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Materials

Main Aims

  • By the end of the lesson, Ss will have developed an understanding of how to use modifiers like very, really, quite, and too

Subsidiary Aims

  • Teaching vocabulary, as well as writing and speaking fluency

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Open by asking if anyone who is interested in football, and/or who watched the recent world cup. Jump into story about world cup semi final between argentina and croatia: I wanted to watch the match, and found there was a free competition to predict the scoreline. I was the only person to say 3-0 to argentina, and they won 3-0. So my prize was 24 beers. Turn this back to the students and ask them to tell us about a time when they won something.

Text-work - gist - intensive - get TL (10-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Screenshare gist task to class. Show them text and ask them to read it before choosing the best story summary. Share form in zoom chat. Allocate 2 minutes for them to complete this task. Check results and conduct open class feedback establishing the answer in the text. Move on to intensive task, identifying adjectives in the text.Screen share slide presentation to perform demo, using first line (lucky) as an example. Provide each student a slide and share presentation via zoom chat. Encourage them to find as many as possible but not to worry if they can't get all of them. Allow them 3 minutes for this task, before performing error correction. Adjectives: lucky, excited, awful, poor, small, noisy, cold, bored, dirty, awful, young, friendly, friendly, terrible Refer students back to task but this time ask them to identify adverbs. Demo again with first sentence (very) and explain how the adverbs come before adjectives. Allow another 3 minutes before providing open class feedback, correcting any errors. Adverbs: very, really, really, very, quite, too, really, quite, very, too

Language focus: MFP (12-15 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

Open slides presentation to first MFP slide. Briefly explain how adverbs are used to modify adjectives so we are able to describe with more precision. Ask which word in bold means "more than you want", answer: too much. Talk about how "too" is used as a negative, and point out that said mobile phone would be impractical because you couldn't put it into your pocket or carry it around very well. Point out how the 'really big' phone is also big, but would still be easier to carry around. Finally, mention how the 'quite big' phone is still big, because there are smaller phones than it. Move onto form using the "very, really, quite, and too come____the verb to be and_____the adjective". Ask them if the adverb comes before the verb 'to be' or after it. Use the sentence from the text to help them directing them towards the verb, adjective, and adverb. Move onto slide to match words with definitions and demo with the first word, comfortable. Pick a student to match it with the correct definition and ask the CCQ: When you are sitting on a hard chair, do you feel comfortable or uncomfortable? Allocate a slide to each student, share presentation in zoom chat and give them 3 minutes to complete the task. Perform open class feedback after time is up, asking the following CCQs: Dirty: If you slip in a muddy puddle, will your shoes become clean or dirty? Excited: Do you feel excited or bored when you are waiting for something interesting to start? Is it like being happy? A: yes, really happy (emphasis on the adverb really) Noisy: Is a library usually quiet or noisy?If there are many people talking loudly in a room, would it be quiet or noisy? Prize: Is a prize something valuable or something ordinary? Bored: Do you feel bored or excited when you are doing something fun? Move onto fill in the blanks task, explaining to students they have to fill in the blanks of the story using the words available. Allocate slides and give them a couple of minutes for this task. Conduct open class feedback correcting mistakes after time limit. Move onto final MFP task, moving words into the right category indicating stress. Explain the task to students and demo with the word prize: ask where the word goes, and then why the student(s) thinks that it goes there. A: 1 syllable. Give them a couple of minutes to complete the activity and correct errors afterwards accordingly. Help with pronunciation upon sorting or covering each word. O: prize, bored Oo: noisy, dirty, Ooo: comfortable, excited

Controlled Practice (4-4 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Screenshare 'choose best adverb' google form. Explain the task using the first example: don't go out alone at night, it's_____dangerous (is the adverb quite or too?). Share the form in zoom chat and allow 2 minutes for students to complete the task, then perform open class feedback with the final 2 minutes.

Free Practice (8-9 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Go to final slides of presentation. Read the objective of the task: to write the names of places in your current town/city that are too expensive or quite cheap, really beautiful or really ugly etc. Draw from personal examples already on the slide, reading them one by one and indicating the stress on adverb and adjective accordingly. Assign each student a slide, share the presentation with them and allow them 5 minutes to write their own examples. Once time is up, ask each student one by one to read their work to the class, providing feedback and corrections where neccessary.

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