LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: Şcoala Gimnazială Nr. 1 Albeştii de Muşcel

TEACHER: Pietrăreanu Cristina
GRADE: 6th
TIME: 12:20-13:10
DATE: 26th March 2014
THE TITLE OF THE LESSON: The Degrees of Comparison
DIDACTIC AIMS:

 to use the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of regular adjectives;

 to recognise the forms of the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of regular
adjectives;
 to be able to translate the forms of the positive, comparative and superlative degrees of
regular adjectives;
 to use these forms in conversation;
 to be able to make simple comparisons.
AIDS: worksheet, notebooks, board
TYPE OF LESSON: acquisition
METHODS: conversation, explanation, exercise
INTERACTION: T-Ss; Ss-Ss; pair work

MOMENTS OF THE TEACHER’S PUPILS’ ACTIVITY TIME

LESSON ACTIVITY
Good afternoon. Good afternoon, teacher.
Greeting How are you? Fine, thank you. 1’

What lesson have you We have prepared the

prepared for today? Present Perfect Simple
Tense
Revision of the previous
lesson The teacher asks the The pupils speak about
pupils to speak about the Present Perfect 5’
the grammar tense Simple Tense and come
„Present Perfect to the blackboard to
Simple”. write examples and
explain its forms and
uses.
 Please, give examples. „I have read 25 pages
from the new book so
far.”

The pupils will come to

Checking homework What is your homework the blackboard to write
for today? down the homework, 5’
Present Perfect Simple
exercises.
The teacher asks three
pupils of different hair
lengths to stand in
front of the class and
describes the length of
their hair using the
degree of comparison
of regular verbs.
The adjective is „long”.
“Jane’s hair is long.”
No, Jane’s hair isn’t
“Anne’s hair is longer being compared to
than Jane’s.” anyone.
Warm up 5’
“Sarah’s hair is the In the second sentence,
longest among the Anne’s hair is compared
three girls.” to Jane’s hair.

In the third sentence,

The teacher writes these
Sarah’s hair is compared
sentences on the to the others two girls’
board and says: The hair.
first sentence simply
makes a statement.
What adjective is
used? Is Jane’s hair
being compared to
anyone? Now, look at
the second sentence.
Is there any
comparison made?
Who are being
 compared? Take a
look at the third
sentence, is there any
comparison made?
The teacher tells the
Announcement of the pupils that they are The pupils will listen to 1’
next activities going to learn to make the teacher.
comparisons using the
Degrees of Comparison.

The teacher will write The pupils will copy the

on the board a chart for chart from the board in
comparatives and their notebooks.
superlatives.

ACTIVITY 1
Writing and Speaking 10’
The teacher will explain The pupils will listen to
the comparatives and the teacher.
superlatives forms.

The pupils will add

The teacher will ask the more adjectives like:
pupils to add more big, fat, easy,
adjectives. expensive, intelligent.

The teacher will write

on the board sentences The pupils will listen to
using the Degrees of the teacher.
Comparison.

‘Joshua is an 10’
intelligent kid.’
ACTIVITY 2
Speaking ‘Christine is more
intelligent than
Joshua.’

‘Francis is the most

intelligent of all.’

The teacher asks: What

The pupils will answer:
are the three degrees
 of comparison of Adjectives with one
adjective? syllable form their
comparative degree
When do we use the by adding -er, for the
positive, comparative, superlative degree -est
superlative degree? is added.
How are the
comparative and For adjectives of two
superlative degrees or more syllables, use
formed in one-syllable more or less and most
adjective? What about or least to make
in an adjective of two comparison.
or more syllables?
What do you call the
degree of adjective
formed by adding -er
or -est? What about
when you add more or
most?

The teacher will ask the

ACTIVITY 3 pupils to fill in the The pupils will come to
Practice blanks with the the board. 10’
Writing correct degree of
comparison.

The pupils will make

Homework The teacher will give sentences using the 2’
them the homework. adjectives „strange,
dull, handsome, shy
and blue” in different
degrees.
The teacher will give
Evaluation marks to the pupils who 1’
have answered.