Unit 2: SCHOOL LIFE (three weeks)

Grammar Review: Superlatives

 Practice review:

Remind students that superlatives are adjectives that describe the degree of description. For example: Not only is she beautiful but she is the most beautiful girl in the world!

1. Superlative spelling: one syllable adjectives

Ask students to tell you the rule.

How do you form the opposite?

Ask students to tell you the rule. How do you form the opposite?

2. Superlative spelling: two syllable adjectives

Ask students to tell you the rule. How do you form the opposite?

3. Superlative spelling: three or more syllable adjectives

Ask students to tell you the rule. How do you form the opposite?

4. Superlative spelling: irregular adjectives

 Practice 1:

Read the following to students and ask them to write down all the superlatives they hear. After they are done ask them to write out the sentences they heard.

Allow them to improvise if they can’t remember the exact sentence.

After the exercise is done the team with the most correctly spelled and most captured superlatives wins.

Madagascar fable or fable theme.

One day the wisest man in the world asked the most beautiful woman in Madagascar to be his wife. But because she was the biggest star in Madagascar she refused. She wanted to marry the richest man in Madagascar not the wisest. However, this was the worst decision she could have made because all the wealthiest men in Madagascar were also the busiest, and didn’t have time for marriage. So the most beautiful woman in the world ended up being the loneliest woman in Madagascar.

 Practice 2: Spelling bee

Break  class  into  teams  and  using  the superlatives  have  students  write  down the  correct spelling. When finished teams exchange papers and score. The teacher can assign two or three students who are given the correct spelling to double check team scores.