Language Arts: Thursday, December 6, 2018 Handouts: * Grammar #32 (Adjectives That Compare) Homework: * Grammar #32 (Adjectives That Compare) [If you don’t finish in class, it is homework.] Assignments due: * Grammar #31 (Articles and Demonstratives)

Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page Starter #1 Take out your comp book. Turn to the first blank page. In the upper right hand corner, write the following: Thurs., Dec. 6, 2018 QW #32: In 10 years . . . Ten years from now, what do you think you will be doing? Complete the following sentence. Then develop a paragraph that explains your answer: In 10 years, I will be . . . Remember to write in complete sentences, avoiding fragments and run-ons. If you are not sure how to spell a certain word, just sound it out and circle it.

Lesson Goal: Learn about adjectives that compare. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Define the term “adjective.” Explain what is meant by “comparative form of an adjective.” Apply the correct comparative form of an adjective in any given sentence. Explain what is meant by “superlative form of an adjective.” Apply the correct superlative form of an adjective in any given sentence.

An adjective modifies (describes, tells more about) a noun. Starter #2 Yesterday we learned about adjectives. What’s an adjective? An adjective modifies (describes, tells more about) a noun.   An adjective always answers one of what three questions? Which one? What kind? How many?

Starter #3: Today we are going to learn about adjectives that compare two or more nouns or pronouns. (What’s a pronoun?)   A “comparative” form of an adjective compares to things or people, and how you create that form depends on how many syllables the word has. Add –er if the word has only one syllable: Pedro is older than his brother Carlos. Use the word “more” if the word has more than one syllable: The long coat is more expensive than the short one.

Starter #4: The “superlative” form of an adjective compares more than two people or things. Can you guess what ending you would use for that?   Add –est if the word has only one syllable: Pedro is the oldest of the three Castino children. Use the word “most” if the word has more than one syllable: The long coat is the most expensive of all the coats.