24410 lesson plan comparatives

To revise the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives 2.. To revise and practise the comparison of irregular adjectives ‘good’, ‘bad’ 3.. To learn how to spell correctly adj

LESSON PLAN

Name:

Date: 21th May 2012

Class: 5th

No.of Ss: 22

Level: Elementary

CEF level: A 1 School:

Time of lesson: 45 mins Textbook: Snapshot Starter Lesson: My joke’s funnier

Aims:

1 To revise the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives

2 To revise and practise the comparison of irregular adjectives (‘good’, ‘bad’)

3 To learn how to spell correctly adjectives ending in ‘y’, and ‘e’; adjectives that have a short vowel sound

4 To use the question word ‘Which? correctly

5 To ask and answer questions in order to fill in a factfile

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson the students:

1 will be able to use the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives correctly;

2 will have revised and practised the comparison of the irregular adjectives ‘good’ and ‘bad’;

3 will have learnt to spell correctly adjectives in the comparative ans superlative forms;

4 will have practised the use of the question word ‘Which?

Description:

In this lesson, we will talk about describing and comparing animals, people, objects, the weather etc, using short adjectives

Teaching techniques/ Methods:

Conversation, guessing game, listening, reading comprehension, poster activities,

practical activities – fill in chart in a powerpoint presentation

Assessment: peer-correction, self-correction, continuous assessment, class tasks Organisation:

Whole-class, pairwork, groupwork, individual work

Teaching aids:

• Laptop, flipchart, flashcards of animals, coloured post-it, blu-tack, powerpoint exercise, handouts, factfile of animals

Activity Aim Procedure Interaction Timing

1 Warmer To assure

Ss’

accommoda tion to the English class

1 The teacher calls the roll

2 Students describe the weather outside (learnt in the previous lesson);

T – Ss

Ss – T Whole class (WC)

2 mins

2

Consolidatin

g previous

knowledge

To check homework – using short adjectives

in order to make comparison

s, in 5 sentences

of their own

To check Ss’

knowledge

of the rule for

comparison s

1 Ss read their sentences T checks the homework, in order to correct mistakes, if any, and jots down the name of the students who have done extra homework;

2 Guessing game: T describes an animal, using adjectives, Ss guess (in order to refresh their memory of different animals);

3 T shows flashcards of two, three animals, at the same time; Ss make comparisons

4 Conclusion:

Rule 1: Adj – er – Adj.+-est

T – Ss

Ss – T

5 mins

3.Presentat

ion/

Practice

To refresh Ss’

memory concerning some spelling rules (previously -taught knowledge – in the 4th grade)

To develop reading

1 T introduces slideshow

(Comparing2-spelling) and shows

adjectives with spelling problems

2 Ss try to sum up

Rule 2: y → i+-er, -est;

Adj-e → +-r, -st; hot+t, fat+t, thin+n, big+g - +-er, -est

3 T asks Ss to describe the weather, today, yesterday, two days ago, in terms of ‘good’, or ‘bad’

4 Ss draw conclusion:

Rule 3:

good-better-best bad-worse-worst

T – Ss

Ss – T WC

5 mins

and writing skills

4 Practice To

consolidate comparativ es

1 Ss are divided into 6 groups; each group receives a cluster handout, 4 slips of paper with 4 adjectives;

2 Ss write the two forms on post-its, then, on handout; each group then sticks it on the walls

Ss – Ss GW (group work)

5-7 mins

5 Listening

practice

To practise the use of comparativ

es in conversati ons

1 Books closed, Ss listen to

conversation (ex.1/page 111), in

order to answer the T’s question:

What is important about today?

(Answer: It’s Daniel’s last day)

2 Ss answer questions about the text, books still closed Check answer, by opening the book

3 Ss read the dialogue

T – Ss

Ss – T WC

5 mins

6

Reading/Wr

iting

practice

To assess Ss’

performan

ce throughout the lesson

1 In pairs, Ss read the questionnaire and decide about the correct option;

2 T checks pairs about their choices

(Answer:

1 colder - 18˚F

2 longest – the Nile

3 hotter - 100˚C

4 taller – WTC

5 heavier – a kilo

6 fastest – cheetah

7 older – cx

8 smallest – Monaco

9 biggest – Jupiter)

T – Ss 3 mins

7

Production

To develop listening and writing skills

To reinforce the use of comparativ

1 T introduces Ss to a song,

“Record Breakers”

http://learnenglishkids.britishcounci l.org/en/songs/record-breakers

2 Ss watch the film & listen to the song

3 T gives Ss a handout “Record Breakers song”, and a slip of paper

T – Ss PW (pair work)

10 mins

es with words

4 Ss listen and fill in the missing information in the song

5 Peer-correction: pairs exchange handouts and check answers

8

Assessment

To assess what Ss have learnt about comparison

s of short adjectives

1 T shows slideshow 1 again (slides 9 & 10)

2 Each S comes and types one form

of adjective

3 T assesses both whole-class &

individual work; awards marks

T – Ss Individual work

7 mins

7

Homework

assignment

To reinforce newly-taught/

revised material

1 T gives Ss their homework assignment handout: Comparatives

2 T explains task

3 Ss do 1-2 sentences orally

Individual work

1 min