Mental Action Verbs | Award Winning Thinking Verbs Teaching Video | Thinking Verbs

Understanding Mental Action Verbs | Thinking Verbs | This video connects the abstract concept of the mental action verb to students’ prior knowledge of physical action verbs.  It defines these verbs as actions that you cannot see or hear, but actions that happen in a person’s brain.  Supported practice is provided through a series of steps that involve identifying the nouns first, and then finding the mental action taking place. This video series strives to connect all new concepts to prior knowledge, supporting spoken and written language with real life scenarios.  The goal of this video is to reinforce the relationship between nouns and verbs, while introducing an abstract concept supported by visual imagery and audio instructional support.

I’ve created an entire series of teaching videos to explain the components of English Language
Arts in a way that connects them to each other and to real world reading, speaking, and writing. The links for the videos in order are below.  Please look for my other videos and share them with others that may find them helpful.

Nouns: Video
Abstract Nouns: Abstract Nouns | Award Winning Abstra...
Nouns and Verbs: Nouns and Verbs | Award Winning Conne...
Verbs "Action" : Verbs | Action Verbs | Award Winning ...
Mental Action Verbs: Mental Action Verbs | Award Winning T...
Proper Nouns: Proper Nouns | Award Winning Proper N...
Adjectives: Adjectives | Award Winning Understand...
Identifying Adjectives: Adjectives Identifying | What is an A...
Adverbs: Adverbs | Award Winning  Understandin...
Pronouns: Pronouns | Award Winning Introduction...
Personal Pronouns: Personal Pronouns | Award Winning Per...
Pronouns and Antecedents: Pronouns and Antecedents | What is a ...
Subject Pronouns: Pronouns and Antecedent | Award Winni...
Linking Verbs and Action Verbs: Linking Verbs and Action Verbs | Awar...
Good or Well: Good or Well | Award Winning Good or ...
Subjects and Predicates: Subjects and Predicates | Subject and...
Helping Verbs: Helping Verbs | Award Winning Helping...
Helping Verbs Advanced:  Helping Verbs Advanced | Award Winnin...
Subjects and Predicates 2:  Subjects and Predicates More | Award ...
Contractions: Contractions | Award Winning Contract...
Understanding Contractions: Understanding Contractions | Award Wi...
Contractions Practice: Contractions Practice in English | Aw...
Compound Words: Compound Words | Award Winning Compou...
Indirect Objects: Indirect Object | Award Winning Indir...
Direct Objects: Direct Object | Award Winning Direct ...
Understanding Prepositional Phrases: Preposition | Award Winning Prepositi...
Coordinating Conjunctions: Coordinating Conjunctions | Award Win...

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