LESSON PLAN

School:
Name:
Date: the 18th of March 2015
Grade: 6th
Level: Elementary (L2)
Number of students: 17
Text Book: Snapshot Elementary
Unit: 12 Its the highest in the world
Lesson: Degrees of Comparison
Content: Vocabulary: revise adjectives
Grammar: comparative and superlative of short and long adjectives
Communication: make comparisons between animals/people
Type of lesson: Mixed lesson
Methods and techniques:
a) main method: Communicative Approach
b) elements of: Audio-Lingual and Audio-Visual Approach, Grammar Translation
c) techniques: presentation, conversation, matching, gap-filling, multiple choice
Skills developed: listening, speaking, writing, reading
Objectives:
a) cognitive: At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
make sentences with adjectives;
transform adjectives into comparative and superlative forms;
to compare animals and people using given adjectives;
to decide between true / false sentences;
to use correctly the comparative and superlative of adjectives.
b) affective:
making the Ss confident in the ability to use the language;
creating interest in the topic;
using English while playing
Materials: textbook, blackboard, magnetic board, flashcards, handouts
Time: 50 minutes
Assumptions: - the Ss know the adjectives used on the blackboard
Stage of the lesson T's activity Ss' activity Interactio Skill Time Aims
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1. Warm-up a) T greets the Ss; - to create a pleasant atmosphere
b) T checks attendance. Ss answer T - Ss S 3' - to check attendance
2. Checking T asks the Ss to read homework. Ss read T - Ss R/W 5' - to check understanding of
homework previously taught material
3. Feedback and T offers feedback Ss listen T - Ss L 1' - to let Ss know how well they
evaluation performed
4. Checking T asks Ss to say the opposites: Ss answer T - Ss L - to check if they are familiar with
previous lesson strong weak, tall short, fast Ss T S the adjectives
slow, beautiful ugly, boring
funny, big small, etc.
T asks Ss to give T - Ss
examples of sentences using Ss T
adjectives. 5
T shows Ss a flashcard with a The turtle is slow.
turtle and a rabbit and asks Ss to The rabbit is fast.
make sentences. T - Ss
T shows Ss a flashcard with a The mouse is small. Ss T
mouse and an elephant and asks The elephant is big.
Ss to make sentences.
T shows Ss a flashcard with a The woman is T - Ss
woman and a witch and asks Ss beautiful. Ss - T
to make sentences. The witch is ugly.
5. Feedback and T offers feedback Ss listen T Ss L 1
evaluation
6. Introducing new Ss are introduced to the topic of Ss listen. T Ss L - to make Ss aware of the items
material the new lesson. T writes the title they will learn
of the lesson on the blackboard. T Ss 1
 (The objectives of the lesson
Lead-in will be presented at the
beginning of the lesson.)

Presentation T writes on the blackboard a Ss write Lockstep W 3 - to become aware of the

chart for comparatives and grammatical rules about comparative
superlatives of the adjectives. and superlative forms

Practice T sticks some more flashcards Ss answer T Ss S 3 - to check understanding of the

on the magnetic board and asks Ss T comparative and superlative forms
Ss to make sentences.

T writes on the blackboard a

chart for comparatives and Ss answer Lockstep 5
superlatives and asks Ss to W
complete with the right form of
adjectives.

T gives Ss worksheets to T - Ss 3 - to check understanding of the

complete. Ss - T comparative and superlative forms
T asks Ss to do exercise 1. Ss write W
T checks answers. Ss answer S
3
T ask to work in pairs and do T Ss W
exercise 2. Ss write Ss T S
T checks answers. Ss answer

T ask to work in pairs and do Ss write T Ss W 4

exercise 3. Ss answer Ss - T S
T checks answers.
T - Ss
T asks Ss to do exercise 4. Ss write
T checks answers. Ss answer
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T ask to work in pairs and do Ss write
exercise 5 and 6. Ss answer
T checks answers.

T gives Ss bingo cards and tells Ss tick the - to use English and the new taught
them to pay attention. T asks Ss opposites and shout material while playing
which is the opposite of an Bingo! when a row
adjective and when a row is is completed.
completed Ss shout Bingo! 5
7. Feedback and T offers feedback. Ss listen T - Ss L 1' - to let Ss know how well they
evaluation T gives 3-4 marks taking into performed
consideration the involvement
of Ss .
8. Homework T gives Ss their homework. Ss listen and write T - Ss L/W 2'-3' - to let Ss know what their future
work is

Chart Degrees of Comparison

Adjectives Comparative Superlative

1 syllable old older the oldest
2 syllables ending in y funny funnier the funniest
dirty dirtier the dirtiest
2 syllables boring more boring the most boring
3 or more syllables beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful

I. Find the opposite:
1. older younger
2. weaker _______________
3. sadder _______________
4. easier ________________
5. slower _______________
WORKSHEET
6. the worst ______________
7. the smallest _______________
8. the cheapest ____________________
9. the warmest ____________________
10. the tallest _____________________

II. True or false?

a. A mouse is smaller than a cat.

b. An elephant is fatter than a lion.
c. Computers are more expensive than pencils.
d. A dog is bigger than a tiger.
e. Cars are slower than bikes.
f. A summer day is colder than a spring day.
g. A sheep is taller than a giraffe.
h. A turtle is faster than a rabbit.
i. Your grandmother is older than your grandfather.
j. Bread is cheaper than milk.

III. Write correct sentences with a comparative using the prompts.

Example: the film/the book (interesting)
The film is more interesting than the book.

1. English / Japanese (easy) _____________________________________________

2. August / September (hot) ______________________________________________
3. Bucharest / Paris (small) _____________________________________________
4. snails / mice (slow) __________________________________________________
5. cars/ bikes (fast)____________________________________________________
6. elephants / tigers (big) _______________________________________________
7. Toms test / Mikes test (bad) __________________________________________

IV. Complete the questions and give answers. Use superlatives:

1. Which is the (fast) _________________________________ animal in the world?

2. Which is the (large) _______________________________country in the world?
3. Which is your (big) _____________________________________________fear?
4. Who is your (good) ____________________________________________ friend?
5. Which is the (interesting) __________________________________ subject at school?
6. Which is the (difficult) _____________________________subject you study at school?
7. Who is the (tall)___________________________________________boy in your class?
V. Fill in the blanks with the superlative form of adjectives:
1. Mary is (good) student in our school.
2. She is _____________________________(funny) girl in our group.
3. That was the ________________________(happy) day of my life.
 4. Anne is ________________________(young) in her family.
5. February is _________________________(cold) month of the year.

VI. Fill in the gaps using the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets:

1. The Vatican is __________________ (small) country in the world.

2. The blue whale is __________________ (big) animal in the world.

3. The cheetah is __________________ (fast) animal in the world.

4. Everest is __________________ (high) mountain in the world.

5. The Nile is __________________ (large) river in the world.

6. Antarctica is __________________ (cold) place in the world.

7. Jane is _______________________ (beautiful) woman in the world.

VII. Choose the corect form:

1. Reading a book is _________________ than watching T.V.
a. better b. gooder
2. Johns house is _____________than my house.
a. biger b. bigger
3. My mother is _______________than my father.
a. younger b. more young
4. Last week we had _________________ day this winter.
a. the coldest b. colder than
5. I dont think a turtle is _______________ a snail.
a. fastest than b. faster than
6. Robert Wadlow was _______________ man in the world(2.72m)
a. the taller b. the tallest