1. 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

2. Tenses Verbs in the past, present and future tense

3. What’s wrong with these sentences? Yesterday I am playing football. Tomorrow I went to the zoo. At the moment I have washed the dishes. I am playing I went I have washed Yesterday I played football. Tomorrow I am going to the zoo. At the moment I am washing the dishes.

4. Past, Present or Future? Yesterday I played football. Tomorrow I am going to the zoo. At the moment I am washing the dishes. PAST FUTURE PRESENT

5. Think Pair Share

6. PASTFUTUREPRESENT play Can you say sentences in the past, present and future tense.

7. PASTFUTUREPRESENT play Yesterday I played football.

8. PASTFUTUREPRESENT play At the moment I’m playing football.

9. PASTFUTUREPRESENT play Tomorrow I’m going to play football.

10. PASTFUTUREPRESENT cry Can you say sentences in the past, present and future tense.

11. PASTFUTUREPRESENT cry Yesterday I cried.

12. PASTFUTUREPRESENT cry I’m crying now!!

13. PASTFUTUREPRESENT cry I’m going to cry a lot tomorrow. Tomorrow I’m going to cry.

14. PASTFUTUREPRESENT laugh Can you say sentences in the past, present and future tense.

15. PASTFUTUREPRESENT Laugh I laughed so much yesterday. I was laughing all day yesterday

16. PASTFUTUREPRESENT laugh Your joke is making me laugh.

17. PASTFUTUREPRESENT laugh I am going to be laughing about this later.

18. 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

19. 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?