A Semi-detailed Lesson Plan in English 9

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, students with 85% of mastery are able to:
a. distinguish non-gradable adjectives and adverb from gradable
adjectives and adverb;
b. use adverb of degree in sentences properly;
c. show interest to the lesson through recitation; and
d. construct sentences using adverbs of degree.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Adverb of Degree

References: englishclub.com Retrieved October 3, 2018 Retrieved from:

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/adjectives-gradability.htm
Steve Vue (2017) Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=hOMFPz7vTAU
LearnEnglish.com Retrieved from:
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/intermediate-
grammar/adjectives-gradable-non-gradable

Instructional Materials: Visual Aids, chalk

III. PROCEDURE
A. Daily Routine
 Greetings
 Prayer
 Checking of Attendance
 Review on the past lesson
B. Lesson Proper

Activity
The class will be divided into groups. Each group will label the thermometer
using the words given.
 Quite Very
Extremely Fairly
Very Quite
Boiling Freezing
Extremely Fairly

110 degree celcius

Hot

Cold

0 degree celcius

Analysis
1. What can you observe from the arrangement of the label in the thermometer?
2. How were you able to tell that the label is arrange from cold to hot/ hot to
cold/ decreasing to increasing/ increasing to decreasing?
3. Why are the adjectives freezing and boiling don’t have modifiers?

Abstraction
Adverbs of degree- are words that we can use to describe the intensity/degree
of an adjective, verb or adverb.
- It answers the questions to what extent or how much or how
little.
Adverb of degree modifying adjectives

Gradable adjective- A gradable adjective can be used with "grading adverbs"

that vary the adjective's grade or intensity.
Grading adverbs Gradable adjectives
a little, extremely, fairly, hugely, angry, big, busy, cold, deep, fast,
intensely, rather, slightly, unusually, friendly, good, happy, high, hot, long,
very, too, extremely popular, rich, strong, tall, weak, young

Non- gradable adjective- non-gradable adjectives do not have different degrees.

Non-grading adverbs
absolutely, almost, completely,
entirely, fully, mainly, nearly,
perfectly, practically
Gradable Adjectives
1. My teacher was very happy with my
homework.
2. She is too beautiful.
3. He is extremely sad.
Non-gradable adjectives
alive, black, boiling, correct, dead,
enormous, excellent, freezing, gigantic,
huge, immediately, impossible, perfect,
pregnant, unique, unknown, white,
whole
Non-gradable Adjectives
1. The wall is entirely black.
2. The water in the pot is almost
boiling.
3. Her facial structure is absolutely
unique.

Adverb of degree modifying verbs

Examples:
1. I absolutely agree with you.
2. I definitely want to see Jungkook.
3. I nearly fainted when I saw you.

Adverb of degree modifying another adverb

Examples:
1. She is walking too slowly.
2. He is running very fast.
3. Harry worked hard enough.
IV. EVALUATION
Encircle the adverb of degree and underline the word it modifies in each
sentences.
1. She finished the day totally exhausted.
2. Grade 9 students are extremely noisy.
3. They are quite active in the discussion.
4. She is definitely in love with him.
5. He is completely focused in playing LOL.

Application
Directions: The class will be divided into two sets (set A and set B). Each set will
be given different tasks.
Set A Set B
Each student will pick a strip of paper Walk around your group and ask 2
from a box. Each strip of paper has a persons about to what extent are they
written word in it. They will find 5 for each trait. Then write a sentence
persons from their group which has a about their answer.
word that will go together with the word
they have. Then, they will write a
sentence for each pair of words.

Set A list of words

Extremely absolutely big strong

Too completely small weak
Very entirely want tall
Almost a little cold short
Enough quite hot comfortably
Amazingly beautiful in love happily
Wonderfully sad cute gracefully
 Set B worksheet

Personality Extremely Very Quite Not Sentence

Traits at all
Noisy 1.
2.
Creative 1.
2.
Patient 1.
2.
Hardworking 1.
2.
Generous 1.
2.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Write 5 sentences about one of your favorites (e.g. actor, food, movie, band)
and tell how much or how little you like it by using adverb of degree.
Prepared by:
MARISOL MAE TOLENTINO