My Best Sports Moment – Rugby Championship Game

Grammar Skill: What are verbs?

Verbs are doing words. A verb can express a physical action, a mental action, or a state of being. Examples of verbs are:

·         A physical action (e.g., to swim, to write, to climb).

·         A mental action (e.g., to think, to guess, to consider).

·         A state of being (e.g., to be, to exist, to appear).

To be complete, every sentence must have a subject, a verb and a complete idea, so be sure to always include your verbs!!!

Vocabulary:

Moment (noun): a very small period of time

Experience (verb): an event or occurrence

Vividly (adverb): something done in a clear, graphic or very detailed manner

Etched (verb): something that is drawn or carved

Championship (noun): the top award for a person or team in a league

Defeat (verb): to win against an opponent

Excitement (noun): the feeling of great happiness

Hoist (verb): to raise something above your head

Signify (verb): something that represents something else or is an indication of something

                In our lives, we are going to experience moments that stand out from all the rest. Moments that are more vividly etched into our memories. Moments we will always be able to remember. These are moments are special for certain reasons. From my own memory, I can recall several of these moments that hold special meaning to me. One moment from my life that has special meaning is when my team and I won our rugby championship game.

                It was about nine o’clock at night on a cold November night when the final whistle blew. That final whistle signified the end of the game; a game that my team, the Molloy Rugby Lions, had just won! We had defeated Montclair State to win our conference championship.

                My team all ran towards each other. We jumped and yelled in excitement in a big crowd. The league official gave us the trophy and we all hoisted it high up in the air. None of us could be seen without a smile on our faces. We took pictures with each other and as a team with the trophy. The picture of that moment still sits on my shelf in my bedroom, but the memory of that moment will be with me in my mind always.

Vocabulary Activity: Using the vocabulary words from above, complete the blanks in the sentence below. **Helpful Hint!!** Use the context of the vocabulary from the reading to help you with this activity!

1. The children _________________their own ideas of what the character looked like.

2. The parents could tell by their daughter’s _________________ that she liked her present.

3. After the final match was over, the _________________ was finally decided.

4. They took a picture to capture the _________________.

5. The green light _________________ the car could go.

6. The young boy decided to play _________________ over soccer.

7. The author’s great description _________________ detailed his experience.

8. The United States _________________ the Germans in World War II.

9. Using a rope and a tree branch, my mom _________________ the piñata over my head.

Build the Skill!

Step 1: Think about a time when you experienced something great!

Step 2: Using the experience you thought about, draw the experience as if it was a comic.  Draw at least three comic boxes to fit your drawings into.

Step 3: The final step is to describe the moments in each box with one or two sentences explaining what is going on in each drawing. Underline the verb you use in each description!

It could look something like this: 

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