Justification Verbs and Verb Tense Practice for ELL Students
A practice set for 9th-grade English language learners that builds justification vocabulary such as agree, believe, conclude, maintain, and stresses, alongside first- and third-person present tense conjugation. Students compare first-person claims with third-person reports of what authors and sources say, using a reference table of verb forms and definitions.
“Hello! I am looking to create a first or third person, present tense verb activity for my ELL high school students. I would like for them to be able to use justification vocabulary such as maintain, conclude, believe, disagree, agree, points out, stresses, remain, support.”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this as a focused grammar and vocabulary block of roughly 30 to 45 minutes, either as a warm-up before a claim-and-evidence writing task or as independent practice after a mini-lesson on -s and -es endings.
- Discussion question: When would you write "I believe" versus "The author believes," and how does the choice change the reader's understanding of whose opinion is being presented?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Provide the conjugation table during all activities, have students read each verb's definition aloud, and model one sentence per verb before they write their own.
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to write a short paragraph that uses at least four justification verbs in both first and third person, and to identify where an author's claim would be best supported with a quotation.
- Estimated time: About 30 to 45 minutes for the full set, depending on how many practice items students complete in class.
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Try Diffit for free“Hello! I am looking to create a first or third person, present tense verb activity for my ELL high school students. I would like for them to be able to use justification vocabulary such as maintain, conclude, believe, disagree, agree, points out, stresses, remain, support.”
Teacher Guide & Tips
- Use this as a focused grammar and vocabulary block of roughly 30 to 45 minutes, either as a warm-up before a claim-and-evidence writing task or as independent practice after a mini-lesson on -s and -es endings.
- Discussion question: When would you write "I believe" versus "The author believes," and how does the choice change the reader's understanding of whose opinion is being presented?
- Scaffold for struggling readers: Provide the conjugation table during all activities, have students read each verb's definition aloud, and model one sentence per verb before they write their own.
- Extension for advanced students: Ask them to write a short paragraph that uses at least four justification verbs in both first and third person, and to identify where an author's claim would be best supported with a quotation.
- Estimated time: About 30 to 45 minutes for the full set, depending on how many practice items students complete in class.
Justification Verbs and Verb Tense Practice for ELL Students
A practice set for 9th-grade English language learners that builds justification vocabulary such as agree, believe, conclude, maintain, and stresses, alongside first- and third-person present tense conjugation. Students compare first-person claims with third-person reports of what authors and sources say, using a reference table of verb forms and definitions.
What is Diffit?
Teachers use Diffit to get quality materials for their unique classrooms. Adjust difficulty, add scaffolds, or change the topic to get started.
Try Diffit for free