One tell-tale sign of a struggling and emerging writer is that they have an over- reliance on "To Be" verb usage.
A huge impediment to the cultivation of voice, rhythm, flow - I have created a really fun gamification exercise known as "To Be Verb Swatter Bash."
In brief, students need to rewrite "To Be" verb laden sentences without using a single derivation.
My YouTube video goes over all the various wrinkles, guidelines, and rule ... the activity and all of the necessary slides are also available for download (FREE) ... just scroll down in the video's description a tad bit.
This is a ton of fun and super edifying!
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Happy teaching and happy writing!
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