Teacher Guide
Start by giving some example sentences with superlatives to remind students what they sound like and how they're used. "That is the fastest car I have ever seen!" "This is the most delicious ice-cream flavour" etc.
Explain that most superlatives end with the "-est" ending but we have to be careful of spelling, and some are irregular. Use the Mica Education Comparatives and Superlatives slideshow to cover all the spelling rules and see the reference table, or write them on the board.
Have the students fill in the boxes on the worksheet, following the spelling rules then write 3 complete sentences using some of these superlative words. Check their work and encourage them to read their sentences out loud.
10mins - Conversation: What did you do to celebrate your last birthday? Describe the day in as many details as possible. Who did you celebrate with? What did you eat?
05mins - Review the online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.
05mins - Pre-teach: Superlatives - Adjective + EST. Most + adjective. Give examples for each, and ask the students to create examples of their own.
10mins - Activity: Good, better, best classroom competition. Split the students into three teams. Have one student from each team compete for each category (Examples are the following: Who can jump the farthest? Who is the tallest? Who has the best smile? Who can draw the best circle?) Award teams points for good, better and best, or whatever category is listed.
10mins - Worksheet: 19 superlatives
15mins - Test: 19 listening practice - part 2
05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time, points
00mins - Homework: Complete the next section of the online homework.
+EST:
- youngest
- lightest
+ST:
- closest
- largest
- nicest
- strangest
-y +IEST:
- prettiest
- happiest
x2 +EST:
- hottest
- tallest
- wettest
- fattest
- thinnest
+MOST:
Irregular:
- best
- worse