Adverb Basics

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Ask students how adding an adverb changed the initial sentence. Support them to understand that adverbs made the sentence more specific.
• Tell students that an adverb is a descriptive word that modifies or qualifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs express a time, place, manner, degree, or frequency.
• Write the definition on the board.
• Use a projector to display the Make a Deposit in Your Adverb Word Bank worksheet. Read through each section aloud.
• Label the first section manner, the second section time & frequency, the third section place, and the final section degree.
• Ask your students to volunteer other adverbs that can be added to each section and write them on the word bank. (Tip: Keep the word bank displayed through the remainder of the lesson.)
• Write an example sentence in each section (e.g. Joe cheerfully jumped out of bed; I'll take out the garbage later; The dog is playing outside; She is very excited for the party.) Underline the adverb in each example sentence.

Guided Practice

• Hand out the All Kinds of Adverbs worksheet.
• Review the top section of the worksheet with the class, reading each definition aloud to reinforce student understanding.
• Model how to complete the first sentence by filling in the blank with an adverb that expresses manner. Show students how you can use the word bank to find an adverb to complete the sentence (e.g. cheerfully).
• Ask a student volunteer to choose a word from the appropriate section in the word bank to complete the second sentence. Support the student as needed so that they are successful.
• Instruct students to work with an elbow partner to complete the remainder of the worksheet, using the word bank as a tool to complete each sentence.
• Invite a student to read a sentence aloud from their completed worksheet. Repeat with several sentences.

Independent working time

• Hand out a sheet of lined paper to each student.
• Have students fold or divide their paper into four sections.
• Instruct students how to label each section: Label the first section 'manner', the second section 'time & frequency', the third section 'place', and the final section 'degree'.
• Instruct students to independently write a sentence in each section, using an adverb in the way specified. Remind students to underline the adverb in each sentence.
• Circulate and offer support as needed.