unit 16, English 11 cb

LESSON PLAN
Unit 16: Historical places
E. Language focus: SUPERLATIVES
 Class details

: A class of 10
t h
graders
 Time allotted

: 45 minutes
 Aim

: to help Ss learn and practice structures of superlatives
 Objectives

: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to:
- master structures of superlatives
- use superlatives to compare more than two things/2 people
accurately
 Teaching aids and materials

: textbook, board, colorful chalk,
poster and realia
 Anticipated problems

: Some Ss may be confused with two-syllable
adjectives used as short ones (friendly, simple, clever, narrow,
quiet…)
Timing
Stages Activities

Work
arrangement
4 ms. Warm-up
Game

: SHARK ATTACK
- T catches Ss’ attention and asks Ss to
play the game.
- T crosses 12 dashes on the board:
- - - - - - - - - - - -
- T draws on the board:
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- T gives instructions: “Here I have a
word with 12 letters. Ss, guess the letters
to find out the word. If you guess
correctly, the girl will sit here (at the
beginning position). If your guess is
incorrectly, the girl will fall down one step.
When the girl falls down the last step,
you will lose the game. Remember that
after guessing 4 correct letters, you can
give the key word”.
- T checks Ss’ understanding:
+ What are you going to do first?
(expected answer: guess the letters )
+ How many steps will the girl fall
down if you guess incorrectly? ( expected
answer: one)

+ After guessing 4 correct letters, can
you give the key word? ( expected
answer: Yes)
T asks Ss to start the game.
 Answer key

: SUPERLATIVES

12ms.
Presentation
 Situation 1:
- T shows the realia (3 clocks with
different color: blue, pink and black).
- T asks Ss:
+ Is the black clock smaller than the
blue one? (expected answer: Yes, it is)
+ Is the blue clock smaller than the pink
one? (expected answer: Yes, it is)
+ So, among the three clocks, the black
clock is……………… (expected answer:
the smallest)
- T gets Ss’ answers.
- T gives the correct sentence.
- T writes the sentence on the board:
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“The black clock is the smallest.”
- T reads the model sentence and asks Ss
to repeat (chorally-3 times and

individually-3 times).
- T elicits the superlative form of
short adjectives:
+ T points at “the” and asks: Ss, what is
this? (expected answer: the)
+ T points at “small” and asks Ss:
. Is it a noun or an adjective?
(expected answer: an adjective)
. How many syllables are there in this
adjective? (expected answer: one)
. So, is it a short or long adjective?
(expected answer: a short adjective )
+ T points to “–est” and asks: Class,
what is this? (expected answer: “-est”)
- T writes the superlative form of
short adjectives on the board:
Form

:

- T elicits the use: T asks Ss:
+ You use this structure to compare
how many things/people? (expected
answer: more than 2 things/ 2 people )
+ Is the form used for short or long
adjectives? (expected answer: short
adjectives)
- T writes the use on the board:
Usage

: to compare more than 2
things/2 people with short adjectives
 Situation 2:
- T shows the three realia again.
- T says the prices of the clocks:
+ The pink clock costs 40.000VND.
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the + short adjective – EST
+ The price of the blue clock is
30.000VND.
+ The black clock values 20.000VND.
- T asks Ss:
+ Is the pink clock more expensive than
the black one? (expected answer: Yes, it
is)
+ And is the pink clock more expensive
than the blue one? (expected answer: Yes,
it is)
Or you can say: The pink clock is
……………… (expected answer: the
most expensive)
- T gets Ss’ answer.
- T gives the correct answer.
- T writes the marker sentence on
the board: “The pink clock is the most
expensive.”
- T reads the marker sentence and
asks Ss to repeat (chorally-3 times and
individually- 3 times)
- T elicits the superlative form of

long adjectives:
+ T points to “the” and asks: Ss, what is
this? (expected answer: the)
+ T continues to point to the word “most”
and asks Ss: What is this? (expected
answer: most)
+ T points to “expensive” and asks the
whole class:
. Is it an adjective/noun? (expected
answer: an adjective)
. How many syllables does it have?
(expected answer: three)
. Thus, do we call it a short adjective
or a long adjective? (expected answer: a
long adjective)
- T writes the superlative form of
4
long adjectives on the board:
Form

:
- T elicits the use: T asks Ss: do we
use this structure to compare more than
two things or two people with long
adjectives? (expected answer: Yes)
- T writes on the board:
Usage

: to compare more than 2 things/2
people with long adjectives

- T asks Ss to copy into their
notebooks.
- T pastes the poster on the board:
Notes:
1. Short adjectives ending in “- e”, only
add “-st”:
wide

widest
nice

nicest
large

largest
2. One-syllable adjectives ending in one
vowel + one consonant, double that
consonant before adding “-est”:
big

biggest
hot

hottest
thin

thinnest
3. Short adjectives ending in a consonant
+ y, change y to i before adding “-est”:
dry


driest
4. Two-syllable adjectives ending in “-y”,
“-le”, “-er”, “-et”, “-ow” are considered
as short adjectives:
happy

happiest
simple

simplest
clever

cleverest
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the + most + long adj
quiet

quietest
narrow

narrowest
5. Irregular adjectives:
Adjectives Superlatives
good
bad
far
old
best
worst

farthest/furthest
oldest/eldest
- T asks Ss to copy into their notebooks.
18 ms. Practice
 Drill: (Cues used for the drill are on
Appendix)
- Step 1

:
+ T shows the first cue.
+ T asks: Ss, do you know Phu Si/
Everest/Kilimanjaro mountain? (expected
answer: Yes/No)
+ T says the utterance “Everest is the
highest mountain.” as a model for Ss 3
times.
- Step 2

