TP4 LP Patricia Remache C
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification, review and practice on comparatives and superlatives
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide extended speaking fluency by practicing comparative and superlatives
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To provide clarification on comparatives and superlatives like: less expensive, slower, the biggest, much better, more efficient, the best, more economical.
Procedure (33-40 minutes)
Introducing the topic of the lessons to the students by asking them, Can you think of ways technology has made our lives better or worse? to encourage students to talk, introduce them to the pictures of the horse-drawn theatre, and the roundabout, and ask if they remember or have any idea about this low/ tech solutions if students think they have help in rural areas somehow. Share in an open classroom. Using G-slides
Present to students a reading for gist task, G-Form, students have 3 minutes to read the text and choose, a headline for each one. Answers will be checked in an open classroom. Answers: 1. Meet the slow theatre/ 2. The roundabout water pump. In Jamboard open the first slide to introduce comparatives and superlatives to students and make them choose which sentence is comparing two things and which is expressing superiority or inferiority. time 2 minutes. Answers:1 The slow theatre is less expensive than going to a movie theatre (Comparative). 2. Access to clean water is one of the biggest problems. Superlative.3. The bicycle-powered cinema is the most eco-friendly entertainment option (superlative) 4. The roundabout water pump is more efficient than the traditional hand pump (Comparative) 3. Divide students into groups to work in jamboard and distribute slides from # 2 to 6 to underline in the text comparatives and superlatives. Answers: 1. New tech is more efficient and more economical/ 2. We decided to investigate a few simpler low-tech solutions/3.The newest technology is always the best/ 4. The faster is always better / 5. They offer a less expensive low-tech alternative 6. Access to clean water supply is still one of the biggest problems / 7. The newest technology is always the best
Meaning: comparatives and superlatives students will work with the sentences they found in the text on Google Slides. The teacher will ask them to decide whether they go in the comparatives column or the superlative column, after they finish deciding, the teacher ask the students the conclusion, the comparative is when: we compare two things. A superlative is when: expresses the highest or lowest degree of a particular quality. 4 minutes Form: The teacher will present students with the same sentences in which they worked before and ask students for the adjectives in those sentences. The teacher will write down the answers on the slide. Once students have been given all the adjectives, the Teacher will refer to the first group, and ask how many syllables those adjectives have. Answer: 3 or more. then ask what has been added to make the comparative and what's been added for the superlative. and then will do the same with the one or two syllables adjectives. Ask about the irregular example better and best. Time: 7 For pronunciation, the teacher will record herself and play the audio for students to listen to and then ask where they think the stress is in the sentence. then. Drill chorally 4
For controlled practice, the teacher will use a g form for students to complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives. Students will have 3 minutes and then compare the answers in an open class. Answers: 1. quicker/ 2. less confident/ 3. easier/ 4. highest/ 5. more difficult/ 6. the best
Students will work in groups to talk about one invention that has made our lives better or worse, they can choose from: the internet, the cell phone, or penicillin, they will have 1 minute to think about it and in Break out rooms they will talk for 6 minutes. The teacher will monitor and in an open class, room write some examples of good use of the language and errors.