Grade 04 ELA - EC: E04.D.1.1.2
Grade 04 ELA - EC: E04.D.1.1.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define the three progressive verb tenses.
- Find and label the progressive verbs in a set of sentences. Determine whether each sentences uses the past, present, or future tense of the progressive verb.
- Compare the progressive and simple verb tenses. How are they different?
- Classify a set of sentences as being either progressive or simple tense, and as being past, present, or future tense.
- Construct a sentence for each of the three progressive verb tenses, showing correct usage of the progressive tense.
- Revise a given set of sentences to show proper use of the progressive tense. Determine if the progressive tense is the most appropriate to convey the correct message.
Answer Key/Rubric
- The student will provide definitions of the past, present, and future progressive verb tenses. Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- Past progressive – an action that was happening or going on in the past
- Present progressive – an action that is currently happening
- Future progressive – and action that will be happening in the future
- The student will label the verbs in a given set of sentences as past, present, or future progressive. The set of sentences should include a variety of examples of each tense.
- The student will provide a comparison of the progressive and simple verb tenses, explaining how they differ from one another. Look for student answers to include:
- Progressive tense uses “ing,” while simple does not
- Simple tense is usually one word (e.g. walked, flies), while progressive uses two (e.g. is walking, will fly)
- The student will correctly classify a given set of sentences by their verb type (simple/progressive, and past/present/future). Each answer should include both the type of verb and the tense.
- The student will construct a set of sentences showing proper usage of progressive verbs, including at least one past progressive, present progressive, and future progressive. Common mistakes include forgetting to include the conjugated form of “to be.”
- The student will correctly revise a given set of sentences to show proper usage of the progressive verb tense. The student will also determine if the progressive tense is the most appropriate tense to convey the correct meaning. If not, the student will also provide a revision of the sentence to the best tense. Look for students to understand the difference between when it is appropriate to use the progressive tense and when the simple tense is preferred.
