Angry Verbs!

The most excited my students have EVER been to do a writing activity? You won't be surprised to hear it involved the characters in the game Angry Birds. This idea originated from a second grade blogger. We started by talking about the game Angry Birds. I had a YouTube video all ready to go, but every single student, I kid you not, already knew exactly what it was, and could tell me every single detail about the game. We started generating a word bank of verbs that describe the actions of the birds- dive, soar, fling, bomb, crash, tilt, etc. Once we got a massive list, students began their Angry Verbs writing.

Students developed an Angry Birds story that incorporated the verbs from our list, or others they generated on their own. Typically, with most writing activities, I have the same few students who have to sit and think for some time about how to get started. Not this time! Every student attacked this lesson immediately. Some students wrote a narrative story about the characters in the game, and others wrote a descriptive detailing of how the game works. They all turned out great! Once we did a brief edit/revision, students went through and highlighted their verbs. Add on the coloring page of a character of their choice, and tada!

You can find my Angry Verbs writing template HERE.

The linke for the coloring pages is HERE.