LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Aurelia Bazbanela

School: Ion Creanga Theoretical High school, Tulcea
Form: 10th
Level: Advanced
Lesson type: speaking, reading, writing
Subject: The comparative and the superlative degrees of comparison of the adjective
Time: 50 minutes
Objectives:
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to introduce the topic of the lesson: The degrees of comparison of adjectives

to develop the writing, reading and speaking skills of the students

students will be able to develop ideas and make comparisons and contrasts on given topics

Skills: speaking, writing, reading

Methods: paragraph writing, conversation, group work, brainstorming
Teaching materials: dictionary, whiteboard, students notebook, flipchart
Activity 1 Warm-up
Aim introducing the topic
Procedure: To get some practice using comparison/contrast, the teacher prepares the students to
write a comparison/contrast paragraph(s) based on one of the following topics (or come up with one
they like better):

High school and College

Raising a pet and raising a child

Two colleges you've considered attending

Two books you've read, or two movies you've seen

Two close friends

Two buildings
The teacher writes the topics on the blackboard and groups the students.

Interaction: teacher-student
Time: 7 minutes

Activity 2
Aim: to practice the use of the comparatives
Procedure:
1. Once the students decide on their subject, the teacher asks them to establish categories to
focus their analysis.
For example, if they're comparing colleges, their categories might be curriculum, price, location,
and social life.
2. Then they brainstorm and decide upon several appropriate categories for their topic.
Interaction: teacher-student, student-teacher
Time: 8 minutes
Activity 3
Aim: to make comparisons and contrasts
Procedure:
1. The teacher writes all the categories of all the topics on the blackboard
2. Based on the categories the students arrived at above, they write what is similar and what
is different about the two subjects on a sheet of paper.
Comparisons (similarities) between raising a pet and raising a child.
1.
2
3.
Contrasts (differences) between raising a pet and raising a child.
1.
2.
3.
Interaction: teacher-student, student-teacher
Time: 10 minutes
Activity 4:
Aim: - to assemble the students analysis
Procedure:
1. The students choose a spokesperson for each group.
2. The teacher asks the spokespersons to come in front of the classroom and present the
points they made.

Interaction: student-teacher
Time: 10 minutes
Activity 5
Aim: to develop writing skill
Procedure: 2. The teacher asks the students to compile their raw material into paragraphs.
3. The students write a topic sentence to focus their comparison/contrast.
4. The teacher asks the students to read their paragraphs to the class.
Interaction: student-teacher, student-student
Time: 7 minutes
Activity 6
Aim: to reinforce the students knowledge of the comparative degree
Procedure: The teacher gives students a worksheet with exercises regarding comparisons
Interaction: teacher-student, student-teacher
Time: 6 minutes

Activity 7: Homework setting

The teacher asks the students to write two paragraphs making comparisons and contrasts
based on the following topic: Living in the countryside and living in the city.
Interaction: teacher-students
Time: 2 minutes

WORKSHEET
Comparisons
I Write the correct form of the adjectives in brackets:
1. My house is ...(big) than yours. 2. Los Angeles is ..(polluted) than
Vancouver. 3. That was .(bad) film I have ever seen. 4. They are as .
(rich) as The Browns. 5. This bed is . (comfortable) than the sofa. 6. This
restaurant makes (good) dinner in the city. 7. My suitcase is
(heavy) than yours. 8. I think Paris is (beautiful) city in the world. 9. This
car is ..(fast) than that one. 10. Peter is as . (tall) as Paul .
II Write the correct forms:
1) old .
2) bad .. .
3) difficult ..
4) .. the worst
5) good .. ..
6) big
7) easy .........
8) much .
9) little ..
10) interesting ..
11) . longer .
12) . happier

III Choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below:
1. The weather yesterday was a lot ................ than today's weather. 2. I've got two brothers, one older than
me and one ....................... . 3. London is the ....................... city that I know. 4. You have to be
very ....................... to go that university. They only take very clever people. 5. All the teachers here
are ....................... . I've learned a lot from them. 6. If you drive ....................... you won't have an
accident. 7. Bristol is quite a big city. It's much ....................... than the city where I live. 8. That's a
very ....................... mistake. Try not to do that again. 9. Tomorrow, we're catching the train at seven, so
we have to get up ....................... than nomal. 10. I came to England to study because I have to
speak ....................... English in my job.
1. A warmer
2. A younger
3. A excitingly
4. A intelligent
5. A well
6. A good
7. A more big
8. A more serious
9. A earliest
10. A best

B warmest
B more young
B most exciting
B more intelligent
B good
B better
B biggest
B seriously
B more early
B more good

C warm
C youngest
C more exciting
C intelligently
C better
C best
C bigger
C serious
C more earlier
C good

D warmly
D young
D excitingest
D most intelligent
D best
D well
D big
D most serious
D earlier
D well