Day 8 – Verbs and Intro to FictionINSTRUCTOR: KYLE BRITT

Objectives• Understand and identify the importance of verbs and their

usage.

• Analyze a work of fiction for the effects of narrative techniques.

Homework: VCR Exercise B

Linking Verbs Worksheet

Warm UpCircle the subject

Put parenthesis around prepositional phrases

Underline verb and indicate Action or Linking

1. Paul built a doll house for Hayley.

2. The Club Members held a part in the park.

3. The audience cheered for their favorite actors during the play.

Vocabulary• Take out your VCR and start working on 1B.

• I will be coming around to check on 1A.

• Quietly…

10 min.

Linking Verbs• A linking verb joins the subject of a sentence with a word or

expression that identifies or describes the subject.

• Expresses a state of being.

• All forms of the verb to be are linking verbs.

• Ex: The teacher is cranky. (Is links cranky to teacher.)

Handy Tip for Linking Verbs• Linking verbs are like the equal signs of language. (=)

• Any verb that can be replaced with is, am, are, be, become, or becomes to create a sentence with nearly the same meaning is a linking verb.

Now take a worksheet• Get into your groups. You will need to complete the

worksheet.

• If you have questions, ask your teammates.

• Whatever is unfinished will be homework.

Closure

Watch the following video. It will help you with linking verbs.

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