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Polish Future Tense

Tenth graders learn the Polish future tense (czas przyszły) — the easy pattern uses będę (I will be) plus a verb: będę czytać (I will read), będę robić (I will do), będę grać (I will play). 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 with będę.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Make predictions.
  • ✓Say what will happen.
Essential Question

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

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Interactive Task
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Polish 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 Polish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “co będziesz robić?”
  • 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 będę + verb.
  • Show będę czytać & będę grać.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
3

Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make 3 verbs future.
  • Say “będę czytać.”
  • Say a future plan.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “jutro będę grać”.
  • 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.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand the future.

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
  • będę + verb cards.
  • Frame: “jutro będę ___.”
  • Highlight będę.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with będę czytać.
  • One verb at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Contrast past/present/future.
  • Write 3 future sentences.
  • Predict the weekend.
Materials

What to gather

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

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

czas przyszłyfuture tensejutrotomorrowbędęI will bebędę robićI will dobędę czytaćI will readzrobięI will do (once)wkrótcesoonpóźniejlater
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How do you say “I will read” in Polish?
będę czytać.
QUESTION 2
What helper word builds the Polish future?
będę (I will be) + a verb.
QUESTION 3
What does “będę grać” mean?
I will play.

Reflect: future tense.

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

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Practice · Quiz

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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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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: będę, będę czytać, będę robić, czas przyszły, jutro, później, wkrótce, zrobię
  1. future tense
  2. later
  3. I will do (once)
  4. soon
  5. tomorrow
  6. I will do
  7. I will be
  8. I will read

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I will read” in Polish?
  2. What helper word builds the Polish future?
  3. What does “będę grać” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) czas przyszły · 2) później · 3) zrobię · 4) wkrótce · 5) jutro · 6) będę robić · 7) będę · 8) będę czytać
Part B: 1) będę czytać. 2) będę (I will be) + a verb. 3) I will play.