Lesson 18

Step 1 Revision

1 Check the homework .

2 Let the Ss look at the picture in SB page 17, Part 2 for half a minute. Then books closed!

Ask questions about the picture： Who is holding the ladder? etc.

Ss have to answer from memory.

Step 2 Presentation

Call three Ss to the front of the class.

Give the first student a small pile of books, the second a bigger pile and the third a very big pile.

Ask each of them： How many books do you have? Answer this question. Then say： A has some books. B has more books than A. C has the most of all. Repeat. Get the Ss to listen and repeat. Repeat with groups of three Ss and other objects (pens, apples, rulers, etc).

Practise thoroughly. Point to a group of three at the front . The class says： D has some pens. E has more pens than D . F has the most of all. Write these sentences on th Bb .

Teach few/fewer/fewest in the same way.

Step 3 Read and practise

SB page 18, Part 1. Speech Cassette .

Books closed! Play the tape.

Ss listen and repeat. Books open. Talk about each picture. Say to individual Ss： Tell me about Jim. Tell me about the first truck. etc.

Step 4 Ask and answer

SB page 18, Part 2. Speech Cassette .

Ss look at the pictures as they listen and repeat.

Practise the dialogues with the Ss. Let the Ss guess the meaning of strong. Explain He's stronger than her or He's stronger than she are both acceptable. Ask and answer questions according to the text.

Play the part of A and ask： Is Kate picking more apples than Jim? Is the small truck carrying more ladders than the big one? Get the Ss to answer them. Then the Ss practise the dialogues in pairs.

Step 5 Presentation

Call out three Ss and give each one some books, pens and rulers (a different number to each) .

Ask Who has the most books? Who has more pens, A or B? Who has the fewest rulers? etc.

Make sure the Ss understand the questions and get them to ask and answer in the same way.

SB page 18, Part 3. Demonstrate some questions and answers with individual Ss in pairs . Ss ask and answer about the pictures, then make up their own dialogues in pairs .

Step 6 Practise

Groups of three. Each group has to make up four sets of sentences about themselves using some/more/most, few/fewer/fewest or adjectives such as tall, young, short, heavy, etc.

Get some groups to present their sentences.

Step 7 Workbook

Wb , Exx. 1-2.

Ex. 1 may be done orally. Do the first one with the whole class, then Ss can work in pairs .

Ex.2 may be done orally first in pairs. Check the answers with the whole class.

Homework

Finish off the Workbook exercises .

Learn the sentences in SB page 18, Part 1.

Write down the questions and answers in Wb Ex. 1 in the exercise books.