1. ELD-Spring Break 4
Students will be able to use taught forms of verbs, prepositional phrases, and adverbs to compare their activities from previous spring breaks with their plans for this coming spring break.
Baseball idiom:
Go to bat for someone.

2. Our predictions for Go to bat for someone.
You will help them.
You will replace them.
You’re there for them.
You’ll substitute for them.
You might hate them.
You might make a home run.
Doing something for someone else.

3. Go to bat for someone means
To help or support someone.

4. Use the idiom in a sentence
__________(Name of student) went to bat for me when he/she/they _____________ (action they did).
I went to bat for __________ (name of student) when I ___________(describe the action).

5. Grammatical forms we will use:
Various verb tense forms within a verb phrase
Prepositional phrases
Adverbs of frequency

6. 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
Kicks
Kicked
Will/shall kick
Am/is/are kicking
Was/were kicking
Will be kicking
Has/have been kicking
had been kicking
Will have been kicking
Will kick
Will probably kick
Is going to kick

7. 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.

8. Adverbs of Frequency rarely frequently occasionally seldom often
usually
every day
sometimes
never
continuously
hardly
regularly

9. Directions for Prompt Choose a partner to talk to.
Explain to a partner what you and your family used to do during spring break and what you plan to do this coming spring break.
Be prepared to record your conversation in a specific sentence frame.

10. Pattern for Response
When I was younger, my family used to ______________(present simple verb phrase with prepositional phrase). We would ___________(present simple verb phrase with prepositional phrase) _________(adverb of frequency). But now, we ___________(present simple verb phrase with prepositional phrase) instead. This spring break, we’re going to ________ (present simple verb phrase with prepositional phrase). We __________(future tense verb phrase with prepositional phrase) _______(adverb of frequency-optional)

11. Sample Response
When I was younger, my family used to go camping with our cousins. We would drive to Yosemite in our van frequently. But now, we drive to Santa Cruz instead. This spring break, we’re going to visit Disneyland in Southern California. We will probably stay for a week.

12. Did we meet our objective?
Students will be able to use taught forms of verbs, prepositional phrases, and adverbs to compare their activities from previous spring breaks with their plans for this coming spring break.