LESSON PLAN

NAME: Florea Maria-Cristina TEXTBOOK: Pathway to English UNIT 3, Lesson 3: School Subjects Comparative and Superlative of Adjectives GRADE: 5th TIME: 50 minutes Aim: the students will use the comparative and the superlative of different adjectives in order to talk about various topics Objectives: Students will be able to: - use correctly the comparative of short, long or irregular adjectives in order to compare different things - use appropriately the superlative of short, long or irregular adjectives - practise the productive skills (writing, speaking) and the receptive skills (listening) - work in groups - use the new vocabulary in appropriate contexts Aids / Materials: textbook, worksheets Skills: speaking, writing, listening Classroom interaction: individual work; group work

Stages of lesson 1. Warm-up

Students and teachers activities - the T elicits the date from the Ss and one S writes it on the blackboard - the T writes down the name of the lesson and states the objectives -Comparative and Superlative of long and irregular adjectives

Reasons for activities - to create a pleasant atmosphere and to relax the Ss - to introduce them to the topic of the lesson

Material blackboard

Timing

2. 3.

Homework checking Lead-in

-the T enquires about the Ss homework

- to assess the Ss work Ex 2b) / 34 and time allotted to their individual preparation - the T asks the Ss to say -to assure a smooth how the comparative and transition towards the superlative of short following topic notebooks adjectives are formed, as -to prompt oral work well as to give examples Activity 1: Presentation The T starts by stating that there are several types of adjectives in English: short, long, irregular, which all have different ways of being used in the comparative and the superlative. Based on the assumption that the Ss know how the comparative and the superlative are applied to short adjectives, since this topic has already been dealt with, the T writes a number of long adjectives on the blackboard, such as: beautiful, intelligent, special. The T then writes that the comparative of these adjectives is formed with more + adj +than, while the superlative with the most + adj. After this, the T moves on to the irregular adjectives and their comparative and superlative forms:

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Contents

-to improve listening and comprehension skills -to give them a whilelistening task - to improve their writing abilities -to improve pronunciation, stress, intonation

blackboard notebooks

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THE ADJECTIVE- Comparison

1. Complete as in the example: Example: beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful 1. interesting ________________________________ 2. careful ___________________________________ 3. expensive _________________________________ 4. difficult ___________________________________ 5. dangerous _________________________________ 6. good * ____________________________________ 7. bad * _____________________________________ 2. 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 / Maths (difficult) _______________________________________________ 2. September / August (hot) ________________________________________________ 3. Bucharest / Paris (small) ________________________________________________ 4. snails / mice (slow) _____________________________________________________ 5. History / Geography (important) ___________________________________________ 6. elephants / tigers (fast) __________________________________________________ 7. Toms test / Mikes test (bad) _____________________________________________ 8. snakes / rats (dangerous) _________________________________________________ 3. Complete the questions and give answers. Use superlatives. 1. Which is the (fast) ______________ animal in the world? 2. Which is the (large) ______________ocean in the world? 3. Which is your (bad) ______________subject? 4. Who is your (good) ______________ friend? 5. Which is the (interesting) _________________ subject you study at school? 6. Which is the (difficult) ____________________subject you study at school?

7. Who is the (beautiful) ____________________ girl in your class?

SUPERLATIVE OLYMPICS

good

tall

funny

popular

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