New lesson plan: superlative adjectives

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superlative adjectives - pre-intermediate level

superlative adjectives
pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about the superlative adjectives through guided discovery based on a reading text about a survey done with Trip Advisor Website about cities. The lesson starts with a discussion about cities. This is followed by a reading text where the TL will be introduced, highlighted, and clarified. Finally, students will have to do some controlled, semi-controlled, and freer practice.

Materials

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Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of the superlative adjectives in the context of cities

Subsidiary Aims

To provide some fluency in using the superlative adjectives under the context of cities

Procedure (34-48 minutes)

lead in (4-6 minutes) • To generate interest in the context of the text.

-T asks questions. " do you like traveling? what is one of the coutries or cities you've been already to?" -T chests HO (ex1.a) -T gives instructions. " these are 5 pictures of cities and here are their names. match them in 2 mins" -Sts check in pairs. -Whole class discussion "in which country is this city? have you ever been to it? what do you know about it?

Exposure (5-8 minutes) • To provide context for the Target Language through a reading task

- T asks sts about Trip Advisor Website. -T chests HO (ex 1b) -T gives instructions " this article is about a survey done with the Trip Advisor Website on cities especially London" " you have 2 mins to read the text" - group discussion of the text (2 groups of 4) "do you agree/disagree and why?"

Highlighting (4-5 minutes) • To draw students attention to the target language.

-T chests the HO (ex1,b) - T gives instructions " we have here 5 sentences with gaps, I want you to fill the gaps with the names of the cities that you think that the Trip Advisor Website has proved to be the most romantic/ cleanest.. city" " you have 3 mins" -Sts pair check - Sts write the answers on the board.

Clarification (5-8 minutes) • To clarify meaning, form, and pronunciation of the Target Language

-T writes 3 model sentences on the WB -T asks sts questions to clarify the meaning. " what did you understand form this sentence? are we compari,g between 2 cities or more?" -T writes the use of the superlative adjectives on the WB. -T drills chorally the model sentences ( backchaining, showing the sentence stress) -T highlights the form of the model sentences on the WB

Controlled Practice (5-6 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

-T chests HO (ex1,d) -T gives instructions " put these superlative adjectives under the correct categorization" you have 4 mins. - sts pair check -T projects the key answer.

Semi-Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for freer practice

-T chests HO (ex 2,a) -T gives instructions. "underline the stressed syllable in these adjectives""you have 3 mins" -Sts pair check -sts write the word and underline it in the WB - T drills the words chorally. -T gives instructions. "stand up, choose a partner, ask each other these questions. I want answers with full sentences" -T monitors and writes down any errors - error correction on the WB

Freer Practice (3-5 minutes) • To provide with free practice of the Target Language

-Sts divided into 2 groups -T gives instructions. " these are cards that have pictures of cities and adjectives. each student will have to choose a card , look at the picture and the adjective given with it and try to form a whole sentence by using these adj in the superlative form. take turns.