun, so I tried to incorporate that idea into my unit.
First, after talking about what verbs were and how they show action, we played Verbs Charades! The kids LOVE this! I made a batch of flash cards naming verbs and showing a picture to go along with each verb. I printed them, laminated them, and cut them out. For our game, I called one student up at a time to pick a card to act out. Then, they called on three students to guess what the word was. After the verb had been named, I wrote it on the board. By the time the game was over, we had a great list of verbs. I also let the kids think of any additional verbs to add to the list.
Verb Flash Cards
Then, each student picked one verb from our list on the board to write a sentence with. They each got a sheet of paper to write their sentence on and illustrate a picture to go along with it. In their sentence, they had to underline the verb. When everyone finished their page, I laminated the pages and put them together in a book for our class library. The kids absolutely LOVED getting to look at the book (and their interest never once waned throughout the school year), and I know this helped them remember what a verb is!
Parts of our class book on Verbs
Also, I created this fun Hollywood themed worksheet for students to become familiar with the format in which they would be tested. It’s a quick, easy way to check how well they understand verbs.
Download the packet of verb flash cards, worksheet, and “Lights, Camera, Action” sign here.
Have fun learning about verbs!
Verb Flash Cards
Parts of our class book on Verbs
Download the packet of verb flash cards, worksheet, and “Lights, Camera, Action” sign here.