Free Narrative Tenses Lesson Plan for 12th Grade Students

Topic: Narrative Tenses

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and use the different narrative tenses in their writing.

Materials:

• Chart with the names of the narrative tenses (present perfect, past perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect progressive, present perfect subjunctive, and past perfect subjunctive) and example sentences for each tense
• Pencils and paper for each student

Warm-up

• Ask students to think about a recent or memorable event that they have experienced.
• Have them write a brief description of the event in the past tense, using complete sentences.
• Then, ask them to rewrite the description in the present perfect tense, using complete sentences.
• Finally, have them rewrite the description in the past perfect tense, using complete sentences.
• Review the different names of the tenses (present perfect, past perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect progressive, present perfect subjunctive, and past perfect subjunctive) and ask students to explain the differences between them.

Direct Instruction

• Review the different names of the tenses (present perfect, past perfect, present perfect progressive, past perfect progressive, present perfect subjunctive, and past perfect subjunctive) and ask students to explain the differences between them.
• Discuss the uses of the narrative tenses and how they can help us tell a story effectively.
• Provide examples of each tense and have students identify the tense being used.

Guided Practice

• Provide students with a narrative text and have them identify and underline the tenses being used.
• Have students work in pairs to rewrite the text using the correct tense.

Independent Practice

• Have students choose a topic of their choice and write a short narrative text, using the tenses they have learned.
• Have students share their narratives with the class and have the class discuss the use of tenses.

Closure

• Review the tenses that have been learned in the lesson.
• Ask students to share one thing they have learned about narrative tenses

.Assessment

• Collect the students' narrative writing and assess their use of tenses.
• If needed, use the tense board to demonstrate and explain the uses of each tense.