EDHP588 Practicum in Second Language Teaching
Name: Yu-Ching Yang (Virginia)
Professor: Dr. Gena Burgess
Date: 02/26/09
Lesson Plan
Topic: Comparative and superlative forms
Level: Low intermediate
Duration: 45 minutes
Description of class:
Class: English class
Setting: Language institution in Taiwan, EFL setting
Number of students: 16 (Age: 18 and above)
Linguistic backgrounds: All Taiwanese
Goals of class: learn comparative and superlative forms through an inductive
grammar teaching
Prior knowledge: Students have known some comparative and superlative
forms before from their input (e.g. reading or listening), but they don’t know
the grammatical rules about comparative and superlative forms.
Goal:
Students will be able to use comparative and superlative forms appropriately.
Objectives:
Terminal Objective:
1. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to understand the
grammatical rules of comparative and superlative forms.
2. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to speak and write
comparative and superlative forms effectively.
Enabling Objectives:
1. Students will be able to transform adjectives into comparative and
superlative forms.
2. Students will be able to identify the structures of the comparative and
superlative.
3. Students will be able to express their ideas by using correct
completive and superlative forms.
Materials & Equipment:
3 worksheets
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Blackboard and chalk
Procedure (45 minutes):
Motivation and Warm-up: (10 minutes)
1. The teacher first activates students' awareness of the comparative and
superlative by comparing different objects. For example, compare life
between country and city, the country the teacher likes the most, etc.
2. The teacher asks students what adjectives he/she has said, and writes
down on the blackboard.
3. The teacher encourages students to guess what grammar rules are.
4. The teacher writes down the grammar rules on the blackboard and
explains it’s important to properly use comparative and superlative
forms when you want to express your ideas.
Guided Activity: (18 minutes)
- Activity 1: Comparative form (pair work): (9 minutes)
1. The teacher gives students handout (See Appendix A), explains the 3
examples on the worksheet, and demonstrates how to transform the
first adjective into comparative form.
2. The teacher pairs up students and asks them to complete the exercise1
and discuss their answers (See Appendix A).
3.
4.
The teacher asks students to share their answers and explains the
grammar rules they use.
The teacher gives students feedback about their answers and
explanation.
- Activity 2: Superlative form (pair work) (9 minutes)
1. The teacher goes to the exercise 2 (See Appendix B), and again
explains the 3 examples on the worksheet, and demonstrates how to
transform the first adjective into superlative form.
2. The teacher asks students to complete the exercise 2 and discuss their
answers (See Appendix B).
3.
4.
The teacher asks students to share their answers and explains what
rules they use.
The teacher gives students feedback about their answers and
explanation.
Independent Activity: (15 minutes)
- Activity 1: Oral practice (group work) (10 minutes)
1. The teacher goes to exercise 3 (See Appendix C), divides students into
small group of three to four, and asks them to choose two topics
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heading for their groups.
2. The teacher then asks groups to decide on three objects in each topic
area, and express their ideas by using comparative and superlative
sentences.
3. The teacher asks each group to share their ideas regarding the topics
they have chosen.
- Activity 2: Writing practice (individual work) (5 minutes)
1.
The teacher asks students to write 10 sentences based on their
conversation using comparative and superlative forms, and prepare to
share after writing. At the end of the class, students’ papers will be
collected.
Closure (2 minutes)
1. The teacher briefly states what they have learned today, and answers
students’ questions.
Extra-Class Work:
Students need to find out 5 sentences from newspaper, magazines or any other
written paper, which includes comparative or superlative forms.
Evaluation:
The enabling and terminal objectives are met by the following assessment.
1.
2.
3.
Through the exercise 1 and 2, the teacher can know if students
understand the structures of comparative and superlative forms.
Through the exercise 3, the teacher can understand if students can
express their ideas by using correct comparative and superlative
forms.
Through individual writing exercise, the teacher will know if students
can correctly write comparative and superlative sentences.
References:
http://www.about.com/education/
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Appendix A
Exercise 1: Read the sentences below and then give the comparative form for each of the
adjectives listed.
 Lucy is
more beautiful than Linda.
 I think John is happier now than a year ago.
 Could you open the window, please? It's getting hotter in this room by the minute.
 interesting ___________
 weak
___________
 funny ___________
 important
___________
 careful ___________
 big ___________
 small ___________
 polluted ___________
 boring ___________
 angry ___________
Appendix B
Exercise 2: Read the sentences below and then give the superlative form for each of the
adjectives listed.
 New York
has got to be the most exciting city in the world.
 His biggest desire is to return home.
 She is probably the angriest person I know.
 interesting ___________
 weak
___________
 funny ___________
 important
___________
 careful ___________
 big ___________
 small ___________
 polluted ___________
 boring ___________
 angry ___________
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Appendix C
Exercise 3: Choose one of the topics below and think of three examples from that topic for example: Sports - football, basketball and surfing. Compare the three objects.
 Cities
 Sports
 Writers
 Films
 Cars
 Singers
 Countries
 The objects
in the classroom
 others
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