LESSON PLAN LESSON: Superlatives.

Teacher: Maryam Mohamed Subject: English

Grade: 7/5 Unit: 3 Date: Oct 27th 2019

SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING

Students will be able to:

 Identify the superlatives adjectives.

 To read and underline the superlative adjectives.
 To produce and use superlatives in sentences.

Link to prior learning: Students will need to be familiar with the following
 The different part of speech especially the adjectives.
 Long and short adjectives.
 Reordering words to create a full sentence.

21st Century Skills: Students will be able to enhance the following skills : (1) Critical thinking and
problem solving: Students will think of how to use superlatives and the difference between it and the
comparative. (2) Communication and collaboration: Students will work collaboratively to accomplish
the groups work activities or peers one. (3) Initiative and self-direction: Students will initiate and
direct themselves to think and write sentences to show their understanding. (4) Productivity and
accountability: Students will produce sentences from different examples and build accountability to
answer.
Key vocabulary: shopping center, mall, shop, restaurant, café, next week

Common misconceptions for learners: Ways of identifying and addressing these misconceptions:

 Students might get confused

with the use of superlatives and
the meaning.
 Students might get confused
with the comparative and
superlative.
 Explain the superlatives, the use of it and give examples
from the classroom and real life.
 While explaining the use of superlatives explain the
difference between superlatives and comparatives.

Resources/equipment needed:

Power point / students book/ colored papers / marker / worksheet / mystery quiz
 UNIT: 3 LESSON: superlatives TASKS/ACTIVITIES

Resources & Time Starter (10 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

 Ask students about the  Answer the questions based on

comparatives like ‘Do you their prior knowledge.
remember the  Learn the superlatives and
comparatives?” “How and figure out the difference
when do we use between it and between the
comparatives?” comparatives.
 Ask them questions like
“What is your favorite
shop?” then start giving
examples about superlatives
adjectives.

Resources & Time Main activities (30 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

 Explain the superlatives adjectives  Learn the meaning of superlative and

and how to use it. its use.
 Ask students to open their book as  Open their books read and underline
well as it will be present on the the superlatives.
board, a reading text. Ask them to  Read the questions carefully and
read individually within two answer the questions.
minutes and underline the  With a partner, change the positive
superlative adjectives. adjectives to superlatives.
 Give them a worksheet related to  Individually, students will find then
the text with different questions to match the phrases with the correct
answer. one to complete the sentences.
 On the board, present positive
adjectives and ask students with
their partner to change them to
superlatives.
 Give clear instruction for the
matching words activity, ask
students to find then match the
phrases to complete the sentences.
Differentiation activities (Support): Students will give examples from the
classroom or with a help from a partner. They could use the short adjectives as
superlatives adjectives in sentences.
 Differentiation activities (Stretch): Students will finish on time and help other
students to do the tasks. They will read and identify the superlatives from the
text.

Resources Plenary (5 minutes)

Teacher Will: Students Will:

 Show them three pictures and  Give example based on the

ask students to give examples pictures them have.
using the superlative adjectives.  Play the board game as a whole
 Demonstrate a board game and class.
give students a dice to answer
the questions using superlative
adjectives.

Homework write three superlative sentences about their favorite things and share them
Learning styles catered for (✓):

Visual Auditory Read/Write Kinesthetic

Assessment for learning opportunities (✓):

Observation Student self-assessment Oral questioning Peer assessment

Quiz Student presentation Written work and Verbal feedback

feedback
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