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Grade 9 Language - Tenses
Grade 9 Language - Tenses
Wright
Grade: 9
Topic: Tenses
General Objectives: By teaching the topic verb tenses; students will take the initiative to grasp
and understand the use of each specific tenses being taught, as well as to appropriately
use each tense as they focused on their sentence structure and grammar competence.
Specific Objectives:
Instructional material: Whiteboard, markers, speakers, audio clip, projector, laptop, textbook
and videos
Content:
Tenses
Tenses are words that refer to time and one's state of being whether it may be the past present or
future. These are shown by the types of verbs being used.
Past Present Future
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Engage: The teacher will start the class off with a video. In this video, students will be given a
very short but accurate definition of what tenses are, along with multiple examples. After
showing the video to students. Based on what they have observed the teacher will ask her
students to recall a few key information about tenses, the different types of tenses, the definition
definition of tenses of the topic on the board. After writing the definition she will then ask her
students to give examples using the three different types of tenses shown in the video. Students
examples will then be written on the board, after which the teacher will ask her, students to copy
Explain: Students will also be asked to direct their undivided attention to the whiteboard for the
viewing of another video on tenses. This is done to reinforce the information they have received
earlier on tenses. However, the teacher will ask students after showing the video how the human
beings use tenses that refer to the state of being. Students will also be asked to give examples of
their own or make reference to the examples presented to them, in the animation.
Elaborate: After showing the students another animation on tenses rather than to give students
the hard copy of a worksheetshow will present her students with different activities on tenses in
the form of a powerpoint presentation. In the first activity, students will be asked to identify what
is wrong with each of the sentences listed below. Students will also be asked to make the
necessary corrections and to state the type of tense that was used.
After completing the first activity the teacher will discuss clear up all misconceptions about
tenses by discussing the answers to the activity, after which she will provide students with an
evaluation activity to complement the lesson taught as well as the activities given.
Evaluation 1: Another activity on tenses will be projected on the whiteboard for students to
complete. For this activity, students will be used to state the tense being uses as well as to make
five sentences of their own using the three types of tenses they have learned in today's class.
Evaluation 2:
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