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.

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.

Go to bat for someone means

• To help or support someone.

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).

Grammatical forms we will use:

• Various verb tense forms within a verb phrase• Prepositional phrases• Adverbs of frequency

Present PastFuture simple verb tenses

PresentPastFuture progressive tenses

Present PastFuture perfect continuous tenses

Future tense

Take/takesTookWill/shall take

Am/is/are takingWas/were takingWill be taking

Has/have been takingHad been takingWill have been taking

Will takeWill probably takeIs going to take

KicksKickedWill/shall kick

Am/is/are kickingWas/were kickingWill be kicking

Has/have been kickinghad been kickingWill have been kicking

Will kickWill probably kickIs going to kick

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.

Adverbs of Frequencyrarely frequently occasionally

seldom often usually

every day sometimes never

continuously hardly regularly

Directions for Prompt1. Choose a partner to talk to.2. 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.

3. Be prepared to record your conversation in a specific sentence frame.

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)

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.

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.