Student Alexandra Surdo Professor_ Rickey Moroney

Course EDU527 Date: June 18th 2018

Grade_3rd grade Topic Past Tense verbs Content Area: English/TESOL

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES (s)

After participating in a class discussion about what a past tense verb is and how to conjugate a
verb in the past tense, students will write a story about an event that occurred last year using the
correct past tense verbs. The story will be scored on a teacher-made rubric and will assess the
students’ ability to use the past tense verbs correctly.

NYS-CCLS / +NYS STANDARDS AND INDICATORS

Standard and/or Key Idea and/or Key Concept_
NYS.CCSS.L.3. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.

Indicator: This will be evident when students will use the past tense verb properly during class
discussion and writing activities.

Standard and/or Key Idea and/or Key Concept_

NYS.CCSS.L.1.E. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.

Indicator: This will be evident when students learn and use the simple past tense throughout the
lesson.

ISTE Standards
Empowered Learner 1C
Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demon-
strate their learning in a variety of ways.
Indicator: This will be evident when student come up to the SMART board to play a fill in the
blank game to check for their understandings.
This will also be evident when students create a Prezi to tell their story in the past tense.

4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making

a. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project

Indicator: This will be evident when students use the SMARTboard to complete an activity
and use their e-textbook to help them write their stories.

This will also be evident when students create a Prezi to tell their story in the past tense.

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
• Pencils
• SMARTboard
• SMARTboard activity
• Youtube video
• Worksheet
• Teacher created Rubric
• Picture cards
• E-textbook
• Computers/Ipad
• Prezi.com

MOTIVATION (Engaging the learner(s)*)

Students will watch a school house rock youtube video on the past simple tense.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKaD2btS1A4)

DEVELOPMENTAL PROCEDURES
• After watching the Youtube video, students will share what they noticed about the video.

• As a class, Verbs will be reviewed and explained on what makes a verb special.
• The teacher will add Total Physical Response by having students act out a verb with a picture

of the verb. (example, run, walk, talk and jump)

• Students and teacher will go over the meaning of a verb. Verbs are actions words and repre-

sent the things we do, such as run, eat, or walk.

• Students will be asked to think of other verbs and teacher will record them on chart paper.

• The teacher will tell students that these things are present tense because they are happening

now. But, let us say you want to tell your friends what happened today next week. How would

you say it? “I jump yesterday? Or I jumped yesterday? Which one sound correct?

• When we talk about the past tense, we talk about something that already happened.

• Teacher and student will go over the past tense verbs by using chapter one of the e-textbook.

• Students will complete the activities provided in the e-textbook.

• After going over the words, students will think of a sentence using the past tense. Students will

turn and talk. After a few minutes, students will share with the class.

• Students will then have the opportunity to come up to the SMARTboard and fill in the blank

with the correct past tense verb.

• Students will be given a writing assignment. They will be asked to write a story about some-

thing they did last month.

• Students will each get access to a iPad or computer. They will be asked to create a Prezi

to tell their story using the past tense.

• The teacher will model the first three sentences of her story using the past tense.

INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

Direct Instruction:
• This will be evident when the teacher teaches the students about past tense verbs and provides
multiple examples.

Independent Activity:

• This will be evident when students will complete a writing assignment using the past tense
verbs.

Group Discussion:

• This will be evident when the class come together at the beginning of the class to discuss what
past tense verbs are and provide different example with the class.

• This will also be evident when the class discuss the youtube video shown during the motiva-
tion.

ADAPTATIONS

• Language Learners will be grouped with other students on their learning level.

• Language learners can be provided with a dictionary in their native language only when the
student comes across words they are unfamiliar with or can think of how to say the English
word.

• Language learning students will be given visual aids throughout the lesson.

• Teacher and peer modeling strategies will be used throughout the lesson.

• Visuals and gestures will be used to help language learners develop content understanding.

• The student with a significant grapho-motor disability will use a voice-to-text application for
writing assignments.

DIFFERENTIATION OF INSTRUCTION

Content:
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 • Visual aids will be provided to the English language learner for multiple activities
throughout the lesson, entering and transitioning students will be given a visual represen-
tation. The e-textbook will be translated into the students home language.
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• English language learners will receive peer-supported learning within activities to pro-
vide language and support content.

Process: 
• Entering and transitioning students will be given a visual representation of the past tense
verb. E-textbook will be translated into the students home language. 

• The students will be working in heterogeneous groups to support diverse learning. Eng-
lish language learners will receive peer-support of proficient English speakers through
activities.

• While completing the writing task, English language learners will be group homogene-
ously based upon their English language proficiency level for guided support.
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Product:
• English language learners who are entering and emerging will be assigned to draw and
verbally tell the teacher their story using the past tense. Students will also be provided
with a verb cheat sheet with pictures they can use to tell their story. E-textbook will be
translated into students home language and the English version will also be provided.
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• Transitioning students will be given sentence starters strips with a “verb cheat sheet”
worksheet that will help them write their stories using the past tense.
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• Expanding to general education students will receive little to no help from the teacher.
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 ASSESSMENT

Formative Assessment: Students will be informally assessed on their abilities to work through
participation throughout the lesson.

Summative Assessment: Student’s writing will be graded using a teacher-created rubric. Stu-
dents will be assessed on using the correct past tense verb correctly.

INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
For homework, students will receive a essay in the present tense. They will be asked to turn the
essay from the present tense to the past tense. Entering students will be provided with a word
bank that they can use to help them conjugate the verb.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES: DIRECT TEACHER INTERVENTION AND

ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT

Direct Teacher Intervention

The students, under direct intervention with the teacher, will review what past tense verbs are
and then play a game containing the past tense verbs.

Academic Enrichment

Students will write a diary/ journal entry to describe what they did last summer. Students will use
past tense verbs throughout the journal entries.

REFERENCES
Balzafiore, A., Surdo, A., & Faele, N. (2018, June 13). PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. Re-
trieved June 17, 2018, from https://pastpresentandfutre.weebly.com/

Dove, M. G., & Honigsfeld, A. M. (2013). Common Core for the Not-So-Common Learner,
Grades K-5: English Language Arts Strategies. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Past Tense Activities - Regular Verbs Lesson Plan for ESL Kids Teachers. (n.d.). Retrieved June
16, 2018, from https://www.eslkidstuff.com/lesson-plans/past-tense-regular-verbs.html

Past Tense Irregular Verbs List. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://www.grammar.cl/Past/Irregular_Verbs_List.htm

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