English lesson plan · 8th grade (Year 9 in England) · 45 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 · 5 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.
- Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. We ___ the bus just in time. (catch) (caughted / cought / catched / caught) → caughtPrompt: Is there a helping verb (has, have, had) before the gap?
- Type the form of the verb that completes the phrase. throw → yesterday I ___ → threwPrompt: Say the phrase in brackets aloud with each possible form.
- Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets. The concert had already ___ when we arrived. (begin) (began / begun / beginned / begin) → begunPrompt: Is there a helping verb (has, have, had) before the gap?
Hook · 5 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 · 10 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 · 10 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The dog has lain there all day. (correct / incorrect) → correctPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
- Choose the correct verb. Could you ___ the table for dinner? (sit / set) → setPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
You do: independent practice · 10 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 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 5 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- Choose the correct verb. Could you ___ the table for dinner? (set / sit) → setPrompt: Does the verb have an object (something being placed or lifted)?
- Is this sentence correct in formal written English? I'm going to lie down for a nap. (correct / incorrect) → correctPrompt: 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
Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-8.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder