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AFTER READING
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVES
  • Define and identify main verbs.
  • Define and identify helping verbs.
  • Use main and helping verbs in writing.
  • Become familiar with main and helping verb assessment on high-stakes tests.
Monitor Progress
then…
see The Grammar and Writing Book
pp. 116–119.
If… students
have difficulty
identifying main
and helping
verbs,
Grammar
Spiral REVIEW
DAILY FIX-IT
This week use Daily Fix-It
Transparency 12.
with | without Answers
ELL
Support Grammar See the
Grammar Transition lessons in the
ELL and Transition Handbook.
The Grammar & Writing Book
The Grammar and Writing Book
 For more instruction and practice,
 use pp. 116–121.
DAY 1
Teach and Model
DAY 2
Develop the Concept
DAY 3
Apply to Writing
DAY 4
Test Preparation
DAY 5
Cumulative Review
READING-GRAMMAR CONNECTION
Write this sentence from
Pushing Up the Sky on the
board:
The stars were shining
through the holes poked
into the sky. . . .
Explain that the word shining is
the main verb. The verb were is
a helping verb.
Display Grammar Transparency
12. Read aloud the definitions
and sample sentences. Work
through the items.
Grammar Transparency
Grammar Transparency 12
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. All the village man were
    hunting on monday. (men;
    Monday)
  2. Theyd seen deers and
    foxes in the forest. (They'd;
    deer)
GUIDED PRACTICE
Review the concept of main verbs
and helping verbs.
  • A main verb is the part of a
    verb phrase that shows
    action.
  • A helping verb shows the
    time of the action.
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 45. Work
through the first two items with the
class.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 45
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Do you recal the golden
    eagles in the forest. (recall;
    forest?)
  2. They was sitting on a pine
    Tree. (were; tree)
USE HELPING VERBS
Explain that describing the precise
time of an action makes writing
clearer. Helping verbs express
time.
The men have seen bears
many times before.
  • Have students review
    something they have written
    to see if they can make it
    clearer by using helping
    verbs to describe a precise
    time.
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 46.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 46
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. The hunters spoted a brown
    bare among the trees.
    (spotted; bear)
  2. They went after the animal
    but it dissapeared into the
    woods. (animal,; disappeared)
DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Two woman unlode wood,
    and then they build a fire.
    (women; unload)
  2. The fire will kept every one in the village warm. (keep;
    everyone)
Test Tip
Sometimes one or more words
come between a main verb and
a helping verb.
Example: Hummingbirds are
always moving their wings.
In this sentence, moving is the
main verb, and are is the
helping verb. The word always
is not part of the verb.
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 47.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 47
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STANDARDIZED TEST PREP
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
Assign pp. 116–119 in The
Grammar and Writing Book.
EXTRA PRACTICE Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 133.
ASSESSMENT
CUMULATIVE REVIEW Grammar
and Writing Practice Book p. 48.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
 Practice Book p. 48
with | without Answers
DAILY FIX-IT
  1. The two men is making a
    boat out of branchs. (are;
    branches)
  2. It will flowt on a long voiage. (float; voyage)
Grammar Main and Helping Verbs