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Vinny The Action Verb
Meet Vinny The Action Verb.
"Lights! Camera!! Action Verb!!!"
Meet the Parts of Speech · Storybook · Ages 7-11

Meet the Verb

Vinny is all action. Lucy is content to sit back and be. With their friend Jake in trouble, they have to put their differences aside.

Book 2 of the Meet the Parts of Speech series. A story from Grammaropolis, featuring Vinny The Action Verb and Lucy The Linking Verb. Illustrated by Powerhouse Animation.
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What's in this storybook
  • 32-36 perfect-bound paperback pages, 8" x 8"
  • Full-color illustration on every spread
  • Read-aloud-friendly text for ages 7-11
  • One self-contained story per book
  • Powerhouse Animation original artwork
  • Includes instructional back matter with standards-aligned definitions and examples
  • ISBN 9781644420171

From the back cover.

Vinny the Action Verb and Lucy the Linking Verb may disagree on some things, but they both love teaching about verbs. It's book two of the Meet the Parts of Speech series, in which the eight parts of speech are personified based on the roles they play in the sentence. Vinny and Lucy approach life differently. He's all action, while she's content to sit back and be. With their friend Jake the adjective in trouble, however, the two verbs must put aside their differences and work together to save the day. Clear and informative back matter includes textbook-style definitions and usage examples of transitive action verbs, intransitive action verbs, and linking verbs.

The Meet the Parts of Speech series uses the mechanics of character and story (plot, motivation, setting) to breathe life into what has traditionally been unengaging subject matter. The story-based approach combines traditional instruction with original narrative content, which appeals to different learning styles, increases both engagement and retention, and encourages students to make a deeper connection with the parts of speech and punctuation marks.

Inside the storybook.

A few of the interior spreads. Each book is one self-contained story with full-color illustrations on every page.

Title page
Meet Vinny
The setup
The conflict
The resolution
The big reveal

Standards covered.

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Standards in this book (illustrative):

CCSS L.5.1.ACCSS L.5.1.BCCSS L.5.1.CCCSS L.5.1.DCCSS L.5.1.EL.5.2.DL.5.3.AL.5.3.BL.5.4.AL.5.5.A-CL.5.6TEKS 5.11.D.iFL ELA.5.C.3.1NY 5L1a-e