Alex Funt

7th and 8th Grade English

Second Period

July 16, 2008

Objectives:

1. TSW identify comparative and superlative adverbs and the words that they modify. (DOK 2, MSF 4a)

2. TSW distinguish between comparative and superlative adverbs and adjectives. (DOK 2, MSF 4a)

Materials: whiteboard, markers, worksheet, colored pencils

Do-now:

The friendly cow generously gave the sheep grass.

The successful company once thrived, but it later folded.

Draw arrows in red from any adverbs to the words that they modify and draw arrows in blue from any adjectives to the words they modify.

Set:  Some of you are working on grammar raps, and I am going to ask you a similar question to one I asked you last week: Which rapper or musician do you think raps or sings best?  Last week we talked about comparative and superlative adjectives.  To review, how many items does a comparative adjective compare?  How do you form a comparative adjective from a one syllable adjective?  What is an example?  How many items does a superlative adjective compare?  How do you form a superlative adjective?  What is an example?  The same rules of formation for comparative and superlative adjectives likewise apply to comparative and superlative adverbs, only the difference is, like all adverbs, comparative and superlative adverbs will modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.  In the example of the rapper who raps best, what word does "best" describe.  "Best" is a superlative that describes the verb, making it a superlative adverb.  If we are talking about "the best rapper", what word does "best" modify now.  Both "best"s are superlative, but one modifies a verb, and the other a noun, meaning that one is an adverb and the other a noun.  By the end of this period, you should be able to identify comparative and superlative adverbs and the verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs that they modify, as well as be able to distinguish between comparative and superlative adverbs and comparative and superlative adjectives.

Procedures:

1. Distribute colored pencils and do now (5 minutes)

2. Review do now by having students come to the board. (6 minutes)

3. Collect worksheet and remind students of grammar song assignment (1 minute)

4. Set (5 minutes)

5. Define comparative and superlative adjectives using examples, and be sure to have students write this definition down in the grammar sections of their notebooks.  State that the formation of comparative and superlative adverbs follows the same syllable rules as the formation of comparative and superlative adjectives.  State that in order to decide whether comparative or superlative words are adverbs or adjectives, they will need to decide whether that word is describing a noun or pronoun, or if it is describing a verb, adjective, or other adverb.  Organize this information into a chart on the whiteboard.  (6 minutes)

6. Pass-out worksheets (1 minute).

7. The students will complete the first worksheet exercise which asks them to identify comparative and superlative adverbs in simple sentences and to draw arrows from the adverbs to the words they modify.  The students will also have to write whether the adverb is comparative or superlative on the line below each sentence.  Write sentences on the board while the students are working.  (6 minutes)

8. Have students come to the board to give and explain their answers (5 minutes)

9. The students will complete the second exercise on the worksheet, which asks students to decide whether simple sentences contain comparative or superlative adjectives or adverbs, again drawing arrows from the adjectives or adverbs to the words they modify.  Focus on the shared (irregularly formed) comparative and superlative forms of the adjective "good" and the adverb "well": "better" and "best." (6 minutes)

10. The students will come to the board to give and explain their answers. (6 minutes)

11. Collect worksheet (if time has permitted them to finish) and closure. (3 minutes)

Closure:

Today you have learned to identify comparative and superlative adverbs and to distinguish them from comparative and superlative adjectives.  How do you whether comparative or superlative words are adverbs or adjectives?  In your last grammar lesson of summer school, you will have a basic tutorial of the remaining parts of speech: pronouns and interjections.

Assessment:

1. TSW identify comparative and superlative adverbs and the words that they modify.

Informal: The teacher will assess student answers on the first exercise of the worksheet (M) that asks students to identify comparative and superlative adverbs and to draw arrows from the adverbs to the words they modify (C).

Formal:  The teacher will administer an exam (M) that asks students to identify comparative and superlative adverbs and the words they modify (C), with grades recorded (D).

2. TSW distinguish between comparative and superlative adverbs and adjectives.

Informal: The teacher will assess student answers on the second exercise of the worksheet (M) that asks students to choose whether words are comparative or superlative adjectives or adverbs (C).

Formal: The teacher will administer an exam (M) that asks students to identify whether words are comparative or superlative adjectives or adverbs (C), with grades recorded (D).

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