6th Grade The Verb To Be Lesson Plan

Topic: The Verb to Be at the Present Time in English

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to conjugate the verb to be at the present time in English correctly.

Materials

• Pen or pencil for each student
• Paper or writing surfaces
• Verb to be worksheets

Warm-up

• Ask the students to name some things that are in the room with them. Write their answers on the board.
• Ask the students to make statements using the verb to be. Write their answers on the board. For example: "This is a chair." "We are students."
• Ask the students to put the verb to be in different tenses. Write their answers on the board. For example: "This was a chair." "We were students."

Direct Instruction

• Write the conjugation of the verb to be on the board.
• Review the present tense of the verb to be, including the forms is, are, and am.
• Write the conjugation of the verb to be in other tenses on the board, including the past tense (was) and the future tense (will be).
• Explain the usage of each tense of the verb to be, including when to use each tense.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in pairs and provide them with a list of sentences containing the verb to be in the present tense.
• Have them identify the tense of the verb to be in each sentence and rewrite the sentence in the correct tense.
• Have students work in pairs and provide them with a list of sentences containing the verb to be in other tenses.
• Have them identify the tense of the verb to be in each sentence and rewrite the sentence in the correct tense.

Independent Practice

• Have students work in groups and provide them with a list of verbs in the present tense.
• Have them conjugate the verbs to be in the present tense and write a sentence using each verb.
• Have students work in groups and provide them with a list of verbs in other tenses.
• Have them conjugate the verbs to be in the appropriate tense and write a sentence using each verb.

Closure

• Review the conjugation of the verb to be in the present tense.
• Ask students to share one thing they learned about the verb to be in the present tense.

Assessment

• Ask students to write a sentence using the verb to be in the present tense.
• Review their sentences for accuracy and understanding.