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VERB POWERVerbs have power! Here’s an example from The Schwa Was Here: “Okay, now she’s walking toward the air lock.” I announced. We were about ten minutes into the movie, and I hadn’t stopped talking yet.“How is she walking?” “I don’t know, like a person walks.” ‘Is she strolling, meandering, stalking?”“Storming,” I said. “She’s storming down the hallway toward the air lock.”WORD BANK- descriptive replacements for “walk”strollmeanderstalkstormDirections: Describe Antsy by changing WALKED to a more vivid verb. Other descriptors like adverbs and adjectives should be added to further show the reader. Here is your stem sentence: Antsy walked into the room. very happy________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________in a hurry_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. distracted__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4. worried____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________terrified__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________as if he might be a thief on the run_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________exhausted from a really tough day at school_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________very angry________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________sleepy___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________stressed out ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________VERB POWERVerbs have power! Here’s an example from The Schwa Was Here: “Okay, now she’s walking toward the air lock.” I announced. We were about ten minutes into the movie, and I hadn’t stopped talking yet.“How is she walking?” “I don’t know, like a person walks.” ‘Is she strolling, meandering, stalking?”“Storming,” I said. “She’s storming down the hallway toward the air lock.”WORD BANK- Write out 12 descriptive replacements for “walk”strollmeanderstalkstormDirections: Describe Antsy by changing WALKED to a more vivid verb. Other descriptors like adverbs and adjectives should be added to further show the reader. Here is your stem sentence: Antsy walked into the room. 1. very happy6. as if he might be a thief on the run2. in a hurry7. exhausted from a really tough day at school3. distracted8. very angry4. worried9. sleepy5. terrified10. stressed out ................
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