Lesson Plan

School:Mofdi Zakaria High School. Scholar Year: 2023 / 2024

Teacher’s Name:Nehmar Salah. Level: 1st Year Lit Stream
Unit 1: Getting Through
Theme: Intercultural Exchanges
Sequence 1: Listening and Speaking Rubric: Say it Clear
Targeted Competencies: Interact – Interpret – Produce

Learning Objectives: by the end of this sequence,

► Write about a means of intercultural exchanges.

Learning Objectives: by the end of this lesson, SWBAT:

1. Mark stress in two-syllable words.

2. Use comparatives of adjectives and adverbs using ‘adj +er’ and ‘less / more + adj + than’.

Assumptions:Ls may recall rules of comparatives.

Anticipated Problems: Ls may struggle with stress in words.
Suggested Solutions: Contextualised Discussion / Detailed rules / Turn-taking dialogue for practice.

Materials: White board, Schoolbook Time Allotted: 1 Hour

Stage Competency Procedures Objectives Timing
-T greets Ls, checks presence list and sets the class layout.
-T invites Ls to read the dialogue.

Jamie: Could you reply more quickly, please?

William: Sorry, my internet is slower than yours. When I
connect to Facebook, my browser displays a blank page. To introduce
Present Interact
Interpret Jamie: Can you restart your modem please? the grammar
William: Yes, thank you. I believe the problem is solved now, items in a 5
windows says internet is back. given context Mns
and engage
-T engages in a discussion with Ls through asking Qs: learners in a
 Why can’t William reply faster? Did he solve the discussion
problem?
Interact  What are the underlined words? What are the words in
Interpret green used for? What is the form?
 What is the category of the words in red and blue? What is
similar and different between them?
Ls possible answers: To identify,
 William can’t reply faster because he has a slow internet. isolate and
Yes, he solved the problem. interpret the 5
 ‘Quickly’ is an adverb and ‘slow’ is an adjective. The grammar Mns
words in green are comparatives. For short adjectives / items and
their rules
of form and
meaning
 adverbs, we use ‘word + er’, for long adjectives / adverbs,
we use ‘more / less + word + than’.
 ‘Browser’, ‘Modem’ and ‘Problem’ are nouns, while
‘connect’, ‘restart’ and ‘believe’ are verbs. They both
have two syllable, but stress has different placements.
Stress falls on the first syllable in two-syllable nouns, and
on the second syllable in two-syllable verbs.
Stress in Two-Syllable Words
Stress is the extra force we put to pronounce a certain word. In
Interact two-syllable words, stress falls on the first syllable for nouns, and To highlight 5
Interpret on the second syllable for verbs. the rule of Mns
Eg: Pre/’sent - Pro/’tect – E/’rase (Verbs) stress in two-
‘Bro/wser – ‘Cur/sor - ‘Mo/dem syllable words
Note: Some words can act as a verb and a noun at the same time.
Comparatives of Adjectives / Adverbs
Comparatives of adjectives are used to compare 2 nouns, while
comparatives of adverbs are used to compare 2 actions. To note the
Interact 1. For short adjectives / adverbs, we use ‘word + er + than’
rule of 5mns
Interpret E.g: I walk faster than you / I am taller than my
brother. comparatives
2. For long adjectives / adverbs, we use ‘more / less + word + than’ of adjectives
E.g: Laptops are more expensive than desktops and adverbs
Google Chrome functions more quickly than Firefox
Note: There exists few irregular adjectives, the comparative forms
do not apply to them. E.g: Good Better than / Bad Worse
than

-T invites Ls to mark stress in verbs and nouns in the passage

Task 1: Mark stress in the underlined words in the passage
To mark
Online communication has become an integral part of modern stress in two- 10
Interact syllable verbs
Interpret
lifestyles. People connect, converse, and share thoughts by a Mns
simple message. Online chat bridges the distance, fostering and nouns
communication and community. It transforms the way we live,
making the world a smaller network.

Key: Co’nnect / Con’verse / ’Message / Bri’dges / ’Distance /

Practice Trans’forms / ’Network
-T encourages Ls to spot and correct the mistakes in sentences To identify
Task 2: Spot and correct the mistakes in the following and rectify
sentences 1-Smartphones are more lighter than laptops.
the form of 15
 ……………………………………………………………..
Interact 2- This internet browser is fastter than Microsoft Edge. comparatives Mns
Interpret  …………………………………………………………….. of adjectives
3-My laptop mic works clearly than the smartphone one. and adverbs
 ……………………………………………………………..
4-This person is less interested me in world culture.
 ……………………………………………………………..

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 -T divides Ls into groups and encourages them to write and
perform dialogues in front of class using polite requests,
comparatives and stress in two-syllable words.

Task 3: Your friend is new on social media, he wants to ask you

more about Instagram and how to use. Tell your friend about
Produce Produce Instagram and why it is better than Facebook. Use comparatives To write and
and two-syllable verbs and nouns. perform a 15
dialogue Mns
Sample Dialogue reinvesting
the grammar
items learnt

Classroom Assessment: Turn-taking in dialogues / Formative Assessment.

Assigned Homework: None.