Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future (e.g., Yesterday I walked home; Today I walk home; Tomorrow I will walk home).

1.6.2 Make-a-Map Ideas

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Ideas for the Story Movie: Create a map about the sequence of events in the movie. Have students retell what happened. Make a map about the things Ben and Moby did in each country. Ideas fo...

2.3.1 Make-a-Map Ideas

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To practice using the present progressive for future intent, have students make a map about some of their definite plans by completing sentences with time expression prompts from the Grammar keywo...

2.2.1 Make-a-Map Ideas

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Have students create a quiz or game with their maps, such as filling in or matching the characters, their future jobs, and pictures. Take a snapshot of one or all the characters and make a map ...

1.6.1 Make-a-Map Ideas

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Create a map about the events that happened in the movie. Make a map about all the places that Ben Looked in the house. Make a map illustrating how to make the past simple with regular verbs...

3.3.5 Perfect Tenses Review Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, History of Trains (L3U3L5), Moby plans to sell a toy train at Ben’s garage sale. But when Ben expresses interest in it and shares his deep knowledge of trains, Moby offers i...

3.3.4 Past Perfect Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, I Had Overslept! (L3U3L4), Ben’s day has gone from bad to worse! It all began when he overslept. In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-8, students identify, and practi...

2.2.1 Future (Going to) Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie The Future is Ours (L2U2L1), Ben and Moby are at a school job fair, thinking about their future careers! In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students make...

2.2.2 Future Tense (Will) Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, What Will I Do? (L2U2L2), Ben is running for school president. He uses the future tense to describe his many goals, but realizes it won’t be easy to please everyone! In this...

2.2.4 The Modal Have to

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, I Have to Practice (L2U2L4), everyone in Ben’s class has to practice their lines for a play by William Shakespeare. Find out why Moby doesn’t have to work as hard as everyon...

2.2.5 Movie Sequencing Activity

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie We Can Be Waiters (L2U2L5), Ben and Moby visit Ben’s Uncle Joe on his farm. They visit his restaurant, too, where they end up helping out as waiters! In this lesson plan, whi...