Vivid Verbs

10/14/2013

Are your verbs vivid enough? Are your students'? How do we change boring verbs in to vivid ones? Check out the video below where we take a look at An Island Grows by Lola Schaefer and her use of vivid verbs.

To download a copy of the Vivid Verb Thesaurus, go to my TeachersPayTeachers page. You also can get a copy of the practice page below for free.

Check out Lola's cool website at http://www.lolaschaefer.com/
Plus, she just had a brand new book come out called Lifetime. It looks fascinating. Check it out.

7 Comments

Charlotte Dixon

10/15/2013 10:59:16 am

Thank you for sharing the vivid verbs in such a delightful way! Good food for thought when bringing movement and excitement to our writing.

Mandy

10/16/2013 01:19:27 am

Thanks Charlotte!

Lucie Mizutani link

10/17/2013 12:14:05 pm

That is definitely useful for me since English is my second language. I also google to find out also about nouns (synonym and antonym).It give me an idea about redoing my manuscript for the book I finished illustrating.

Mandy

10/29/2013 12:13:05 pm

So glad it's helpful Lucie!

Debra Bergerson

2/18/2014 03:48:38 am

Hi Mandy and Mira,
GREAT !!! Thank you !
Deb~~~

Elizabeth B Marin link

2/18/2014 06:39:29 am

Riviteing. I will buy the book and will revise all my verbs!

SaDonna Heathman

9/24/2014 04:09:49 am

I am soooo going back through the archives. There is a gold mine of information here. Thanks Mandy!

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