LESSON PLAN

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Date: 30.05.2017
Grade: the 5th A
Level: Beginner
School Subject: English
Textbook: Snapshot Starter Students Book
Unit 19: My jokes funnier
Lessons title: Comparatives and superlatives of short adjectives
Teaching point: Grammatical: Comparatives and superlatives of short adjectives
Lexical: General vocabulary; Basic adjectives
Functional: Comparing things
Lesson type: Acquisition of knowledge
Time: 50 minutes
Skills: Reading, writing, speaking

Main objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
- Recognise and identify comparatives and superlatives of short adjectives
in texts
- Make sentences using the comparative or superlative of adjectives
- Read the text aloud using appropriate pronunciation

Lesson aims: - To develop and practice students speaking skills

- To improve students reading comprehension skills
- To give the students practice in their writing skills

Methods: Brainstorming, communication, explanation, role-play, exercises

Grouping and seating: whole-class teaching, individual work, pair work
Interactions: T-Ss, Ss-T, T P, S - S
Materials: Textbook - Snapshot Starter, blackboard and chalk, handouts

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STAGES OF THE TIME TEACHERS ACTIVITY/ INTERACTI TEACHING MATERIALS
LESSON PROCEDURE ON STRATEGIES

1. WARM-UP Teacher greets the students and T - Ss Conversation

2` demands the students to get ready for
the new lesson.
Teacher asks students to prepare their
materials for the lesson
Teacher checks the attendance
2. GAIN The teacher asks the students to open T - Ss Brainstorming Textbook
STUDENTS their books at page 110 and to look at
ATTENTION the picture and she asks several
2` questions about what those people are
doing there.
3. The teacher writes the title of the T - Ss Blackboard
PRESENTATION lesson on the blackboard My joke is Ss - T Communication Notebooks
OF THE NEW funnier and asks students if they
LESSON 2` know the meaning of it. The students
are informed that by the end of the
lesson they will be able to make
similar statements by using the
comparative or the superlative of an
adjective.
4. READING 2 The teacher names/chooses five Textbook
AND students to interpret the five Ss - Ss Role playing Notebooks
COMPREHENSI characters in the text (Page 111). Blackboard
ON
4 Next the teacher translates the T Ss
possible unknown words and then, the Ss - T
teacher asks the pupils a few
questions about the text and helps the
students to answer them. (ex.2/111)

5. GRAMMAR 10 The teacher draws a table on the T - Ss Explanation Blackboard

blackboard and writes several Ss T Notebooks
adjectives and explains their meaning
then asks the students to notice what
changes occur in the comparative
form and also in the superlative form
of those adjectives.
The teacher explains that in the
comparative form, the ending er is
added to the adjectives and in the
superlative form the ending est is
added. The teacher points out other
specific changes such as: the
adjectives big , fat, hot will double
their final consonant whereas in the
case of adjectives like funny and
happy, the final y transforms into i.
The teacher also mentions the fact
that there are also irregular adjectives
that dont follow the general rule,
such as the adjectives good or bad.
In the meantime, students will have to
pay attention and note down the rules
in their notebooks.
The teacher writes a few examples of
sentences with comparatives and
superlatives of adjectives and also
asks students to give their own
examples.

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6. PRACTICE 5 The teacher asks the students to look T Ss Exercises Textbook
at the pictures of the film stars and Notebooks
then to say who they think is the Ss T
shortest/ the tallest/ the youngest/ the
oldest. Then, they have to make
complete sentences such as: I think
Nicole Kidman is shorter than Sharon
Stone. (ex. 6/112).
They will note down their answers.

5 The students are asked to solve a fill- TP Blackboard

in exercise. They will have to fill-in SS
the comparative form of several PT
adjectives. Ex: Cats
are..(small) than dogs.
For this activity, the students will
work in pairs. The teacher gives them
a 5 minute time limit.

7. PRODUCTION 7 The teacher draws on the board three Blackboard

basic characters: a tall thin one, a
small fat one and a normal one and T Ss
each of these figures will be given a Ss T
name. Then the students will try to
form sentences like: Joe isthan
Jim.

8 The teacher distributes handouts TP Handouts

(Annex 1) for the students and asks S-S
them to work in pair once again to
solve the exercise. They have to write
true sentences about each character.

7. HOMEWORK For homework, students have to T - Ss Communication Handouts

1` complete the exercise from the
handouts Annex 1 , in case they
didnt finished in time.
6. FEED-BACK The teacher thanks students for their T - Ss Communication
2` time and for their involvement in
class activities.

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ANNEX 1