: T gets Ss to repeat the
above utterance chorally 2 or 3 times.
- Step 3

: T calls 2 or 3 Ss to repeat
it individually and corrects.
- Step 4

: T continues to work on the
second cue:
+ T asks Ss:
. What is this? (T points to picture 1)

(expected answer: kitchen)
. How about this? (T points to picture
2) (expected answer: living room)
. And the last one? ((T points to
picture 3) (expected answer: bedroom)
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+ T says the utterance from words given
in the second cue: “Bedroom is the most
spacious.” 3 times.
+ T gets the whole class to repeat it 2 or
3 times.
+ T calls 2 or 3 Ss to repeat it
individually and corrects.
- Step 5

: Work through the rest of
the cues (6 ones): new cue, new S:
+ T shows the cue.
+ T asks S to read aloud the sentence
and corrects.
- Step 6

: Exchange
+ T shows the first cue again.
+ T calls a good S (S1) to do the
exchange with the T:
T: Is Everest the highest mountain?
S1: Yes. Everest is the highest

mountain.
S1: Is Everest the highest mountain?
T: Yes. Everest is the highest
mountain.
+ T reminds Ss to look carefully at
the pictures and information given to
answer “Yes/ No”+ a full sentence.
- Step 7

: OPEN PAIRS: T gets 3 or 4
pairs to demonstrate the exchange in
Open pairs and then T corrects.
(expected answer:
. Cue 2

: S1: Is bedroom the most
spacious?
S2: Yes. Bedroom is the most
spacious.
. Cue 3

: S2: Is Japan the most populous
country?
S3: No, it isn’t. China is the
most populous country.
Pair work
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.Cue 4

: S3:Is Harvard university the

biggest?
S4:Yes. Harvard university is
the biggest.)
- Step 8

: T sticks all the cues on the
board.
- Step 9

: CLOSED PAIRS: T gets Ss
to practice all the exchanges in Closed
pairs.
- Step 10

: T monitors and corrects.
 Answer key

:
.Cue 1

: Everest is the highest mountain.
. Cue 2

: Bedroom is the most spacious.
.Cue 3

: China is the most populous
country.
. Cue 4

: Harvard university is the
biggest.
. Cue 5

: Amazon is the longest river.
. Cue 6

: Hue is the quietest city.
. Cue 7

: Golden Bridge is the nicest.
. Cue 8

: Seoul is the coldest city.
 Further practice: Game

: LUCKY
NUMBERS
- T divides class into two teams (A
and B).
- T puts the poster on the board:
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
- T gives instructions:
+ Here I have 9 numbers (with 2 lucky
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numbers).

+ Each team will take turn to choose a
number:
. If the number is a lucky one, you will
certainly get 2 points and continue to
choose next number.
. If not, you have to put the words given
in the number in the correct order to
make sentences or questions. With a
correct answer, you will get 2 points. If
you are wrong, the other team will have
right to answer and get 1 point for the
correct answer.
+ The team with more points will be the
winner and receive a gift.
- T checks Ss’ understanding:
+ T: What do you do first? ( expected
answer: choose a number)
+ T: How many points will you get if you
choose a lucky number? (expected
answer: 2 points)
+ T: If your number is not a lucky one,
what will you do? (expected answer: put
the words given in the number in the
correct order)
+ T: If you are wrong, does the other
team have right to answer? (expected
answer: Yes)
+ T: Very good. Let’s start.
- T gets Ss to play the game.
 Answer key

:
. Lucky numbers: 3, 7
. #1: class/ the/ is/ my/ most/ girl/
beautiful/ Lan/ in. ( Lan is the most
beautiful girl in my class. )
. #2: family/ who/ the/ your/ oldest/ in/
is? ( Who is the oldest in your family?)
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. #4: Daisy/ know/ kindest/ I/ the/
person/ is. ( Daisy is the kindest
person I know.)
. #5: is/ diamond/ jewelry/ expensive/
most/ the. ( Diamond is the most
expensive jewelry.)
. #6: to/ subject/ the/ is/ difficult/ what/
most/ you? ( What is the most difficult
subject to you?)
. #8: season/ the/ hottest/ summer/ is.
( Summer is the hottest season.)
. #9: the/ you/ who/ have/ politest/ ever/
is/ student/ met? ( Who is the politest
student you have ever met?)
10 ms. Production
Situation
- T asks some Ss: Where would you
like to live? ( expected answer: in the
city/ suburb/ country)
- T gets Ss’ answers and says:
Relating to choice of accommodation,

here I have a situation……
- T pastes the poster on the board:
Situation

: Supposing that you tend to
buy a house. You ask your friend for
some advice. Your friend introduces
you to three houses on an
advertisement (in city, suburb and
country). Use SUPERLATIVES to give
reasons for your choice.
- T says: Here is some information
about the three advertised houses.
- T pastes a poster of three houses
on the advertisement (See Appendix) on
the board.
- T gives instructions: Class, work
in pairs. Study the three houses carefully
to give your choice. Remember to use
Pair work
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Superlatives to explain your reasons.
After 5 minutes I will invite some pairs
to present in front of class.
- T check Ss’ understanding:
+ Do you study the three houses to give
your choice of buying? (expected answer:
Yes)
+ Which grammar point do you use to
give your reasons? (expected answer:

Superlatives)
+ Do you work in pairs or individually?
(expected answer: in pairs)
- T models with a good S:
T: Which house do you want to buy best?
S: I want to buy the house in the country.
T: Why do you choose it?
S: Because it’s the cheapest and it has
the largest garden.
T: But it’s the farthest to the city center.
S: However it’s the most peaceful of the
three houses.
T: Very good…
- T gives Ss handouts of three
advertised houses.
- T lets Ss do pair work.
- T monitors.
- T calls some pairs to present
1m. Homework - Do exercises on pages 176-177
- Prepare Test yourself F
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