Adverbs

__**Adverbs**__
In this mini-lesson students will learn the importance or significance of adverbs; those words which modify nouns. Students will learn that adverbs can act as intensifiers for verbs, while also providing information about the manner, time, or circumstances of the activity. Students will be able to visually see how adverbs are used by displayed the following examples on the board:
 * He walked slowly. (The adverb slowly modifies the verb walked.)
 * He spoke quite loudly. (The adverb quite modifies the adverb loudly.)
 * It was a very delightful function. (The adverb very modifies the adjective delightful.)

Then, students will learn that adverbs do not necessarily need to end in the traditional //-ly//. There are //time adverbs// which say something about the time of an action. Examples are: yesterday, tomorrow, once, soon, always, never. In addition, there are //place adverbs// which say something about the location or direction of an action. Examples are: here, somewhere, elsewhere, uphill, ahead.

Students will then take part in a game where the class will be divided into two halves. One student from each team will come to the front of the class and will choose one verb and adverb to act out (like charades). An example is run angrily. The student silently acts this out and if his teammates can guess what he is doing in 20 seconds or less, they get one point. If that particular team does not guess correctly the opposing team is given a chance to steal. The team must guess both words correctly or no points are given. Go back and forth between teams and see who has the most points at the end.

__ Possible Words for Game: __


 * **Verbs** || **Adverbs** ||
 * walk || quickly ||
 * run || slowly ||
 * eat || quietly ||
 * speak || carefully ||
 * write || recklessly ||
 * sleep || somewhere ||
 * swim || clearly ||
 * sit || happily ||
 * dance || away ||
 * write || spontaneously ||

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