How Tense Shapes Our Stories and Plans

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Students interview family members and peers in their community about past, present, and future events, analyze how tense changes the meaning of what they say, and compare findings with the partner class. They evaluate where tense choices create misun...

学生年龄: 13-15 岁, 16-18 岁
项目时长: 3 周
开始月份: 十二月 2026

学习成果

Students will be able to identify past, present, and future verb tenses used by family members and peers in their community interviews.

记忆 / 理解

Students will be able to use appropriate tenses to record and retell community interview responses in shared exchanges with partner class peers.

应用

Students will be able to compare how tense choices change the meaning of interview responses between their community and the partner class, identifying patterns and differences.

分析

Students will be able to evaluate where tense choices cause misunderstandings in intercultural exchanges and judge which proposed alternatives communicate time most clearly.

评价

要培养的技能

跨文化沟通

批判性思维与问题解决

协作与团队合作

项目活动

Meet the partner class and share how we talk about time

Students introduce themselves to the partner class and share one everyday sentence about yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Together they notice how the two classes use time words differently.

时长： 45 分钟

Interview community members about past, present, and future events

Students interview family members and neighbours about past, present, and future events, recording answers word for word. They then tag the verb tenses used and note where the meaning of each answer depends on the tense.

时长： 120 分钟

Compare interview findings with the partner class and spot tense misunderstandin

Students share their recorded answers with the partner class in a shared document or short video exchange. Together they compare tense patterns, find places where the same sentence means different things, and propose clearer ways to express time.

时长： 120 分钟

Present findings and proposed clearer time expressions to both classes

Each team presents its comparison and one improved way to express time, then both classes give feedback and reflect on what they learned about intercultural communication.

时长： 75 分钟