1. ELD- Spring Break 3
Objective: Students will be able to use “going to; “will”; “will probably” to talk about the future.
Baseball idiom: threw me a curve ball

2. Our predictions for threw me a curve ball
He got all strikes
Throw better
He threw a strong, hard ball
It couldn’t be hit
He threw me a fast ball
A ball that is not possible to hit
An unexpected change

3. Threw me a curve ball means
Someone changed their mind.

4. Grammatical Forms We Will Use
Future tense verb forms: going to; will probably
Prepositional Phrases

5. Present
Past
Future simple verb tenses
Future progressive tenses
Future perfect continuous tenses
Future tense
Take/takes
Took
Will/shall take
Am/is/are taking
Was/were taking
Will be taking
Has/have been taking
Had been taking
Will have been taking
Will take
Will probably take
Is going to take

6. Review Prepositional Phrases
Time – I need to be there until 6 o’clock.
Ownership- I was at the library with my mom.
Location- I retrieve the ball by the building next to the field.
Direction- Ms. Phillip’s classroom is south of Ms. Hernandez’s classroom.
* Remember a prepositional phrase starts with a preposition and ends with a noun.

7. Patterns for Prompts
What are some things you plan to do this spring break?

8. Patterns for Responses
This spring break, I’m going to / I will probably/_____________ (verb phrase with prepositional phrase).

9. Example Responses
This spring break, I’m going to visit my grandparents in Mexico.
This spring break, I’ll probably take the bus to Great America every week.

10. Did we meet our objective?
Students will be able to use “going to; “will”; “will probably” to talk about the future.