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PART 1:  LESSON DESCRIPTION

LESSON TITLE

Differentiating Past and Present Verb Tenses (a Remix of Effective Communication Using Past Tense)

ABSTRACT

This lesson plan is a remix from Effective Communication Using Past Tense.  Its focus is to help English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in Adult Basic Education (ABE), Grade Level B, CCR Anchor 1 (SL.3.1-1d), Speaking and Listening Standards, differentiate past and present verb tenses.  The context is communicating symptoms to a healthcare provider, but learners will apply this knowledge to create new knowledge in other contexts.  Learners will engage in collaborative discussions (one-on-one, group, and instructor-led) with diverse partners, build on others' ideas, ask questions, and practice verbal and written use of past and present verb tenses.  

LEARNER AUDIENCE/PRIMARY USE

This lesson plan has been developed for ESL learners who speak basic English and have difficulty differentiating between past and present verb tenses. 

EDUCATIONAL USE

  • Curriculum/Instruction

LANGUAGE

  • English

MATERIAL TYPE

  •  Instructional Material
  • Lesson Plan

KEYWORDS

  • Designers for Learning
  • Adult Basic Education
  • Conversational English
  • English as a Second Language (ESL)
  • English Grammar
  • Past Tense
  • Present Tense
  • Verb Tenses
  • Body Ache
  • Muscle Ache
  • Fever
  • Cough
  • Soar Throat
  • Runny or Stuffy Nose
  • Loss of Appetite
  • Nausea
  • Headache
  • Pain
  • SL.3.1
  • SL.3.1a
  • SL.3.1b
  • SL.3.1c
  • SL.3.1d

TIME REQUIRED FOR LESSON

  • 120 Minutes

TARGETED SKILLS

  • English grammar, speaking and listening, with focus on differentiating past and present verb tenses.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

During this lesson, learners will:

            1. Discuss the concept of simple present and simple past tense;

            2. Determine simple present and simple past tense in sentences correctly;

            3. Construct sentences using present and past tense

COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS STANDARDS (CCRS) ALIGNMENT

  • Level: Adult Education
  • Grade Level: B
  • Subject: English Language Arts / Literacy
  • Strand: Speaking and Listening
    • Anchor 1a (SL.3.1)
      • Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
    • Anchor 1a (SL.3.1a)
      • Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.   Come to discussions prepared having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
    • Anchor 1a (SL.3.1b)
      • Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
    • Anchor 1a (SL.3.1c)
      • Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
    • Anchor 1a (SL.3.1d)
      • Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

  •     Very Basic Conversational English and some knowledge of past and present verb tenses.   

REQUIRED RESOURCES

  • Skilled teacher with experience teaching learners of ESL
  • Computer and Printer
  • Internet 
  • Laptop, Projector, Cue Cards

LESSON AUTHOR & LICENSE

  • Lesson Author:  Anna Anglin
  • License: Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 License

PART 2:  LESSON

WARMUP

Time: 10 minutes

CLASS INTRODUCTIONS

Instructor introduces self and asks students to introduce themselves and state their expectations for this class.  After introductions, instructor provides an overview of the lesson.

INTRODUCTION

Time: 10 minutes

PURPOSE OF LESSON

This lesson contains instructional materials and links to videos to help learners differentiate past and present verb tenses.

OBJECTIVES

  •             1. Discuss the concept of simple present and simple past tense;

                2. Determine simple present and simple past tense in sentences correctly;

                3. Construct sentences using present and past tense

PRESENTATION/MODELING/DEMONSTRATION

Time: 20 minutes

The instructor will present two groups of sentences and allow the students to read them. After the activity, the learners shall have a group discussion.

Activity 1: 

Download: Activity_1.Identifying present and past

Activity 2:

Download: Activity_2 Group Discussion


GUIDED PRACTICE

Time: 30 minutes

Instructor will provide the learners activities.

YOUTUBE LINK ON PRESENT TENSE (2:24 minutes):  Health Problems In English-Learn English Lessons-Beginner Vocabulary

YOUTUBE LINK ON PAST TENSE (3:34 minutes):  English Grammar for Beginners-Regular Verbs in Past Simple Tense

ACTIVITY:  Labeling Past & Present Tense Sentences (24:02 minutes)

TEST KEY:  Labeling Past & Present Tense Sentences

EVALUATION

Time: 15 minutes

ACTIVITY:  Compose a paragraph, no less than five sentences, narrating symptoms to your healthcare provider in present or past tense (or both tenses).  See EXAMPLE PARAGRAPH.

APPLICATION

Time: 15 minutes

ACTIVITY:  Place learners in groups and observe learners engage in a mock conversation with a "nurse" or "doctor" in a healthcare setting.  Instructor will note the use of present and past tenses and note where improvements are needed.  Instructor will adapt the lesson plan for learners that are having difficulty differentiating between present and past tenses.

KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS

  • Regular Verbs usually have the same endings.  The letter “d” or “ed” is added.
  • Irregular Verbs do not follow the general rules of past tense, i.e., adding a “d” or “ed” at the end of a past verb tense.  They are spelled differently from their base forms, i.e., "break" (present tense) and "broke" (past tense).  Some irregular verbs do not change at all, i.e., "cost" is spelled the same for present and past tenses. 
  • Present Tense is used to express an action or state that is occurring now or in the present time.
  • Past Tense is used to express actions that have occurred in the past.  

PART 3:  SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES & REFERENCES

SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCES

LINKS

Purdue OWL: Irregular Verbs

Cielito's ESL Literacy Website

REFERENCES

  • English Activities. (2014, February 21). Health Problems in English-Learn English Lessons-Beginner Vocabulary [Video file]. Retrieved April 22, 2017 from https://youtu.be/14D92M3URXY
  • Online English Expert. (2014, January 26). English Grammar for Beginners: Regular Verbs in Past Simple Tense [Video file]. Retrieved April 22, 2017 from https://youtu.be/QlZXd-m6Pdw

ATTRIBUTION STATEMENTS

Youtube video file on health problems using the present tense, have, by English Activities, Health Problems in English-Learn English Lessons-Beginner Vocabulary at https://youtu.be/YF2jRfFe82Y

Youtube video file on past simple tense by Online English Expert, English Grammar for Beginners: Regular Verbs in Past Simple Tense at https://youtu.be/QlZXd-m6Pdw

Purdue OWL link on irregular verbs at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/605/1/

Cielitos' ESL Literacy Website at http://eslliteracywebsite.blogspot.com/


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