305 Review

Convention: Using saw and seen

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will review word choice skills from Unit 3 and practice using saw and seen correctly in sentences.

Teaching Notes

• Review Unit 3 skills: strong verbs, describing actions, adjectives, and exact nouns.
• Explain that saw is used alone to talk about the past.
• Explain that seen is used with helping verbs like have or has.
• Model correct and incorrect examples and fix them together.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Helping Material

Use these rules:

• saw = past tense (I saw a dog.)
• seen = used with have/has (I have seen a dog.)

Choosing the correct word helps sentences sound right.

Modeled Improvement (Before → After)

1. Before: I seen a bird.
   After: Why it’s better:

2. Before: I have saw the movie.
   After: Why it’s better:

3. Before: She seen the dog.
   After: Why it’s better:

4. Before: We saw the zoo before.
   After: Why it’s better:

5. Before: I have seen the park yesterday.
   After: Why it’s better:

Writing Choices Q&A

1. When do we use saw?

2. When do we use seen?

3. Is I seen a movie correct?

4. Is I have seen a movie correct?

5. Do verbs need to be correct?

Mini Activities

1. Choose the Right Word
   I ___ a bird at the park.

2. Choose the Right Word
   I have ___ that movie.

3. Fix the Sentence
   I seen the cat.

4. Say It Correctly
   We have ___ the zoo.

5. Write a Sentence
   Use saw or seen correctly.

Writing Samples

(5 samples · 5–8 sentences · strong word choice + correct saw/seen usage)

At the Zoo

A Fun Day

At the Park

My Family Trip

After School

Reflection

• How do you know when to use saw or seen?