As she says the sentence, she demonstrates this sentence. The teacher demonstrates each adverb. Then the groups trade stories and try to find the adverbs and label them as to their function. Finally, a representative from each group reads aloud the story that the group invented, and the teacher makes a list of the adverbs in the stories. Then everyone eats lollipops happily.
Students choose another short article, or story, and find the adverbs.
They should write the adverbs down, and make sure they understand the meaning of the words. They should then write a short story in which the adverbs are used. Students should be encouraged to examine the sentences in which the adverbs originally appeared to get a sense of how the adverbs should be used. They bring this item to class with them on Friday. The students will pull up an article from the NY Times.