Lesson Plan of Action Words

Lesson Plan of Action Words

Subject English

Grade II

Students` Learning Outcomes

• Read common naming and action words and match them with pictures.
• Show a series of actions in a picture by writing action verbs.
• Identify and use more common action words.

Information for Teachers

• Action words are also called verbs, but now they are referred to as ‘action words’ as that makes their purpose clear.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, chart paper with different activities, flashcards, texts/other print resource

Introduction

• Model some simple actions and ask students to guess what you are doing:
  • • Walking
    • Laughing
    • Crying
    • Singing
    • Jumping
    • Clapping
    • Reading
    • Speaking
    • Sitting
• Encourage students to answer in full sentences: you are walking.
• Don`t make any sound when you do this.
• Make your actions exaggerated so that students may easily guess.
• Write the words on the board as students say them.
• Ask the students:
  • • What are these words I have written on the board? (The students may answer: Action words)
• Revise the concept of action words by asking:
  • • What are action words?
• Appreciate the students if they give the right answer. Gently correct the students if they are wrong.
• Ask the students to write the words in their copies.

Development

Activity 1

• Tell the class that they will be singing a poem with you.
• Sing the following poem aloud and ask the children to repeat after you. Sing the poem and act out the different action words.
• Sing it to the tune that you like.
• Remember you have to sing it, just reading it will be uninteresting
• Ask children to stand up and do the actions with you.

• Ask the students: which words did we act out from the poem.
• Ask the student to repeat the action words.
• Ask them what are these words? (students may answer: Action Verbs or Naming Words)

Activity 2

• Divide the class into groups. Give each group a picture (taken from a book, newspaper, or an old magazine.

• You can also choose a picture from the textbook. Choose a picture that shows a lot of actions happening.
• Ask the students to use action words to discuss what is happening in the pictures.
• Ask the students to write action words for each picture.

Activity 3

• Divide the class into four/five groups. Give each student a set of picture flash cards showing action words and naming words (you can make picture flash cards by pasting pictures cutout from old magazines, newspaper, book etc.)
• Give them another set of flashcards with the words (verbs and nouns shown in picture cards) written on them.
• Ask them to match the words with the picture cards.

Or

• Divide the class into pairs. Give them a picture each. You can select the picture from the textbook or a storybook.

• Select a picture that shows some actions verbs and some nouns as well.
• You can take a picture from a newspaper, storybook or a textbook.
• Ask the students to put the chits of words next to the action word/ naming word.
• Monitor and check the students work.

Sum up / Conclusion

• Encourage student to use action words by asking the following questions:
• What do you do in the morning, afternoon, evening and night?
• What do you do at different times of the year: Holidays, Eid Holiday, Summer Holidays, etc.?

Assessment

• Ask the students to circle the verb and underline the nouns in the following sentences:
  • • All plays in the ground with his friend.
    • Shut the door.
    • Maria eats butter and jam.
    • Hamid’s teacher gives him homework.
    • Sofia is sleeping.
• Note: the exercise is solved to help the teachers. The bold words are verbs. The words underlined are nouns.

Follow up

• Ask the students to write five words, that they see their mother, father, brothers, sisters, teacher of friends doing.
• Ask them to make sentences with these words them.