Unit Plan

Sophia: Strong Verbs

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This tutorial focuses on replacing weak verbs with strong verbs in writing. It offers a video of robots Peter and Lucy discussing his need to fix the weak verbs in his writing. This information is summarized in a slideshow that follows: edit out linking verbs, empty sentence beginnings, progressive tense; avoid heavy nouns; replace generic verbs with specific verbs; and show, don't tell. Real Player is required.

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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)