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English lesson plan · 8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 30 minutes

lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set

Grammar

CCSS L.8.1CCSS L.11-12.1.BEngland: KS3 English (Standard English)England: ACT English (usage)

Objective and success criteria

Students will: lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set.

  • I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
  • I can explain each step and say why it works.
  • I can check my answer and spot a mistake.

Before and after

Needs first: Irregular past tense and past participles (swam/swum, began/begun)

Leads to: the next skill in this area.

Materials: Sentence strips, Highlighters, Mini whiteboards, Mini whiteboards, A short model text on the board, Printed student sheet (below).

Warm-up · 4 min

  • Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Irregular past tense and past participles (swam/swum, began/begun)). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
  • Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
  1. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. I ___ two glasses of water after the race. (drink) (drinked / drank / drunk / drinken) → drankPrompt: Is there a helping verb (has, have, had) before the gap?
  2. Type the form of the verb that completes the phrase. throw → yesterday I ___ → threwPrompt: Say the phrase in brackets aloud with each possible form.
  3. Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. Last winter the temperature ___ to minus ten. (fall) (falled / fell / felled / fallen) → fellPrompt: Is there a helping verb (has, have, had) before the gap?

Hook · 3 min

  • Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
  • Share the objective: lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set. Read the success criteria together.

I do: model it · 7 min

  • Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
  • Example: Choose the correct verb. Please ___ your hand if you know the answer.
  • Step 1: lay, raise and set take an object; lie, rise and sit do not.
  • Step 2: 'Raise' needs an object (your hand).
  • Step 3: Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "Please raise your hand if you know the answer."
  • Step 4: So the answer is: raise
  • Answer: raise
  • Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

We do: guided practice · 6 min

  • Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
  • Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
  1. Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Please lie the books on the table. (correct / incorrect) → incorrectPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
  2. Choose the correct verb. Please ___ the books on the table. (lie / lay) → layPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?

You do: independent practice · 7 min

  • Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
  • Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

Exit ticket · 3 min

  • Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
  1. Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Come and sit next to me. (correct / incorrect) → correctPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
  2. Choose the correct verb. The bread dough ___ in the warm kitchen. (rised / raised / rose) → rosePrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?

Watch out for

  • Naming the feature but not using it in their own sentences.
  • Thinking a sentence is right because it sounds right when spoken casually.

Support and stretch

Support

  • Review first: Irregular past tense and past participles (swam/swum, began/begun).
  • Use concrete materials: sentence strips.
  • Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
  • Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.

Stretch

  • Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
  • Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.

Homework and more practice

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lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set

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  1. Question 1

    Choose the correct verb. Yesterday the cat ___ in the sun all afternoon.

    • A. laid
    • B. lied
    • C. lay

  2. Question 2

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Please lie the books on the table.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  3. Question 3

    Choose the correct verb. She ___ her keys down somewhere and lost them.

    • A. laid
    • B. lay
    • C. lied

  4. Question 4

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The hen laid three eggs this morning.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  5. Question 5

    Choose the correct verb. Just ___ the box down here, thanks.

    • A. sit
    • B. set

  6. Question 6

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Just set the box down here, thanks.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

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Answer key: lie/lay, rise/raise, sit/set

  1. 1. C. lay

  2. 2. B. incorrect

  3. 3. A. laid

  4. 4. A. correct

  5. 5. B. set

  6. 6. A. correct