Transcript To write in present tense & 1st person

L.O. To write in the present
tense and first person.
Steps to success
To change from past to present tense
To empathise with a character
To edit and improve a text
Tenses
Verbs in the past, present and future tense
What’s wrong with these sentences?
Yesterday I am playing football.
Yesterday I played football.
Tomorrow I went to the zoo.
Tomorrow I am going to the zoo.
At the moment I have washed the
dishes.
At the moment I am washing the
dishes.
Past, Present or Future?
Yesterday I played football.
PAST
Tomorrow I am going to the zoo.
FUTURE
At the moment I am washing the
dishes.
PRESENT
Think Pair Share
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
play
Can you say sentences in the
past, present and future tense.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
play
Yesterday I played football.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
play
At the moment I’m playing football.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
play
Tomorrow I’m going to play football.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
cry
Can you say sentences in the
past, present and future tense.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
cry
Yesterday I cried.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
cry
I’m crying now!!
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
cry
I’m going to cry a lot tomorrow.
Tomorrow I’m going to cry.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
laugh
Can you say sentences in the
past, present and future tense.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
Laugh
I laughed so much yesterday.
I was laughing all day yesterday
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
laugh
Your joke is making me laugh.
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
laugh
I am going to be laughing about this
later.
Tense Chairs – Game
• Pick a verb.
• Sit on one of the ‘Tense Chairs’ and
act out your word.
• Can the class guess your word?
• Can anyone say the word in all
three tenses?
yesterday
today
tomorrow
The Piano - War Scene
• Read at the text in pairs.
• Highlight all the verbs in the text.
• Your task is to re-write the scene in
the past tense.
• Can edit and improve the text as
you write?