Verb Tense Study

9 September 2015

Objective:
TWBAT facilitate a verb tense study.

Agenda
Intro
Goal planning
Why VTS
VTS + social studies
VTS + science
VTS review & questions
Content resources
Lesson planning

Grammar &
Writing

Grammar & Writing

Objectives

Tasks

You will construct

declarative sentences
using simple past
tense.
You will organize facts
using a graphic
organizer.

Video discussion
Annotation + jigsaw
Flow map
Grammar graphic
organizer

Video- Outbreak
of WW1
http://www.history.com/topics/world-wari/outbreak-of-world-war-i

1. Form teams of four.

2. Read & annotate your
teams text.
Main Idea
Detail

Key Terms

Jigsaw

Unknown Terms
Right Response
Left Learned
3. Practice presenting
information.
The main idea of the text is
_______________________.

A detail that supports the

detail is ________________.

_____________________ caused _____________________.

Event #1

Event #2

Event #3

Event #3

Video- War in
One Word
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/worldwar-i-history/videos/world-war-i-one-word

Writing

All four facts are

included and are in
the correct
sequence on flow
map.

At least three facts At least two facts

are included and are are included on a
in the correct
flow map.
sequence on a flow
map.

1
At least one fact is
included on a flow
map.

Language Objective

Parts of Speech:

We will write
declarative
sentences using
simple past
tense.

Verbs

verb(ed)

Application (Why?)
We use simple past to show actions that
happened in the past.

Formula

Subject + verbed + finisher.

Example

Citizens + feared + the impending conflict

between the countries.