ILA Lesson Plan
Grade 4
Objectives:
Students will identify sentences as past, present, or future tense.
Students will write paragraphs in future tense and rewrite paragraphs in past tense.
State Standards:
Pennsylvania Academic Standards
1.5.5 A,B,F Quality of Writing
Materials:
Cards with words to make sentence
Sheet of paper for each student
Procedure:
Prior knowledge- Students will have read a story in their basal reader prior to the start of this lesson.
Introduction-
Divide the class into groups.
Provide each group with a set of index cards, each containing one word.
Instruct students to work together to put the words in order to make a sentence.
Ask which group thinks they have a sentence written in the past tense.
Have group read the sentence aloud.
Ask which group thinks they have a sentence written in the present and future tense.
Have groups read sentences aloud.
Discuss past, present and future tense.
Developmental Activities-
Provide each student with a sheet of paper
Prompt students to write a paragraph about the story that was previously read in class. These paragraphs should be written in the future tense.
After students have been given time to write paragraphs, ask for volunteers to read their stories aloud, concentrating on the future tense verbs.
Prompt students to switch papers with a partner.
Instruct students to rewrite their partner’s paragraph in the past tense.
Ask for volunteers to read the new stories aloud, concentrating on past tense verbs.
Closure-
Students will individually complete workbook page dealing with past, present, and future tense verbs.
Evaluation:
Teacher observation during group and individual activities
Student completion of paragraph and workbook page
Adaptations:
Students who have trouble writing paragraphs in the future tense will be provided a paragraph written in the future tense with the verbs left out. They will be prompted to add future tense verbs to the paragraph.
Teacher will assist students who struggle with the concept throughout the lesson.
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