Students locate verbs used in newspaper articles about sports.
Grades(s) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Subjects(s) Language Arts
Objective
Students learn to recognize and use exciting, descriptive verbs.
Materials
1. Articles cut from the sports section of the newspaper. (Teacher selects and reads articles to make
sure they are appropriate and have exciting verbs.)
2. Copies of articles for each pair of students.
3. Highlighters
Lesson
1. The teacher should start the verbs lesson plan by reading a few articles from the sports section of the newspaper and ask students
to identify the verbs. Write the verbs on the board.
2. Students work in pairs with a packet of articles and a highlighter.
3. Students highlight all verbs used in the articles.
4. Each group chooses five verbs from the articles.
5. Using the five verbs, each group chooses one article to add on an additional, made up paragraph. All
five verbs must be used in the paragraph.
6. Students share paragraphs with the class.
Assessment
1. Choose similar articles from the food section of the newspaper and make copies. Students
work independently and highlight all of the verbs.
2. Each student writes a paragraph describing a favorite food. Use at least five exciting verbs in
the paragraph. Highlight the verbs.
References
verbs, sentences, newspapers, paragraphs, writing