This document contains the agenda and notes for a grammar lesson on the present tense "be" verb. The lesson includes warm-up questions, reviewing diagnostic tests, learning the forms of the present tense "be" verb, practicing with exercises, learning about negatives and contractions, reviewing data examples, an editing race activity, a guessing game, and homework assigned.

1. Grammar 1
Fall 2013
Nikki Mattson
IECP

2. Agenda
• Warm up
• Return diagnostics
• Present tense “be” verb

3. Would you rather…
• Have eyes the size of golf balls
• OR
• Have teeth the size of computer keys?
Answer: I would rather have….

4. Diagnostics

5. “Be” Verb
• What can you say with the verb “be”?
• What are the forms of “be” in the present
tense?

7. Practice
• Pgs. 5-6, ex. A-C (read out loud with
partner and complete)
• Pg. 6 – complete individually and share
with the whole class

8. Negatives

9. Negative Contractions

10. Data from the Real World
• Review the chart on pg. 8, discuss the
chart in pairs, and be ready to discuss with
the class

11. Practice
• Pgs. 8-9, ex. A-C (read out loud and
complete with a partner)
• Pg. 10, listening and ex. B
• Audio

12. Editing Race
• 1. This my friend.
• 2. Her name Amy.
• 3. Amy and I roommates.
• 4. She 27.
• 5. She is no a student.
• 6. Is a science teacher
• 7. Is very nice and very smart.
• 8. Amy is no in school today.
• 9. She sick.
• 10. Is at home.

13. Guessing Game
• Write one sentence on each strip of paper. Write the name of the
person who is being described on the paper too.
• Examples: She is the teacher. Nikki
• They are not tall (Nikki and Ruth)
• 1. I am…
• 2. I am not…
• 3. He/she is…
• 4. They are not…
• 5. We are…

15. HW
• Complete workbook pgs. 2-7