Future - Going to / Will

Future - Going to / Will

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Daily Grammar Sentences

Instructions:  Give the student the sentences in the second column (Sentences to be Corrected).  Students write corrected sentences and turn them in to the teacher to be checked.

Theme: Language Arts	Sentences to be Corrected	Corrected Sentences
Monday	Will you take out yous journal? I is going to write. This no will be poem..	Will you take out your journal? I am going to write. This will not be a poem.
Tuesday	Me will write paragraph. Why us will indent? We are no go to write to pen pals today.	I will write a paragraph. Why will we indent? We aren't going to write to pen pals today.
Wednesday	I am go to edit rough draft. How is you illustrate yous story? We no share stories until Monday.	I am going to edit the rough draft. How will you illustrate your story? We will not share stories until Monday.
Thursday	You wills read silently? I go to make a title page. You no go read with a partner.	Will you read silently? I'm going to make a title page. You are not going to read with a partner.
Friday	They not go talk. What story he is go to proofread? I wills rewrite my story.	They are not going to talk. What story is he going to proofread? I will rewrite my story.

Assessment can be made on three levels in Daily Grammar Sentences:

1. Did the student recognize the mistake?
2. Can they fix it?
3. Can they produce a sentence using that grammar point in free speech?

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Activity
An Author’s Future
Type of Activity:  Independent
Materials Needed:  Cassette tape and recorder
Directions for student:
Imagine you are a famous author.  Think about what you will do to create your next story.  What will you do to get ideas?  What will you do to write it?  What will you do to publish it?  What are you going to do when it is finished?
Make a tape that tells your plans.  What are you going to do first?  Then what?

Assessment:   Through teacher observation, based on the quality of sentences produced.

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Grammar Explanation With going to, be is added as an auxiliary so make sure it is conjugated correctly: 

	singular	plural
first person	I am going to go	we are going to eat
second person	you are going to read	you are going to ride
third person	he is she is going to jump it is	they are going to play

Negatives and questions are formed just like other sentences with be.
Will is like can and should.  It does not change forms in the third person singular:

I will climb and she will watch.

Be careful with negatives!  Explain how the contraction for will not is won’t.
Questions are formed just like questions with can and should.
The differences between these two forms of the future are very subtle.  The main difference is that while going to is sometimes used to refer to something that is planned, will is sometimes used to emphasize that something is not planned.