Comparatives and Superlatives ( YLC)
Elementary ( A2) level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide review and practice of of comparative and superlative forms in the context of cities and different features of them.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide specific information and gist listening practice using a text about comparative forms and another one of superlative forms in the context of cities and different features of them.
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice of comparative and superlative forms in the context of cities and different features of them.
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To enable students undertand MFP and practise the target language: comparative and superlative forms.
Procedure (58-90 minutes)
As is my first lesson with the Ss I´ll take some minutes to get to know them and them to get to know me. I´ll ask them about their jobs, interests/hobbies and the reasons and purposes why they are studying English. Then we´ll do a “Get to know you” activity using a Word wall game https://wordwall.net/es/resource/29654537/ingl%c3%a9s/first-class-icebreaker Then we´ll start with the topic of the lesson, I´ll ask Ss to think of 2 cities they like and say two things the cities have in common and two differences they have.
In this moment of the lesson Ss will work with Practise ( Activities 1, 2 and 3) on page 68, to revise a little bit comparative forms. Afterwards, we´ll move on to page 68 and read together the text about Chelsea Market, which will expose Ss to the the target language of superlative forms. Then Ss will do Ex. 1 and 2 individually. We´ll check as a class and I´ll give them feedback. Then Ss will do Ex. 3 as a group and monitor and then provide feedback.
I´ll ask Ss to underline all the example of superlatives forms they find in the text including the ones they wrote in the gap filling activity.
In this moment of the lesson we´ll work on MFP of the target language, we´ll work with the Grammar Spot on page 68 and Grammar Reference 9.1 on page 136. We´ll read the Grammar Reference together and I´ll drill pronunciation and clarify any doubt Ss may have.
We´ll move on to page 69 where Ss will keep practising the target language. Ss will do Ex. 4 and 5 ( A Parisian in New York). Then they´ll keep practising a little bit more with Practise Activities 1, 2 and 3. They´ll do the activities individually and we´ll check as a class.
In this moment of the lesson, I´ll tell Ss they are going to think of a city they love or hate and describe it using comparatives and superlatives, they are going to prepare a small talk about it, I´ll give them some pointers to help them write notes which they will use to give their talk. Pointers for Ss to write their notes: - Where is the city - What activities you can do - Food - Culture - People I´ll give them some time to prepare their notes and then they´ll give the talks to the class. I´ll write examples of goo language and things that can be improved or reformulated, aafterwards we´ll do delayed error correction and I´ll provide them feedback of their small talks.
In this stage of the lesson we´ll keep practising speaking a little bit more. I´ll ask Ss to ask their partners questions about the cities they talked about, using comparatives and superlatives. I´ll write them some examples of questions they can ask in the chatbox.