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Future Progressive Prophecy

Verb Tense Adventures

Day 19of 180
Week 4of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand and form future progressive verb tenses

2

Write sentences using future progressive tense about serving God

3

Recognize how language can express ongoing future actions

📖 Scripture Connection

Jeremiah 29:11

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.”

— Jeremiah 29:11 (WEB)

God's plans for our future connect to how we describe ongoing actions

📦 Materials Needed

  • Worksheet
  • Pencils
  • Colored pencils
  • Grammar reference chart
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Explain future progressive tense as a way of describing actions that will be happening at a specific time in the future

💭 Review Question: What does it mean to describe an action that is ongoing in the future?
2Teaching (10 min)

Demonstrate future progressive tense structure: will be + verb-ing

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Future progressive shows an action in progress
  • Uses 'will be' + verb with -ing ending
  • Describes what you expect to be doing
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What might you be doing to serve God in the future?
  • How can we plan to be helpful to others?
  • What ongoing actions show God's love?
3Activity: Future Service Predictions (10 min)
worksheet

Students create worksheet predicting future progressive actions of serving God

📝 Instructions:
  1. Write 5-6 sentences using future progressive tense
  2. Describe what you will be doing to serve God
  3. Use 'will be' + verb with -ing ending
  4. Illustrate one of your sentences
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Write 3 sentences with teacher assistance

Challenge: Create a short story using multiple future progressive verbs

4Closing (5 min)

Share a few examples of future progressive sentences about serving God

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes a future progressive verb different?
  • How can we plan to serve God in the future?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help us to be ready to serve you and love others in the future.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll mix all the progressive verb tenses we've learned!

💎 Memory Verse

Philippians 3:13-14

“Brothers, I don't consider that I have taken hold of it yet. But one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,”

— Philippians 3:13-14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Act out the verse using future progressive motions

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Future progressive tense helps children think about ongoing actions and future planning

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creative thinking about service
  • Help child understand the verb structure
  • Praise effort in forming complex sentences
🤔 Common Struggles:

Remembering to use 'will be' and the -ing verb ending

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Correct use of will be + verb-ing and meaningful context

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a comic strip showing future progressive actions
  • Write a letter to future self using future progressive tense
  • Interview a family member about their future plans

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