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Russian Future Tense

Tenth graders learn the Russian future tense (будущее время) — for ongoing actions use буду (I will be) + verb (буду читать = I will read), and пойду (I will go), сделаю (I will do). 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 буду + verb.
  • ✓Talk about plans.
  • ✓Make predictions.
Essential Question

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

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Interactive Task
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Russian 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 Russian?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “что ты будешь делать?”
  • Point to the future.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Wonder.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Future Tense

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Future Tense Check.
  • Note буду + verb.
  • Show пойду & сделаю.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Make 3 verbs future.
  • Say “буду читать.”
  • Say a future plan.

🎒 Student Actions

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

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “Завтра я пойду в школу”.
  • Make 2 predictions.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Predict.
  • Ask.
5

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/aspect systems.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about plans.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Present → future verb cards.
  • Frame: “Завтра я буду ___.”
  • Model aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with буду читать.
  • One verb at a time.
  • Use examples.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Contrast буду читать vs прочитаю.
  • Write 3 future sentences.
  • Predict the weekend.
Materials

What to gather

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

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

будущее времяfuture tenseбуду (budu)I will beбуду читатьI will readпойду (poydu)I will goсделаю (sdelayu)I will doзавтра (zavtra)tomorrowскоро (skoro)soonпотом (potom)later
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 Russian?
Буду читать.
QUESTION 2
What helper word builds the Russian future?
буду (I will be) + verb.
QUESTION 3
What does “пойду” mean?
I will go.

Reflect: future tense.

Have students write one plan for next year in Russian (“Я буду ___”). A printable Russian 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: буду (budu), буду читать, будущее время, завтра (zavtra), пойду (poydu), потом (potom), сделаю (sdelayu), скоро (skoro)
  1. soon
  2. I will read
  3. I will do
  4. I will be
  5. later
  6. tomorrow
  7. future tense
  8. I will go

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I will read” in Russian?
  2. What helper word builds the Russian future?
  3. What does “пойду” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) скоро (skoro) · 2) буду читать · 3) сделаю (sdelayu) · 4) буду (budu) · 5) потом (potom) · 6) завтра (zavtra) · 7) будущее время · 8) пойду (poydu)
Part B: 1) Буду читать. 2) буду (I will be) + verb. 3) I will go.