Have students do this exercise on their own after introducing the simple past, present and future tenses. These two questions are combined on one worksheet without in the form of a vertical time line. Answers can be written in sentences or paragraph form depending on the level of each student. The goal of this exercise is to teach students how to write an affirmation. Start by using the last worksheet for the Pre-Acting Workshop section and have students write down ten things that they want, but they do not have now.
Affirmations literally bring ideas from the future into the present tense.
Ask students to pick their most important want on the list and put it into an affirmation by filling in the blank in the following sentence. For example, a student want s to speak English fluently. I now speak English fluently. Use this exercise to strengthen the present tense. It is a confident builder an is an execise that can be given for homework or journal writing.