Past, Present, and Future Lesson Plan

Goal: Differentiating between past aspects

Objectives (SWBAT):
Students Will Be Able To
1. synthesize historical information by creating a timeline.
2. describe past events using the simple past.
3. use the past perfect to explain a sequence of past events.
ssential !uestion"s#$
1. %ow are your past experiences similar to people who are from different cultures&
2. 'hat ma(es a past event worthy of remembering&
)heme$ *iographies
xtensions$ +onnecting biographies
StageAi! Activit"Procedure #nteraction Ti!e
Warm up
Hula skirt Wh-question
review game
Transition to 1: Lets
continue todays lesson by
using our timelines that we
made yesterday.
,) divides class into teams. ach team
is assigned a piece of paper that has
strips of paper attached and is posted
on the wall. ach strip of paper has one
-answer..
,/s ta(e one strip of paper and bring it
bac( to group. /s must form a 'h,
question that would be an appropriate
question for the response0 then bring it
to ) to chec(. /s ta(e another strip of
paper if correct. )he team who finishes
first wins.
,) reviews any difficult question types.
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/s,/s
),/s
1,2
min
1,12
min
3 min
Activity 1:
Listening/Speaking
Transition to :
Now that weve had a
,) instructs /s to ta(e out their
timelines.
-/s wal( around and as( other /s what
is on their timelines using appropriate
'h,questions. /s ta(e notes about
similar types of events that happened in
),/s 1 min
1,12
min
chance to look at some of
our own past events, lets
look at some prominent
immigrants in N!.
their lives and in their peers4.
,5n small groups0 /s review the (inds
of timeline similarities that were
common. /s discuss why these events
consistently showed up and why others
did not.
3,6
min
Activity :
!ea"ing/Writing/Listening
#iography $igsaw %art &
Transition to : Now were
going to add a further layer
by incorporating the past
perfect.
, ) divides /s into four groups. ach
group moves to one corner0 where
biography materials have been laid out.
,/s wor( together to read0 listen to0 and
watch materials. /s fill out 7igsaw
handout with relevant information.
,/s share their information with
another group using the simple past
form.
),/s
/s,/s
/s,/s
1,2
min
13,22
min
12,13
min
Activity ':
!ea"ing/Writing/Listening
#iography $igsaw %art &&
, ) as(s /s if they remember past
perfect from previous lesson. ) reviews
the past perfect form by drawing a
timeline on the board and explaining
how to use past perfect when
discussing to past points in time.
, /s share their information with a
different group0 using the past perfect.
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, /s fill out the 8enn diagram of the
three prominent immigrants in small
groups.
),/s
/s,/s
/s,/s
6,9
min
12,13
min
12,12
min
Wrap-up , xit tic(et$ ) as(s /s to write two
sentences. )he first sentence
summarizes when to use the simple
past. )he second sentence summarizes
when to use the past perfect.
),/s 12,12
min
:aterials $ %ula s(irt sheet0 timelines0 biography materials0 7igsaw handout0 8enn diagram
;ccommodations$ )o assist with students of different abilities0 biography materials include
images0 text0 video0 and audio.
+ontingency <lans$ 5f there is extra time0 the last group pairing for the 7igsaw can be allowed.
<ost,=esson >eflections$