LESSON PLAN

NAME: Marinescu Cristina-Ionela

DATE: June 6th, 2013

GRADE: 5th A

LEVEL: Beginners

TEXTBOOK: `Snapshot Starter`, Longman

NUMBERS OF PUPILS: 15

SCHOOL: Scoala Gimnaziala Rotunda

TYPE OF LESSON: acquiring new knowledge

TIME: 50 minutes

AIMS: to give pupils controlled practice in the use of the comparative and superlative of adjectives; to compare two/three things or persons; to perform oral and written tasks related to the topic.

OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the pupils will be able to:

recognize the adjectives; use correctly the comparative of short and long adjectives in order to compare different things and

persons; use appropriately the superlative of short and long adjectives;

SKILLS: speaking, writingCLASS MANAGEMENT : individual work, whole class TEACHING TECHNIQUES: exercisesMATERIALS AND AIDS: worksheets, coloured chalk, blackboard

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Activity Estimated time

Aim Teaching procedure Interaction

Warm up 5' - Introducing students in the atmosphere of the English class.- Be aware of the importance of doing the homework

- Teacher asks for the absents. The student on duty tells the absents. - Teacher asks the students to open their notebooks and show the homework. The teacher checks the homework and marks it. The students show their notebooks.

T - S

Lead in 10' Remember the the usage of comparative degree.

Teacher gives students worksheets. Students will have to fill the gaps with the correct form of comparative.1. Apples are...............................than chips.  (healthy)2. Elephants are.............................than bears. (big)3. Gold is............................................than silver. (expensive)4. Bikes are.......................................than cars. (slow)  5. I am.........................................at English than my brother .(good) 6. My friend is..................................than me. (tall)7. Sandy is......................................than Tamara. (thin)

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(worksheet no.1)

Presentation of the new sentence pattern: S + Be + the + superlative

degree

5' To give pupils controlled practice in the use of the superlative of adjectives

Teacher explains how the superlative degree is formed and compares the formation of superlative degree with comparative degree.

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Substitution drill on the new pattern

10' To compare two/three things or persons

Teacher gives model sentence first, asks for oral repetition in chorus.

(a). Mechanical drill

S + Be + the + superlative degree

Tom                    youngest

She              is              the oldest

It                              coldest

They           are                cheapest　

(b).Meaningful drill

Shows a picture with a plane, a bicycle, and a car on it. Illustrates the comparative situation and elicits the correct response from students. Leads students to compare one with the other two using the adjective“fast”.

T - S

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The expected response would be, “The plane is the fastest.” Teacher explains that when a one-syllable adjective ends with the letter “e”, we add –st.

Draw three balls which are different in size, and lead students to compare using “large”

Ball 1              Ball 2               Ball 3　, “Ball x is the largest.”

Teacher explains that when a one-syllable adjective ends with a short vowel + a consonant, we repeat that  consonant and then add –est in the end.

Give three temperatures of three days, and lead the students to compare using “hot”.　

May 1 - 230 C May 2 - 280 C  May 3 -

290 C

The expected response would be “May 3 is the hottest.”

Examples: thin thinner thinnest

big bigger biggest

sad sadder saddest

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　Teacher explains that when a one-syllable or two-syllable adjective ends with a consonant + “y”, we change “y” into “i”, then add –est.

Teacher shows three tests, and lead students to compare using “easy.”

　

              

　The expected response would be, “ Science test is the easiest.”

Examples  busy    busier       busiest

      pretty    prettier     prettiest

Teacher explains that in the case of most two-syllable adjectives and all adjectives that have more than two syllables, we add “most” before the adjectives to form superlative degree.

Shows a picture with two balls. Lead students to compare using “expensive.

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The expected response would be, “The basketball is the most expensive.”

Practice on the new pattern

15' To perform oral and written tasks related to the topic.

Teacher gives students worksheets. For the 1st worksheet, students will have to look at a picture and compare some characters based on age, height, weight, appearance, intelligence and power, using some given adjectives:tall,   short , beautiful, ugly, thin,  fat, intell igent  young ,old, strong, weak

For the 2nd worksheet students will have to complete the chart with correct forms of comparative and superlative degrees.

T – SS – S

Assignment 5' To practice the use of comparative and superlative degree

Teacher tells the students to do the last part of exercise on the worksheet no. 2 at home and marks the students that were active. Students write down their homework.

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