Verb Tenses

Subject: ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)

Lesson Length: 45 - 60 mins

Topic: Verb Tenses

Grade Level: 2, 3, 4, 5

Standards / Framework:

Brief Description: Students will use present, past, and future tenses with appropriate time markers when speaking and writing.

Know Before You Start: Students should have an understanding of past, present, and future.

Comic 1

Comic 2

Hook:

Read and discuss the sample comic.
- Is each caption in present, past, or future tense?
- Point out the commonalities and differences when changing the verb between tenses. Typically when we talk about the past, we add ed, in the present we add ing.
- Draw attention to the usage of the helping verb “will” to show future tense.

Activity:

Using sample Comic 2 as a guide, have students create a comic that uses captions to explain past, present, and future tenses.
Have the students give examples of the verb tenses inside the speech bubbles.

Closure:

Have students practice reading their comics aloud to a partner or small group to promote oral language skills.
Provide immediate feedback as students are speaking to help reinforce the proper tenses.

Differentiation:

Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
Provide sentence stems as needed.
Allow students to work with a peer model.
Provide a list of common verbs and their conjugations.
Provide other examples of past, present, and future tense to extend understanding, e.g., last year, this year, next year.

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