Giáo án môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 8: Country life and city like - Period 51: Language focus

LANGUAGE FOCUS
Date : 12 /1/2007
Period : 51 	 
I. Objectives :
- By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to use comparative and superlative adjectives
II. Language contents:
Grammar : - Comparative adjective
 - Superlative adjective
III. Techniques : Brainstorming , 
IV.Teaching aids : Projettor
V.Procedures :
Teacher’s and Students’ activities
Content
- T asks Ss to find out short adjectives and long adjectives they have learnt
- T divides the class into 2 teams 
- Ss go to the board and write the adjectives
 ( work group )
T reminds Ss of the forms of comparative and superlative adjectives 
Ss listen how to use and give examples 
T corrects if necessary
- T explains how to do and asks Ss to do exercise 4/79 
- Ss work in pairs
- Ss comparisons between the city and the country about food , traffic , transport , air ,
- T calls Ss to practice in front of the class
- T corrects if necessary
- T asks Ss to work in pairs / group
- Ss compare them 
-T calls several Ss to practice in front of the class
- T corrects if necessary
- T gives marks
- T explains the form – use of the present progressive tense
-T explains how to do 
-T asks Ss to complete the sentences
-Ss do them
-T calls several Ss to practice in front of the class
-T corrects if necessary
-T gives marks
- T asks Ss to do the exercise 
- Ss do them
- T corrects if necessary
more interesting than
the shortest
worse
the cleverest
I. Warm up: (5ms) mark
Brainstorming :
 Long adj short adj
- Beautiful - tall
- difficult - easy
- interesting - cheap
- comfortable - small
- delicious - poor
- convenient - big
- accessible - short
II. Activity : 
COMPARATIVE :
short adj –er + than + object
more long adj + than + object
SUPERLATIVE :
 The + short adj – est
 The most + long adj 
IRREGULAR ADJECTIVE 
Good / well better the best
Bad worse the worst
Many more the most
Little less the least
4/79
Possible answers :
a- The food in the city is more expensive than in the country 
b- The school in the city is bigger than in the country .
c- Electricity in the city is better than in the country
5/79 Compare the house , the villa and the apartment .
 Possible answers :
- The house is more expensive than the apartment
- The villa is the most expensive 
-The house is smaller than the villa 
-The apartment is the smallest .
III. ACTIVITY 
3/78 Complete the sentences , use the verbs and adjectives in the boxes .
Form : am / is / are + V-ing 
Use : used to describe changes with “ get ” and “ become”
Answer :
b- The old men are getting weak
c- We should go home . It is getting dark 
d- The weather is becoming cold
e- The students are getting better 
f- The school yard is becoming cleaner
IV. Consolidation: 
 Write the comparative form or superlative form of the words in brackets 
Sport is ----------politics (interesting )
It’s ---------- day of the year ( short )
The weather is getting ---------- ( bad )
Who is -------- in the class ? ( clever )
IV. Homework 
- Learn by heart how to use comparative and superlative adjectives
- Prepare unit 9
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