unit 16, English 11 cb

Language focus: SUPERLATIVES  Class details : A class of 10t h graders  Time allotted : 45 minutes  Aim : to help Ss learn and practice structures of superlatives  Objectives : B

LESSON PLAN

Unit 16: Historical places

E Language focus: SUPERLATIVES

 Class details : A class of 10t h graders

 Time allotted : 45 minutes

 Aim : to help Ss learn and practice structures of superlatives

 Objectives : By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:

- master structures of superlatives

- use superlatives to compare more than two things/2 people

accurately  Teaching aids and materials : textbook, board, colorful chalk,

poster and realia

 Anticipated problems : Some Ss may be confused with two-syllable adjectives used as short ones (friendly, simple, clever, narrow, quiet…)

- T catches Ss’ attention and asks Ss to play the game

- T crosses 12 dashes on the board:

T draws on the board:

T-whole class

- T gives instructions: “Here I have a word with 12 letters Ss, guess the letters

to find out the word If you guess correctly, the girl will sit here (at the beginning position) If your guess is incorrectly, the girl will fall down one step

When the girl falls down the last step, you will lose the game Remember that after guessing 4 correct letters, you can give the key word”

- T checks Ss’ understanding:

+ What are you going to do first?

(expected answer: guess the letters )

+ How many steps will the girl fall

down if you guess incorrectly? ( expected

answer: one)

+ After guessing 4 correct letters, can

you give the key word? ( expected

answer: Yes)

T asks Ss to start the game

 Answer key : SUPERLATIVES

12ms Presentation  Situation 1:

- T shows the realia (3 clocks with different color: blue, pink and black)

- T asks Ss:

+ Is the black clock smaller than the

blue one? (expected answer: Yes, it is)

+ Is the blue clock smaller than the pink one? (expected answer: Yes, it is)

+ So, among the three clocks, the black

clock is……… (expected answer:

the smallest)

- T gets Ss’ answers

- T gives the correct sentence

- T writes the sentence on the board:

T-whole class

“The black clock is the smallest.”

- T reads the model sentence and asks Ss

to repeat (chorally-3 times and

individually-3 times)

- T elicits the superlative form of

short adjectives:

+ T points at “the” and asks: Ss, what is

this? (expected answer: the)

+ T points at “small” and asks Ss:

. Is it a noun or an adjective?

(expected answer: an adjective)

. How many syllables are there in this

adjective? (expected answer: one)

. So, is it a short or long adjective?

(expected answer: a short adjective )

+ T points to “–est” and asks: Class,

what is this? (expected answer: “-est”)

- T writes the superlative form of

short adjectives on the board:

Form :

- T elicits the use: T asks Ss:

+ You use this structure to compare

how many things/people? (expected

answer: more than 2 things/ 2 people )

+ Is the form used for short or long

adjectives? (expected answer: short

adjectives)

- T writes the use on the board:

Usage : to compare more than 2

things/2 people with short adjectives

 Situation 2:

- T shows the three realia again

- T says the prices of the clocks:

+ The pink clock costs 40.000VND

the + short adjective – EST

+ The price of the blue clock is

30.000VND

+ The black clock values 20.000VND

+ Is the pink clock more expensive than

the black one? (expected answer: Yes, it

is)

+ And is the pink clock more expensive

than the blue one? (expected answer: Yes,

it is)

Or you can say: The pink clock is

……… (expected answer: the

most expensive)

- T gets Ss’ answer

- T gives the correct answer

- T writes the marker sentence on

the board: “The pink clock is the most

expensive.”

- T reads the marker sentence and

asks Ss to repeat (chorally-3 times and

individually- 3 times)

- T elicits the superlative form of

long adjectives:

+ T points to “the” and asks: Ss, what is

this? (expected answer: the)

+ T continues to point to the word “ most”

and asks Ss: What is this? (expected

answer: most)

+ T points to “expensive” and asks the

whole class:

Is it an adjective/noun? (expected

answer: an adjective)

How many syllables does it have?

(expected answer: three)

. Thus, do we call it a short adjective

or a long adjective? (expected answer: a

long adjective)

- T writes the superlative form of

long adjectives on the board:

Form :

- T elicits the use: T asks Ss: do we

use this structure to compare more than

two things or two people with long

adjectives? (expected answer: Yes)

- T writes on the board:

Usage : to compare more than 2 things/2

people with long adjectives

- T asks Ss to copy into their

notebooks

- T pastes the poster on the board:

Notes:

1 Short adjectives ending in “- e”, only

add “-st”:

wide  widest nice  nicest large  largest

2 One-syllable adjectives ending in one

vowel + one consonant, double that

consonant before adding “-est”:

big  biggest hot  hottest thin  thinnest

3 Short adjectives ending in a consonant

+ y, change y to i before adding “-est”:

dry  driest

4 Two-syllable adjectives ending in “- y”,

“-le”, “-er”, “-et”, “-ow” are considered

as short adjectives:

happy  happiest simple  simplest clever  cleverest

the + most + long adj

quiet  quietest narrow  narrowest

5 Irregular adjectives:

Adjectives Superlatives

good bad far old

best worst farthest/furthest oldest/eldest

- T asks Ss to copy into their notebooks

18 ms Practice  Drill: (Cues used for the drill are on

Appendix)

- Step 1 : + T shows the first cue

+ T asks: Ss, do you know Phu Si/

Everest/Kilimanjaro mountain? (expected answer: Yes/No)

+ T says the utterance “Everest is the

highest mountain.” as a model for Ss 3

times

- Step 2 : T gets Ss to repeat the above utterance chorally 2 or 3 times

- Step 3 : T calls 2 or 3 Ss to repeat

it individually and corrects

- Step 4 : T continues to work on the second cue:

+ T asks Ss:

. What is this? (T points to picture 1)

(expected answer: kitchen)

. How about this? (T points to picture

2) (expected answer: living room)

. And the last one? ((T points to

picture 3) (expected answer: bedroom)

T-whole class

+ T says the utterance from words given

in the second cue: “Bedroom is the most

spacious.” 3 times.

