Thursday, November 5, 2015

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Agenda Check homework Unit 20 (note 3) Speaking Writing

Warm- up Exercise 1, Exercise 2 I will walk around and check your homework.

Riddles

Unit 20 review from yesterday As + adjective + as Just as + adjective + as Not as +adjective + as In your groups, work together to compare these celebrities’ heights. (how tall they are)

Group project Now compare the people in your table. I will give you five minutes to create the most comparative sentences you can. The group with the most correct sentences gets to go home 5 minutes early.

MAYBE show this Bill: Let’s have the one with chicken. It’s more interesting than the traditional pizza. Pam: But it’s also more expensive. What are Pam and Bill comparing? (a pizza with a chicken and a traditional pizza). Why doesn’t Pam mention the traditional pizza? (Because it is not necessary. She is comparing the pizza with chicken and the traditional pizza). ____ (what would be the full version) It’s also more expensive than the traditional pizza.

Note 3 Comparative adjectives Short adjectives use –er One syllable adjectives cheap- cheaper Two syllable adjectives ending in –y: easy- easier

Note 3 Comparative adjectives Spelling changes: Adjectives ending in –e: only add –r; large- larger Adjectives ending in –y: change y to i: pretty- prettier Adjectives ending in consonant + vowel+ consonant: double final consonant; thin- thinner

Note 3 Irregular comparative forms: little- less far- farther/ further Long adjectives use less/ more: crowded- more / less crowded Varied- more/ less varied Some adjectives can use either –er or more lovely- lovelier, more lovely cruel- crueler, more cruel A-11 for spelling rulesA-6 for a list of irregular comparative adjectives A-5 for a list of adjectives that use both forms of the comparative

Comparison mini papers

Note 4 Adjectives can be repeated to show increase or decrease Prices are getting lower and lower. At Crown Pizza, the menu is getting more and more varied. The staff is becoming less and less professional.

Note 5 To use two comparative adjectives to show cause and effect: The better the pizza, the higher the price. Nouns are given in this example because the comparative adjectives better and higher give information about different things: the pizza and the price. The fresher, the better. There are no nouns because both adjectives give information about the same thing: the ingredients.

Exercises 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,