Aspects of the Verb: The difference between Past and Present

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Age

6-9.

Materials

  • Slips of paper

Preparation

The directress writes several commands of which some are transitive and some are intransitive.

Presentation

  1. the commands are distributed to the children and they begin executing the commands at the same time.
  2. 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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