Lesson plan

Book : At the crossroads

Unit 01: Getting through
Sequence (2): Reading and
writing

Intermedite objectives: By the end of the lesson the learners will able to interpret adverbs of degree.
Level: 1st year ( All streams)
Time allowance:1 hourTeacher: .............

Materials: whiteboard, markers, picturs, lrs’ textbook

Competency: interpreting

Function: Degree Adverbs

Lesson steps

Rubric/inte Procedures/correction Objectives Tim

ra- e
ction

Warm up
 T greets learners, learners respond.
Warm up  T writes an example on the board: happy 6
 T explains that happy is an adjective and very is the adverb of mts
T/Lrs degree that modifies the adjective. Learners
should be
 T sticks pictures on the board to illustrate:
able to
recognize
degree
aderbs and
their
Big heart very big extremely big heart pronouciat
ion
heart
Task six p (23):
Read the e-mail and pick out 4 extreme adjectives: 15

Very angry, very small, very bad, very cold. mts

Procedure: Learners
  T refers learners to Kirsi’s e-mail. should be
 Teacher asks learners to pick out four extreme adjectives. able to
read the
Correction:
text and
A. Furious B. Tiny C. Terrible D. Freezing. pick out
the
sentences
Task seven p (23):
containing
Contrast the adjectives A-D with those you have picked out. What is degree
the main difference between them? adverbs 10m
Procedure: ts
 T asks learners to read the email very quickly and pick out the
sentences containing degree adverbs.
 The teacher explains the difference between gradable and non-
gradable adjectives using an example with water: freezing, cold,
liquid, hot, boiling..
Correction:
Gradable adjectives Non-gradable adjectives
Angry Furious
Small Tiny
Bad Terrible
Cold Freezing
Gradable adjectives can vary in degree Non-gradable adjectives are
/ intensity extreme.
Learners
Task eight p (23): should be 15m
able to ts
Pick out from the e-mail 4 ordinary adjectives with degree adverbs.
Comprehe
Order adverbs from the highest to the lowest degree. nd the
Procedure: notion of
gradable /
 Teacher asks the learners to analyse the sentences and draw
non-
conclusion. gradable
 T interacts with the learners and enable them to draw the rule adjectives.
Correction:
1)Very: it’s very nice
2)Quite: Kirsi is quite a common name in Finland 10m
3)Rather: our house is rather small ts
Learners
4)A bit: school which is a little bit far from home should be
able to
Rule: deduce the
rule for
 Lesson plan
Degree adverbs occur before the adverbs or adjectives that the use of
they modify. degree
adverbs.

Task nine p (23):

Match ordinary adjectives 1-8 with extreme adjectives A-H. Then use
Learners
4 ordinary adjectives with degree adverbs in sentences of your own.
should be
Procedure: able to
 Learners are asked to match ordinary adjective with its extreme employ
adverbs of
adjectives.
degree in
 Learners are asked to make sentences of their own. sentences
Correction: of their
1.good 2.hot 3.tired 4.interesti 5.lar .sad 7.funn 8.clev own.
ng ge y er
B. H. D. G. B. C. F. E.
excelle boili exhaust fascinatin huge tragi hilario brillia
nt ng ed g c us nt