Aspects of the Verb: The difference between Past and Present
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Contents
Age
6-9.
Materials
- Slips of paper
Preparation
The directress writes several commands of which some are transitive and some are intransitive.
Presentation
- the commands are distributed to the children and they begin executing the commands at the same time.
- It is observed that some children have finished their actions, i.e. write a word, open the door, while others have not finished because no one has told them to stop, i.e. walk, hop.
Control Of Error
Points Of Interest
Purpose
Direct Aim:
- Point of consciousness: An action without an object may last forever. An action with an object has a specific point of completion.
Indirect Aim:
- Comprehension of transitive and intransitive verbs
- Concept of infinitive
Variation
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