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ℹ Action Statements • Telling What Persons Are Doing
• Action Statements: An action sentence tells what someone or something is doing (e.g., is reading, is cleaning, took, spoke).
• Avoiding Unnecessary "And"s: Write each action clearly. Do not join unrelated actions with endless "and"s—start a fresh sentence with a capital letter and period.
✦ Schoolroom Story Model • Actions on the Slate
"A little girl in a school-room noticed what the boys and girls were doing. She wrote upon her slate what she saw: 'John is reading. Mary is cleaning her slate. Clara is sitting in a chair. Charles is standing by the table. Kate is standing by the window.'"
Part 1: Actions in the Model Schoolroom
Write complete sentences describing what each person is doing.
1.
What is John doing, and what is Mary cleaning?
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Where is Clara sitting, and where is Charles standing?
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What did the teacher do with the book from the table?
4.
What actions did Fred do when he went to the teacher?
Part 2: Observing Actions Around You
Observe real actions and write complete statements.
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Write what a pupil near you is doing right now.
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Write what your teacher is doing right now.
7.
Write two actions you did today, without using unnecessary "and"s.