Lesson Plan of Action Words

July 15, 2022 by Lesson Plan Coaches

Subject English

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.?

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.

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.