+ T gets the whole class to repeat it 2 or

3 times

+ T calls 2 or 3 Ss to repeat it

individually and corrects

- Step 5 : Work through the rest of

the cues (6 ones): new cue, new S:

+ T shows the cue

+ T asks S to read aloud the sentence

and corrects

- Step 6 : Exchange

+ T shows the first cue again

+ T calls a good S (S1) to do the

exchange with the T:

T: Is Everest the highest mountain?

S1: Yes Everest is the highest

mountain.

S1: Is Everest the highest mountain?

T: Yes Everest is the highest

mountain.

+ T reminds Ss to look carefully at

the pictures and information given to

answer “Yes/ No”+ a full sentence.

- Step 7 : OPEN PAIRS: T gets 3 or 4

pairs to demonstrate the exchange in

Open pairs and then T corrects

(expected answer:

. Cue 2 : S1: Is bedroom the most

spacious?

S2: Yes Bedroom is the most

spacious.

. Cue 3 : S2: Is Japan the most populous

country?

S3: No, it isn’t China is the

most populous country.

Pair work

.Cue 4 : S3:Is Harvard university the

biggest?

S4:Yes Harvard university is

the biggest.)

- Step 8 : T sticks all the cues on the

board

- Step 9 : CLOSED PAIRS: T gets Ss

to practice all the exchanges in Closed

pairs

- Step 10 : T monitors and corrects

 Answer key :

.Cue 1 : Everest is the highest mountain

. Cue 2 : Bedroom is the most spacious

.Cue 3 : China is the most populous

country

Cue 4 : Harvard university is the

biggest

. Cue 5 : Amazon is the longest river

. Cue 6 : Hue is the quietest city

. Cue 7 : Golden Bridge is the nicest

. Cue 8 : Seoul is the coldest city

 Further practice: Game : LUCKY

NUMBERS

- T divides class into two teams (A

and B)

- T puts the poster on the board:

- T gives instructions:

+ Here I have 9 numbers (with 2 lucky

T-whole class

+ Each team will take turn to choose a

number:

. If the number is a lucky one, you will

certainly get 2 points and continue to

choose next number

. If not, you have to put the words given

in the number in the correct order to

make sentences or questions With a

correct answer, you will get 2 points If

you are wrong, the other team will have

right to answer and get 1 point for the

correct answer

+ The team with more points will be the

winner and receive a gift

- T checks Ss’ understanding:

+ T: What do you do first? (expected

answer: choose a number)

+ T: How many points will you get if you

choose a lucky number? (expected

answer: 2 points)

+ T: If your number is not a lucky one,

what will you do? (expected answer: put

the words given in the number in the

correct order)

+ T: If you are wrong, does the other

team have right to answer? ( expected

answer: Yes)

+ T: Very good Let’s start

- T gets Ss to play the game

 Answer key :

. Lucky numbers: 3, 7

. #1: class/ the/ is/ my/ most/ girl/

beautiful/ Lan/ in ( Lan is the most

beautiful girl in my class.)

#2: family/ who/ the/ your/ oldest/ in/

is? ( Who is the oldest in your family?)

#4: Daisy/ know/ kindest/ I/ the/

person/ is ( Daisy is the kindest

person I know.)

. #5: is/ diamond/ jewelry/ expensive/

most/ the ( Diamond is the most

expensive jewelry.)

#6: to/ subject/ the/ is/ difficult/ what/

most/ you? ( What is the most difficult

subject to you?)

. #8: season/ the/ hottest/ summer/ is

( Summer is the hottest season.)

. #9: the/ you/ who/ have/ politest/ ever/

is/ student/ met? ( Who is the politest

student you have ever met?)

- T asks some Ss: Where would you

like to live? (expected answer: in the

city/ suburb/ country)

- T gets Ss’ answers and says:

Relating to choice of accommodation, here I have a situation……

- T pastes the poster on the board:

Situation : Supposing that you tend to buy a house You ask your friend for some advice Your friend introduces you to three houses on an advertisement (in city, suburb and country) Use SUPERLATIVES to give reasons for your choice.

- T says: Here is some information about the three advertised houses

- T pastes a poster of three houses

on the advertisement (See Appendix) on the board

- T gives instructions: Class, work

in pairs Study the three houses carefully

to give your choice Remember to use

Pair work

Superlatives to explain your reasons.

After 5 minutes I will invite some pairs

to present in front of class

- T check Ss’ understanding:

+ Do you study the three houses to give

your choice of buying? (expected answer:

Yes)

+ Which grammar point do you use to

give your reasons? (expected answer:

Superlatives)

+ Do you work in pairs or individually?

(expected answer: in pairs)

- T models with a good S:

T: Which house do you want to buy best?

S: I want to buy the house in the country.

T: Why do you choose it?

S: Because it’s the cheapest and it has the largest garden.

T: But it’s the farthest to the city center.

S: However it’s the most peaceful of the three houses.

T: Very good…

- T gives Ss handouts of three advertised houses

- T lets Ss do pair work

- T calls some pairs to present 1m Homework - Do exercises on pages 176-177

- Prepare Test yourself F

T-whole class