ALEX Learning Activity

Knowing the In's and Out's of a Direct Object

A Learning Activity is a strategy a teacher chooses to actively engage students in learning a concept or skill using a digital tool/resource.

  This learning activity provided by:  
Author: LyKeyshia Barley
System:Hale County
School:Hale County Board Of Education
  General Activity Information  
Activity ID: 2257
Title:
Knowing the In's and Out's of a Direct Object
Digital Tool/Resource:
Direct Object Practice Sheet
Web Address – URL:
Overview:

In this grammar lesson, students will use a graphic organizer/worksheet to determine three concepts: the subject, action verb, and direct object in a sentence

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX  Resource Development Summit.
  Associated Standards and Objectives  
Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
17. Identify the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

a. Identify subject-verb agreement with compound subjects joined by correlative and coordinating conjunctions and with collective nouns when verb form depends on the rest of the sentence.

b. Identify the usage of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex statements and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas in a text.

c. Evaluate the functions of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
Learning Objectives:

Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking by:

1. identifying the subject performing the action in a sentence.

1. identifying the action verb in a sentence.

2.  identifying the receiver of the verb in a sentence (direct object).
  Strategies, Preparations and Variations  
Phase:
Before/Engage
Activity:

The students will complete a printed graphic organizer (see the digital tool for link) as a formative assessment; the worksheet will be used to assess the student's prior knowledge about direct objects. A timer should be used for the questions (allow 15-20 minutes for students to work). After the allowed time, students will exchange paper with one another to assess retained knowledge of subjects, verbs, and direct objects. The teacher will allow a participatory grade session: students are to read the sentences aloud and answer the questions stated in directions (if desired the teacher can write correct sentences on board for visual learners to show the relationship between the direct object and compliments). Instant feedback of errors and grades will be given so sentences can be corrected. 
Assessment Strategies:

The graphic organizer, visual assessment, and talk aloud will be used as a formative assessment. Students will be asked to answer the questions on the graphic organizer. Response from the students will reveal comprehension of a subject, verb, and direct object as is used in a sentence.
Advanced Preparation:

The recommended instructional preparation procedure for the activity is to print and copy the graphic organizer. The teacher will need a timer(optional). 
Variation Tips (optional):

This pre-assessment activity can transition into a more in-depth lesson on the complements of a direct object: predicate nominative, action and linking verbs, predicate adjective, and subject complement.
Notes or Recommendations (optional):

This lesson can be used for 6th and 8th grade ELA.
  Keywords and Search Tags  
Keywords and Search Tags: action verbs, direct object, subjects