Future Tense with "I will" and "Will you"

By Darlette Navrotski, M.A.,CCC-SLP and Verda McGraw, M. Ed.

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Expected Outcome: The person will express the concept of future actions by speaking future tense verbs correctly.

Purpose: to teach how to express actions that will happen in the future

Target Vocabulary:

1. I will
2. will you
3. drink
4. drive
5. sing
6. eat
7. with
8. me

Target Language Skill: expressing future tense verbs

Suggested Objectives:

1. The person will say the phrase "I will" plus an action verb to express what he or she intends to do in the future.
2. The person will ask the question "will you" plus an action verb to ask what another person will do in the future.

Teaching Activities:

A. Speaking

1. Model and teach the phrase "I will" Explain to the person that when we say "I will" it means that we are going to do it in the future.. Make sure that the person understands the concepts of now and later, or in the future.
2. Ask questions such as "What will you do when you get home?" Model an answer if you need to.
3. Ask, "What will you do this weekend?" Model and prompt as needed.
4. Play charades.
a. Phase 1 - model the phrases, "I will" or "I'm going to" then select a verb. Act out the sentence you just modeled. Have the person do the next one.
b. Phase 2 - say "will you ____" and choose a verb for the person to act out. Reverse roles and have the person tell you what you are going to do.

B. Reading

1. Download the teaching materials at the end of this lesson. Read the story about Willy Will. Focus on the lines "I will" and "Will you".
2. Review the meaning of the other verbs in the target vocabulary if you need to.
3. When you read the story, stop and wait for the person to read the "I will" phrases.
4. Read with a focus on other target phrases as needed.

C. Writing

1. Connect the device to a computer with a USB cable or Blue Tooth module. Let the person practice writing the target words into a word document.
2. Read the story again, and have the person write target phrase on the computer.
3. Talk about some future plans that the person may have. Ask the person to write a story about what he or she plans to do in the future. Encourage the use of "I will."
4. Insert personal photos into a word document. Have the person write about the pictures using the phrase "I will" as a starter.

D. Generalization

1. Encourage the use of all target vocabulary words from this lesson in everyday speech.
2. Teach other pronoun-verb phrases with "will", such as "we will" and "he will."

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Future Tense "I will" and "will you"