Age: 8-9 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Sort regular and irregular past-tense verbs in spoken and written tasks.
• Complete a personal timeline writing task with at least six past events.
• Conduct pair interviews sharing three past events using correct verb forms.

Vocab

• walked / played / visited: Regular -ed past forms in context sentences.
• went / saw / had: High-frequency irregular past forms.
• yesterday / ago / last week: Time markers anchoring past tense.

Warm-up (5min)

Verb ball toss — teacher says present, student catches and says past: "play → played," "go → went." Quick irregular chant for went/saw/had.

Main Activity (45min): "Timeline Workshop"

Sort activity: two-column chart regular vs irregular — 20 verb cards (walked, went, visited, ate, etc.). Timeline template: morning / afternoon / evening / last weekend — students write 6 sentences with circled past verbs. Pair interviews: Partner A asks "What did you do yesterday?" — Partner B answers 3 events; swap roles. Error clinic: teacher displays 6 incorrect sentences; class fixes together. Writing polish: rewrite timeline with time phrases (at 4 o'clock, two days ago). Flyers drill: fill-in-blank paragraph about a school trip. Author share: 3 volunteers read best timeline sentence with correct irregular form.

Wrap-up (5min)

Sticky note: one irregular past verb + sentence — post on "Past Tense Wall."

Teacher Tips

• G1/G2 introduced past tense — G3 consolidates irregulars for Flyers accuracy.
• Common L1 error: "I goed" — contrast went as chunk, not rule.
• Timeline content should be personal — increases retention of irregular forms.