* Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Kahoot

I used this Kahoot in my class for comparative adjectives and superlative adjectives with elementary level students.  It worked well.

* Superlative Wordwall

* Animal facts (superlative adjectives)

 

Here are two Wordwall games for superlative adjectives.  I've used them in my class, and they worked well.

* Kahoot on Comparative Adjectives

I used this Kahoot in my class for comparative adjectives with elementary level students.  It worked well.

Lesson on Comparative Adjectives

(TESOL Materials--Comparative Adjectives)

Google Folder HERE

Review of Adjectives: docs, pub

Lesson Plan: docs, pub

Slideshow: slides, pub

Controlled Practice: docs, pub

[Notes: The lead-in contains a picture of my family.  Anyone else who wishes to use this lesson will want to change the lead-in to something that reflects their own family.

This lesson contains material previously published on this blog in different forms:

* Pictures for adjectives

* Model Text for Comparative Adjectives (created by Gemini Storybook)

* Images for Comparative Adjectives 

* PowerPoint Presentation to Drill Comparative Adjective Sentences]

Review

Go through adjective pictures to review previous lesson

Lead-in:

Slideshow

Set-up: Slide 1:Display picture of the teacher on a picnic with his family.  

T: Who is this?  What am I doing?  (Elicit answers from students.  If needed, supply language for “picnic”).  

CCQs: Do you eat a picnic outside or inside?

Talk to your partner. Have you ever gone on a picnic?  Where did you go?  

Task: Students talk in pairs.  Teacher monitors to make sure students are on-task. 

Feedback: Teacher nominates 2 students to share their answer with the class.

Model Text:

Set-up: “This is Barnaby the Bear and Pip the Squirrel.  They are going on a picnic.  Listen to the story.  What things do they see?”

Task: Teacher reads model text. Slides 2-8.  Students listen and note what the animals see on their journey

Feedback: Students volunteer answers in openclass feedback

Clarification: meaning
Display picture of two trees.  Slide 9
Concept Checking questions: “Are they both tall?” (yes)

“Is the green tree taller than the blue tree?” (no)

“Is the blue tree taller than the green tree?” (yes)

Clarification: Form

Show slide 10.  Display several sentences.  Elicit from students the form of the sentences.

Checking questions: How many trees are in this sentence?  (two)  What happened to tall? (became taller)

What happens to big? (It becomes bigger)  Draw student’s attention to the double consonant, and explain the rule for doubling consonants

Clarification: Pronunciation

Drill slides 11-17

Time allowing: Controlled practice

Check slides 14-17 again.   Give students paper. The students write in the missing words in the blanks

Semi Controlled Practice:

Uses slides 18-27.  Slides are printed out on paper for students.  They discuss them and make sentences.

Time allowing: Freer Practice:

Teacher goes back to the initial photo of his family, and makes sentences concerning them.  (e.g. “I am taller than my children.  They are younger than me.”)  Students are then encouraged to share about their own families using comparative sentences

Pictures for Adjectives

(TESOL Worksheets--Adjectives)

Google: docs, pub

[These were all taken from the web using a google image search.  In my class, I print these out on paper, and then use them as flashcards for teaching or reviewing basic adjectives.]

* Images for Comparative Adjectives / Slideshow

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've found that Google Gemini can be very useful for creating images to use in the classroom to illustrate grammar or vocabulary.

I recently used Google Gemini to create several images that can be used as prompts for comparative adjectives.  The chat in which I created those images can be viewed here. (If you read that chat, you'll note that a few of the images weren't exactly what I wanted, but overall I got enough to use for my class.)

I subsequently put those prompts on a slideshow for a lesson here (slides, pub).  This is for displaying to students and also to make it easier to print them out.  The images start on slide 18.

The slideshow is part of a larger lesson, which I'll post separately in a future post.

These pictures can also be used to elicit regular base adjectives not in the comparative form--i.e. the picture of the old man and the young woman could be "The man is older than the woman", but it could also be "The man is old. The woman is young", depending on the objectives of the lesson.  In my class, I used these images one day for base adjectives, and the next day for comparative adjectives.

Model Text for Comparative Adjectives (created by Gemini Storybook)

(TESOL Materials--Comparative Adjectives)

* Barnaby and Pip's Picnic

* Barnaby and Pip's Picnic (2nd Version)

* Barnaby and Pip's Perfect Comparison

The chat where these storybooks were created is HERE.

These model texts were created using Gemini Storybooks.  

Superlative Adjectives

(TESOL Ideas and Worksheets Subdivisions)

* Naruto Bomb Game with Comparative and Superlative Adjective Forms
* drilling comparatives and superlatives
* Board Game for Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
* Jokes Using Comparative and Superlative Adjectives (and adverbs)

* LINK: Superlative Adjectives Wordwall

* LINK: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives Kahoot

Quizlet for adjectives of feeling

This is a quizlet for adjectives used to describe feelings.  The vocabulary comes from p.32 of Expert IELTS 6, and this quizlet was originally designed to supplement that page.  But perhaps it could also be of general use for any teacher who wanted to do a lesson on vocabulary for feelings.

Double Comparatives: Board Race

(TESOL Worksheets--Double Comparatives)

Google: slides, pub

[This is a board race activity.]

Double Comparatives: Scrambled Sentences

(TESOL Worksheets--Double Comparatives)

Google: docs, pub

[This is a standard scrambled sentences activity.]

The	comparative adjective /adverb	clause (subject + verb)	the	comparative adjective/ adverb	clause (subject + verb)
the	faster	you eat	the	sooner	we can leave
the	more	you study	the	higher	your score will be
the	more vegetables	you eat	the	healthier	you will be
the	more	you sleep	the	better	you will feel
the	less	you watch tv	the	more	you can play outside
the	nicer	the hotel is	the	higher	the price will be
the	bigger	they are	the	harder	they fall
the	sooner	you get ready	the	sooner	we can go

The	comparative adjective / adverb	clause (subject + verb)	the	comparative adjective / adverb	clause (subject + verb)

Here is a link to a Kahoot quiz on double comparatives that I found online: Double Comparatives by othergrey.  I used it in my class and it worked reasonably well, but I also made my own version, in which I changed a couple of the questions, and shortened the timing.  My version is here: Duplicate of Double Comparatives

Double Comparatives: Sentences from a Scaffolding Device

(TESOL Materials--Double Comparatives)

Google: docs, pub

[This is a Sentence Formation from a Scaffolding Device activity.]

Double Comparatives

Condition Clause			Result Clause
the	comparative adjective/ adverb	clause (subject + verb)	the	comparative adjective/ adverb	clause (subject + verb)
The	more	we get together,	the	happier	we’ll be.
The	bigger	they are,	the	harder	they fall.
The	more	you eat,	the	more	you toot.
The	more	you toot,	the	better	you feel.
the	faster	you finish your homework,	the	sooner	you can play outside.
the	older	you get,	the	harder	it is to learn new things.
Now make your own sentences