Grammar
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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Grammar: Comparatives
Subsidiary Aims
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Reading for gist, scanning for specific details.
Procedure (45 minutes)
1. T asks Ss to find their adjective pair (the antonym) 2. T demos activity. 3. T gives Ss cards. 2. Ss find their partner. 3. T puts Ss in pairs according to their adjectives. 4. T monitors and gives feedback. ICQs: Are you going to find your adjective opposite? Yes Are you going to work together? Yes
1. T gives Ss two paragraphs about two places in Thailand. 2. T asks Ss to read those paragraphs and choose the place they prefer to visit. 3. T asks Ss to discuss their answers. 4. T gives feedback. ICQs: Are you going to read the paragraph? Yes Are you going to write the paragraph? No Are you going to choose place? Yes
1. T asks Ss to fill in the adjectives column in the table that matches the characteristic. 2. T demos activity. 3. Ss complete the column. 4. T asks Ss to peer check. 5. T gives feedback. 6. T asks Ss to scan the two articles and fill in the table for Bangkok and Phuket. 7. T demos activity. 8. Ss complete the two columns. 9. T asks Ss to peer check. 10. T gives feedback. ICQs: Are you going to read the texts? Yes Are you going to read fast? No
1. T asks Ss to complete exercise 4, pg 53 (True/False statements). 2. T demos activity. 3. Ss complete activity in pairs. 4. T asks Ss to peer check their answers. 5. T gives feedback. ICQs: Are you going to find which sentence is false and which one is true? Yes. Are you going to work in pairs? No, alone.
1. T pre-teaches words syllable, vowel and consonant. 2. T asks Ss to read sentences in exercise 5 pg 64 (guided discovery of comparative rules). 3. T demos activity. 4. Ss complete activity in pairs. 5. Ss check answers. 6. T gives feedback. ICQs Are you going to read the sentences? Yes
1. T asks students to do exercise 6 pg. 65 (write the comparative form for the given adjectives.) 2. T asks Ss to work individually. 3. T models the first sentence. 4. Ss complete the exercise 5. T asks Ss to peer check their answers. 6. T gets feedback. ICQs: Are you going to write the comparative form? Yes Are you going to work in pairs? No, alone
1. T asks Ss to complete exercise 7 pg. 65 (Gap-fill dialogue) 2. T demos activity. 3. Ss complete exercise. 4. T asks Ss to peer check their answers. 5. T gives feedback. 6. T asks Ss to read the dialogue in pairs. 7. T demos activity. 8. Ss complete activity. 10. T monitors and gives feedback. ICQs: Are you going to fill in the gaps? Yes. Are you going to work in pairs? No, alone
1. T revises what happened in the lesson. 2. T gives feedback.