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Italian Future Tense

Tenth graders learn the Italian future tense (il futuro) — mangerò (I will eat), andrò (I will go), farò (I will do), sarò (I will be). With the future, they can talk about plans and predictions.

Grade 10Future Tense50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Form the future.
  • ✓Use the -ò ending.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Make predictions.
Essential Question

What will you do next year? How do you talk about the future in Italian?

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Interactive Task
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Italian Future Tense Check

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — Next Year

6 min

What will you do next year, and how do you say it in Italian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “che cosa farai?”
  • Point to the future.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
2

Present — Future Tense

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Future Tense Check.
  • Note the -ò endings.
  • Show mangerò & andrò.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make 3 verbs future.
  • Say “andrò.”
  • Say a future plan.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change.
  • Say it.
  • Say it.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “L’anno prossimo andrò in Italia”.
  • Make 2 predictions.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Predict.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make a verb future.
  • Say a future plan.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Change one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Intermediate-Low).

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: state future plans.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand future forms.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare tense systems.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about plans.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Present → future verb cards.
  • Frame: “Domani ___ò.”
  • Color-code the ending.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with andare & essere.
  • One verb at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Note irregular stems.
  • Write 3 future sentences.
  • Predict the weekend.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🔮Verb (future) cards
  • 💻Italian Future Tense Check
  • 🗓️“Next year” prompts
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

futurofuturemangeròI will eatandròI will gofaròI will dosaròI will bedomanitomorrowl’anno prossimonext yearforsemaybe
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
What is the future “I” ending in Italian?
-ò (mangerò, andrò).
QUESTION 2
How do you say “I will go” in Italian?
Andrò.
QUESTION 3
What does “sarò” mean?
I will be.

Reflect: future tense.

Have students write one plan for next year in Italian (“Andrò ___”). A printable Italian future-tense sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: andrò, domani, farò, forse, futuro, l’anno prossimo, mangerò, sarò
  1. I will do
  2. tomorrow
  3. I will go
  4. I will be
  5. maybe
  6. I will eat
  7. next year
  8. future

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is the future “I” ending in Italian?
  2. How do you say “I will go” in Italian?
  3. What does “sarò” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) farò · 2) domani · 3) andrò · 4) sarò · 5) forse · 6) mangerò · 7) l’anno prossimo · 8) futuro
Part B: 1) -ò (mangerò, andrò). 2) Andrò. 3) I will be.