This document outlines a three lesson plan for teaching 6th grade students adjectives and comparisons. [Lesson 1 focuses on adjectives and their opposites using activities to practice identifying adjectives for different animals. Lesson 2 builds on this by introducing comparative sentences using -er and more, and an activity to practice forming comparisons. Lesson 3 integrates all the language from the prior lessons, having students practice forming comparative sentences about animals using adjectives and their opposites.]

1. LESSON 1:
Age group: children 6th grade (pre-intermediate level)
Communicative goal: adjectives and their opposites.
Grammar focus: verb to be: is and are + the adjective and the opposite.
Language focus: adjectives.
Recycled language: animals in general.
ACTIVATION (5 minutes)
The teacher begins the class activating previous knowledge on animals. She shows them different pictures of different
wild animals and pets so as to elicit their names from the students’ part. The technique which is used is brainstorming.
COMPREHENSION (10 minutes)
After having activated vocabulary on animals, the theacher presents adjectives which can be used with animals as
regards their appearances and abilities. The teacher will show the same animals’ flashcards that she used in the
activation. She will stick the pictures on the blackboard and describe each of them by mentioning one adjective, and
immediately after that, she will mention the opposite of each adjective. After the explanation, she will point to each
animal and try to elicit the apropriate adjective and its opposite from the students’ part.
ACTIVITIES: The students will correct the activities orally with the teacher.
ACTIVITY 1 (10 minutes)
Focus: reading and writing.
Group Scheme: in pairs.
Instructions: students will put into practise what they have just learned with the J cross activity. Clues will be given to
them for each adjective.

2. ACTIVITY 2 (10 minutes)
Focus: reading and writing
Group Scheme: indivually
Instructions: after the J cross, students will continue with the J match activity. They will have to match each adjective on
the left with the corresponding opposite on the right.

3. LESSON 2
Age group: children 6th grade (pre-intermediate level)
Communicative goal: comparing animals.
Grammar focus: comparatives (-er and more).
Language focus: adjectives and their opposites.
Recycled language: animals and adjectives.
ACTIVATION (5 minutes)
The teacher will begin the class by activating the vocabulary on animals and adjectives from the previous lesson through
a game. She will bring a big box with toy animals and students will get into groups of 4. Each member of the group will
go to the front and take an animal out of the box, the students will show it to his group and they will have to mention an
adjective which best represents the animal and its opposite. If the team answers correctly, they get a point.
COMPREHENSION (15 minutes)
After the activation of animals and opposites, the students are now ready to learn the comparative sentences. The
teacher will stick pictures of the animals they have seen on the blackboard. She will put some of them into pairs, for
example, she will start comparing the mouse and the snake. The teacher will point to the mouse’s picture and say that
the mouse is shorter than the snake. Then, she will do the same but viceversa: the sanke is longer than the mouse. She
will copy both comparisons on the blackboard and she explains to them than whenever we are comparing two
adjectives, we need to add the suffix –er to the adjectives and adverbs, and the word than. After that, she will continue
explaining but with another example: the shark is more dangerous than the dolphin. In this sentence, we have to add
more before the adjective before for longer words. After the explanation, the teacher will show them other pairs and
she will try to elicit the answer from the students’ part.
ACTIVITY 1 (7 minutes)
Focus: reading and writing
Group Scheme: indivually
Instructions: after the explanation, they will activate their previous knowledge on opposites with the J quiz activity. Once
they have the adjectives and their opposites clear, they will pass on to the next activity.

4. ACTIVITY 2 (13 minutes)
Focus: reading and writing
Group Scheme: indivually
Instructions: after having practised the opposites, the students will pracrise the new structure of comparative sentences
with the Jcloze activity. Once they have finished, the will correct them with the teacher.

5. LESSON 3
Age group: children 6th grade (pre-intermediate level)
Communicative goal: integrating animlas, opposite adjectives and comparisons.
Grammar focus: comparative sentences.
Language focus: adjectives and with –er and more.
Recycled language: animals and adjectives (opposites).
ACTIVATION (5 minutes)
The teacher shows them pictures of pairs of different animals so as to elicit the adjectives and their opposites from the
students’ part.
COMPREHENSION (10 minutes)
In this stage, the students will integrate everything they have learned in the previous lessons. This time, she will bring
new pictures of other animals and explain new comparisons. The teacher will elicit some answers from the students.
ACTIVITIY (20 minutes)
Focus: reading and writing
Group Scheme: first, indivually and then, in groups.
Instructions: the students will practise comparative sentences with the J mix activity. They have to put the words into
the correct order so as to make up the correct sentence. If they fail, they can try again. After having finished the activity,
the students will get into groups of three or four and compare their answers.

6. REFLECTION (5 minutes)
To round up this theme, every group of four will be given pairs of animals and they will have to compare them by
integrating everything they have learned.