1. 2nd Grade / Verb Usage – Future Tense
Editing Invitation
2nd Grade / Verb Usage – Future Tense

2. Excerpt from The Plot Chickens
Invitation to Notice
Maxine gathered her courage. Then she plunged her sharp beak into the tip of the wolf’s tender nose.
Maxine’s mother swoops in to save her in the nick of time.
Now I will revise it until it’s perfect, then send it to a publisher.
We have talked about past and present tense verbs. This week we will notice future tense verbs
Day 1
Excerpt from The Plot Chickens
(pgs. 11, 13, 20)

3. Review Day 2 Verbs have different tenses. Past Present
The action did happen.
Maxine gathered.
She plunged.
I jumped.
The boy skipped.
Present
This action is happening.
She swoops.
We hide.
I jump.
The boy skips.
Day 2

4. Future tense verbs tell about something that is going to happen.
Teach
Future tense verbs tell about something that is going to happen.
Future
The action will
happen.
I will revise.
The wolf will follow.
I will jump.
The boy will skip.
Day 1

5. Teach
Follow the link below to explore the future tense verb lesson from Study Zone.
Day 1

6. Invitation to Imitate Day 2
Imitate a sentence using a future tense verb:
Now I will revise it until it’s perfect.
He is going to the movies tonight.
I am leaving for Mexico next week
Day 2

7. Write a sentence using a future tense verb:
Invitation to Write
Write a sentence using a future tense verb:
will jump
will sneeze
will skip
will scream
Day 3

8. Invitation to Celebrate
Share an original sentence that includes a future tense verb.
Day 4

9. Invitation to Compare Day 5
Maxine will write the letter after lunch.
A Maxine write the letter after lunch.
B Maxine written the letter after lunch.
C Maxine wrote the letter after lunch.
D maxine will write the letter after lunch.
Day 5

10. Invitation to Edit Day 5 Henrietta was finished with her book.
(2) She wanted to send it off, but the post office was closed. (3) She mail it in the morning.
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
change mail to will mail
change mail to mailed
change mail to mailing
Make no change.
Day 5