Luis Suarez
Materials
Main Aims
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To help students develop their understanding and accurate use of comparative structures, including their meaning, form, pronunciation, and appropriacy. Students will engage in a series of tasks—such as gist and detailed reading, error identification, controlled practice, and speaking activities—to reinforce their ability to use comparatives naturally and confidently in both written and spoken contexts.
Subsidiary Aims
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Stick to the lesson plan and ensure all activities are covered. Manage time effectively to maintain lesson flow and complete all tasks. Keep MFP student-centered by guiding discovery and encouraging active participation. Maintain high engagement by creating a supportive and interactive learning environment.
Procedure (36-46 minutes)
Start the lesson by having students discuss koi fish and other valuable or exotic animals often referred to as "living jewels." Encourage them to share their thoughts to activate top-down processing and spark engagement with the topic.
Students will read the text quickly to grasp its main idea in this gist activity. They will then fill in gaps A-E with the given sentences/phrases, with one sentence/phrase left out. Through this exercise, students will practice using countable nouns in everyday situations, reinforcing their understanding of how to use them in real-life contexts. In the detailed task, students will highlight expressions that show comparison in the text. This will help develop their skill in reading for specific details, which, in the future, will enable them to recognize countable nouns in regular conversations or texts.
Meaning: Students will be provided with the complete text and then they will complete the tasks by (looking at the phrases in pink in the article and matching them in the boxes) and (looking at the phrases in blue in the article). The goals of this activity is to assess whether students are interpreting and integrating new language chunks. Form: Students will identify common errors people make when using comparative nouns and select the correct form. The goal is to help them develop an awareness of these mistakes, creating a mental filter to prevent them in the future. Pronunciation: Students will identify linking sounds on audio, related to comparative nouns. The goal is to improve their fluency and natural pronunciation by helping them recognize and produce these connections in spoken English.
Controlled Practice: Students will read the text and fill in the gaps with the given words, with some allowing multiple correct answers. By doing this, in Google Forms, they will integrate the newly learned language into everyday conversations, leading to greater accuracy and confidence in using comparative structures naturally.
Students will work in pairs to answer questions related to the language covered in class. They will go into breakout rooms to share their thoughts and practice speaking. Before starting, they will have time to review the lesson and prepare their answers. The goal is to provide a comfortable and supportive space for them to practice and build confidence in expressing their ideas.
