**Lesson Plan: Making Sentences with Various Forms of Tenses**
**Grade Level**: Junior Secondary 1
**Subject**: English Comprehension
**Topic**: Making Sentences with Various Forms of Tenses
**Duration**: 60 minutes
**Objectives**:
1. Students will understand the different forms of tenses (present, past, and future).
2. Students will be able to construct sentences using each form of tense accurately.
3. Students will enhance their comprehension skills by identifying and creating sentences in different tenses.
**Materials**:
- Whiteboard and markers
- Handouts with examples of each tense
- Worksheets for practice
- Flashcards with verbs
- Smartboard or projector (if available)
**Lesson Outline**:
### **Introduction (10 minutes)**:
1. **Greeting and Warm-up Activity**:
- Greet the students and briefly discuss the importance of tenses in English.
- Conduct a quick warm-up activity where students share one sentence about what they did yesterday. Write a few examples on the board.
2. **Overview**:
- Introduce the topic: "Making Sentences with Various Forms of Tenses."
- Briefly explain that there are three main tenses in English: present, past, and future.
### **Instruction (20 minutes)**:
1. **Teaching Present Tense** (5 minutes):
- Explain the structure and usage of the present tense. Provide examples on the board.
- Examples: "I eat breakfast every morning." / "She reads a book every evening."
- Highlight present continuous if time allows: Examples: "I am eating now." / "She is reading now."
2. **Teaching Past Tense** (5 minutes):
- Explain the structure and usage of the past tense. Provide examples on the board.
- Examples: "I ate breakfast yesterday." / "She read a book last night."
- Briefly touch on past continuous: Examples: "I was eating when you called." / "She was reading when it started raining."
3. **Teaching Future Tense** (5 minutes):
- Explain the structure and usage of the future tense. Provide examples on the board.
- Examples: "I will eat breakfast tomorrow." / "She will read a book tonight."
- Briefly discuss using 'going to' for future plans: Examples: "I am going to eat breakfast." / "She is going to read a book."
4. **Interactive Activity** (5 minutes):
- Use flashcards with verbs for a quick interactive activity. Call out a verb and ask students to form a sentence in the present, past, and future tenses.
### **Guided Practice (15 minutes)**:
1. **Worksheet Activity**:
- Hand out worksheets with a mix of sentences in different tenses.
- Students will identify the tense of each sentence and then rewrite it in another tense.
- Work through the first few examples together as a class.
2. **Group Work**:
- Divide students into small groups and assign each group a tense (present, past, or future).
- Each group will create a short story using sentences in their assigned tense.
- Groups will then share their stories with the class.
### **Independent Practice (10 minutes)**:
- Provide students with individual handouts where they must write three sentences in each tense (present, past, and future) based on provided prompts.
- Example prompts: "Describe your morning routine." / "Talk about your favorite vacation." / "Share your plans for the weekend."
### **Conclusion (5 minutes)**:
1. **Recap and Review**:
- Go over the key points of the lesson.
- Ask a few students to share their sentences from the independent practice.
2. **Q&A Session**:
- Allow time for students to ask questions and clear up any confusion.
3. **Homework Assignment**:
- Assign a homework task where students write a paragraph using all three tenses to describe a day in their life (past, present, and future events).
### **Assessment**:
- Monitor participation during interactive activities and group work.
- Review completed worksheets and independent practice handouts.
- Evaluate the homework for understanding and correct usage of tenses.
**Closure**:
- End the lesson with positive reinforcement, highlighting the importance of mastering tenses to improve their overall communication skills.
- Encourage students to practice making sentences in different tenses at home.
**Note**: Adjust the pace and difficulty of the lesson based on the students’ comprehension levels and responses during the activities.