Topic 5: Tense on Verbs Overview Suggested Student Insert words and grammar Comments/resources Activities in target Language for the Language Team and Aboriginal Teacher Greeting routine See Topic 1 Farewell See Topic 1 Revision of present and Present tense suffix: It is important to note that Revision: What are verbs? past tenses Past tense suffix: not all Aboriginal What is tense? How is Tense Languages have present, tense marked in the past I eat: past and future tenses. in English? I ate: For example, some have Subject (singular) past versus non-past or Revise verbs learned in I see: future versus non-future. Language. Ask students to I run: change examples of I sleep: present tense verbs into In Aboriginal You see: Languages tense is the past equivalent: ‘I eat – You run: I ate’. marked by an You sleep: inflectional suffix on It sees: the verb. In Victorian How is tense marked in It runs: Aboriginal the target Language? Give It sleeps: Languages, it is some examples. I see the kangaroo. generally the first You saw the emu. suffix and can be An inflected verb can be He saw the crow. followed by other the equivalent of a suffixes. sentence in English, for example, [insert An inflected verb can Language]. See how many be the equivalent of one word sentences you an English sentence can write in Language. because subject and object pronouns can Create simple sentences be marked on the using the Language you verb. have learnt to date. Use the model I see the Creation of simple kangaroo. You saw the sentences: note that, emu. He saw the crow. unless the students already understand Notice how the suffix case marking on showing the subject (the nouns, you must use ‘do-er’) changes but the pronoun subjects in tense stays the same in this exercise as noun sentence pairs like ‘I see, subjects sometimes you see’, ‘I run, you run’, have a special case etc. [Insert Language] suffix. In pairs, students write a brief dialogue using Cartoon Story Maker, eg two people meet and exchange greetings. Introduction to future Future tense suffix: Introduce the future tense. tense I will eat. Explain how the future is I will sleep. shown, then ask students I will run. to change examples of
Topic 5: Tense on Verbs Overview Suggested Student Activities Insert words and grammar in target Language Comments/resources for the Language Team and Aboriginal Teacher Greeting routine See Topic 1 Farewell See Topic 1 Revision of present and past tenses Revision: What are verbs? What is tense? How is tense marked in the past in English? Revise verbs learned in Language. Ask students to change examples of present tense verbs into the past equivalent: ‘I eat – I ate’. How is tense marked in the target Language? Give some examples. An inflected verb can be the equivalent of a sentence in English, for example, [insert Language]. See how many one word sentences you can write in Language. Create simple sentences using the Language you have learnt to date. Use the model I see the kangaroo. You saw the emu. He saw the crow. Notice how the suffix showing the subject (the ‘do-er’) changes but the tense stays the same in sentence pairs like ‘I see, you see’, ‘I run, you run’, etc. [Insert Language] In pairs, students write a brief dialogue using Cartoon Story Maker, eg two people meet and exchange greetings. Present tense suffix: Past tense suffix: Tense I eat: I ate: Subject (singular) I see: I run: I sleep: You see: You run: You sleep: It sees: It runs: It sleeps: I see the kangaroo. You saw the emu. He saw the crow. It is important to note that not all Aboriginal Languages have present, past and future tenses. For example, some have past versus non-past or future versus non-future. In Aboriginal Languages tense is marked by an inflectional suffix on the verb. In Victorian Aboriginal Languages, it is generally the first suffix and can be followed by other suffixes. An inflected verb can be the equivalent of an English sentence because subject and object pronouns can be marked on the verb. Creation of simple sentences: note that, unless the students already understand case marking on nouns, you must use pronoun subjects in this exercise as noun subjects sometimes have a special case suffix. Introduction to future tense Introduce the future tense. Explain how the future is shown, then ask students to change examples of Future tense suffix: I will eat. I will sleep. I will run.
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