Lesson Notes By Weeks and Term - Primary 2

Adjectives

TERM: 2nd Term

SUBJECT: Grammar

WEEK: 2

CLASS : PRIMARY 2

AGE: 7 years

DURATION : 2 periods of 40 mins each

DATE:

TOPIC : Adjectives

CONTENT : Adjectives(comparing)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to;

  1. Explain what adjectives are
  2. Explains the degrees of comparison of adjectives and gives examples of each

SET INDUCTION : The teachers uses pictures of sentences indicating comparison of adjectives to arouse the interest of the pupils

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES : Discussion, group activities,

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS : Metropolitan English series English grammar for Basic Education Book 3 page 41-46, flash cards and charts on the comparison of adjectives

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1 AND 2: Comparison of Adjectives

S/N

STEPS

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

PUPILS ACTIVITY

1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson and introduces the new topic by Explaining what Adjectives are

Adjectives are words that describe nouns 

Pupils observe, learn and participate

2

EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION/TEACHER MODELLING

The teacher further explains the degrees of the Comparison of Adjectives

1. Positive- this is when the adjective is describing only one noun e.g big, fat, long etc

 

2. Comparative- comparison between two. It often goes with ‘than’ e.g taller than, shorter than, bigger than, fatter than, etc

 

3. Superlative- comparison between three or more. It often goes with ‘the’ e.g the fattest, the shortest, the happiest, the richest

 

Various forms of Comparison of adjectives

1. Regular comparison

Big       bigger      biggest

Small   smaller    smallest

Tall       taller       tallest

Short    shorter    shortest

Rich     richer      richest

Slow     slower    slowest

Low      lower      lowest

Fine      finer       finest

Kind      kinder    kindest

Simple  simpler   simplest

 

2. Double letters

Wet   wetter    wettest

Sad   sadder   saddest

Hot    hotter     hottest

Thin   thinner   thinnest

Big     bigger    biggest

 

3. with ‘more’ and ‘most’

a. Careful 

more careful  most careful

b. difficult

more difficult   most difficult

c. careless

more careless most careless

d. polite

more polite  most polite

e. wonderful

more wonderful  most wonderful

 f. comfortable

more comfortable most comfortable

 

4. irregular comparison

Good  better   best

Bad    worse   worst

Up      upper   uppermost

Much/many  more    most

Little    less     least

In        inner    innermost

 

5. Comparison of colours

Black  blacker   blackest

Red    redder     reddest

Blue    bluer       bluest

Green   greener  greenest

White    whiter     whitest

Pupils observe, learn and participate

3

EVALUATION

The pupils are asked to

1. Explain with examples

a. Positive

b. comparative

c. superlative

 

2. Give two examples each of

a. regular comparison

b. double letters

c. with ‘more’ and ‘most’

d. irregular comparison

e. comparison of colours

 

- Pupils observe, learn and participate

4

CLASS-WORK

Pupils are asked to answer question  A-B on page 44-45 of the text-book

Pupils observe, learn and participate

5

ASSIGNMENT

Pupils are asked to answer questions C-E on page 45-46 of the reference text.

Pupils participate

6

CONCLUSION

The teacher marks their books, corrects it and commend the pupils

 



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