Comparison... Lesson Plan
Comparison... Lesson Plan
Comparison... Lesson Plan
Name:
Date: 21th May 2012
Class: 5th
No.of Ss: 22
Level: Elementary
CEF level: A 1
School:
Time of lesson: 45 mins
Textbook: Snapshot Starter
Lesson: My jokes funnier
Aims:
1. To revise the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives
2. To revise and practise the comparison of irregular adjectives (good, bad)
3. To learn how to spell correctly adjectives ending in y, and e; adjectives that
have a short vowel sound
4. To use the question word Which? correctly
5. To ask and answer questions in order to fill in a factfile
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson the students:
1. will be able to use the comparative & superlative degree of short adjectives
correctly;
2. will have revised and practised the comparison of the irregular adjectives
good and bad;
3. will have learnt to spell correctly adjectives in the comparative ans superlative
forms;
4. will have practised the use of the question word Which?.
Description:
In this lesson, we will talk about describing and comparing animals, people, objects,
the weather etc, using short adjectives.
Teaching techniques/ Methods:
Conversation, guessing game, listening, reading comprehension, poster activities,
practical activities fill in chart in a powerpoint presentation.
Assessment: peer-correction, self-correction, continuous assessment, class tasks.
Organisation:
Whole-class, pairwork, groupwork, individual work.
Teaching aids:
Laptop, flipchart, flashcards of animals, coloured post-it, blu-tack, powerpoint
exercise, handouts, factfile of animals.
Activity
1. Warmer
2.
Consolidatin
g previous
knowledge
3.Presentat
ion/
Practice
Aim
To assure
Ss
accommoda
tion to the
English
class
To check
homework
using
short
adjectives
in order to
make
comparison
s, in 5
sentences
of their
own.
To check
Ss
knowledge
of the rule
for
comparison
s
To refresh
Ss
memory
concerning
some
spelling
rules
(previously
-taught
knowledge
in the 4th
grade)
To develop
reading
Procedure
1. The teacher calls the roll.
2. Students describe the weather
outside (learnt in the previous
lesson);
Interaction
T Ss
Ss T
Whole class
(WC)
Timing
2 mins
T Ss
Ss T
5 mins
1. T introduces slideshow
T Ss
(Comparing2-spelling) and shows
Ss T
adjectives with spelling problems.
WC
2. Ss try to sum up
Rule 2: Adj-y i+-er, -est; Adje +-r, -st; hot+t, fat+t,
thin+n, big+g - +-er, -est
3. T asks Ss to describe the
weather, today, yesterday, two days
ago, in terms of good, or bad
4. Ss draw conclusion:
Rule 3:
good-better-best
bad-worse-worst
5 mins
4. Practice
5. Listening
practice
6.
Reading/Wr
iting
practice
7.
Production
and writing
skills.
To
consolidate
comparativ
es
Ss Ss
GW
(group work)
5-7
mins
T Ss
Ss T
WC
5 mins
T Ss
3 mins
T Ss
PW
(pair
work)
10
mins
es
8.
Assessment
7.
Homework
assignment
with words
4. Ss listen and fill in the missing
information in the song
5. Peer-correction: pairs exchange
handouts and check answers
To assess
1. T. shows slideshow 1 again
what Ss
(slides 9 & 10)
have learnt 2. Each S comes and types one form
about
of adjective
comparison 3. T. assesses both whole-class &
s of short
individual work; awards marks.
adjectives.
To
1. T. gives Ss their homework
reinforce
assignment handout: Comparatives
newly2. T. explains task
taught/
3. Ss do 1-2 sentences orally.
revised
material.
T Ss
Individual
work
7 mins
Individual
work
1 min