The lesson includes a "Verb Tenses" section that presents past, present, and future tense examples in both active and passive forms, and Activity 1 asks students to rewrite eight passive sentences into active voice using those tense forms. The student worksheet lists sentences in past, present, and future passive constructions (e.g., "Your backpack has been taken," "The book is being read," "At 9 p.m. the curtains will be opened") that require students to produce corresponding active-tense versions.

The lesson explicitly lists the skill "Demonstrate an understanding of verb tense consistency." Activity 2 and multiple Student Activity Pages require students to add "-ed" or "-ing" to verbs in context, including quoted sentences from the novel where several verbs appear in the same sentence or passage. The worksheets provide practice forming past and progressive verb forms and include directions to fill blanks in narrative quotes.

Students are instructed in Activity 3 to "look out for consistent verb tenses" and are given the explicit rule that verb tenses should not shift back and forth, with examples contrasting past- and present-tense usage. Students are given a paragraph containing multiple tense errors (e.g., offerred/offer, decides/decided, tryd/tried, stoped/stopped) to edit for correct -ed and -ing forms and to rewrite the corrected paragraph. The Parent Plan provides an answer key with the paragraph rewritten using consistent past tense, showing the expected corrections.

The lesson defines verb tense and explains present, past, future, and perfect tenses, including present perfect, past perfect, and future perfect. Students complete Part 1 and Part 2 activity pages that require them to insert correct perfect-tense forms (e.g., have/has, had, will have) and to write sentences using specified perfect tenses. The wrapping-up and parent plan sections instruct students to review the perfect tenses and provide an answer key showing correct perfect-tense forms.

Students are instructed in Activity 2 to write sentences that use past, present, and future tenses or past perfect, present perfect, and future perfect for given verbs, with an example provided for each perfect tense. The activity pages present grids labeled with specific verbs and tense rows (Past/Present/Future and Past Perfect/Present Perfect/Future Perfect) for students to fill in sentences. Parents are directed to check that students used the correct verb tense and to ask which option (including elaboration) the student should complete.

The rubric explicitly requires "Correct and consistent verb tenses," and Activity 5 directs students to "Look out for shifts in verb tense that don't make sense and make sure that you have used perfect tenses correctly." Students are instructed to edit and revise their stories, proofread for tense issues, and confer with a parent to discuss revisions. The lesson also asks students to use the Handy Guide to Writing for any grammar rules they're unsure about.