UNIT X UNIT 5 | 183 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT Write: Comparative adjectives Choose the correct form of the comparative adjective: Summer is more hot/hotter than spring. This ruler is longer/more long than that ruler. Zhulong’s eyes were large/larger during the day. Arachne’s patterns were more beautiful/beautifuller than Athene’s patterns. DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Some students may have difficulty remembering to add -er or more to form comparative adjectives. In many languages, adjectives are not changed to create a comparison. Provide extra practice by working with students to identify comparative adjectives in familiar texts. Amplify Have students create sketches comparing their day to that of a friend’s, family member’s, or another person’s. Direct them to label their illustrations with comparative adjectives. GRAMMAR: Comparative Adjectives • Identify comparative adjectives Have students cover their books. Write comparative adjectives on the board and confirm that the term is familiar. Clarify that in this context it means adjectives that compare two things. Elicit that an adjective tells which, what kind of, and how many and describes nouns. Ask: How do you form comparative adjectives? Write responses on the board. Then have students uncover their books. Review the text, chart, and example sentences with students, and have students check their responses against the rules in the chart. • Distinguish between comparative forms Echo read the base forms and comparative forms in the chart, one pair at a time, directing students to listen for the number of syllables in the adjectives and their comparative forms. Then check comprehension. Ask: Why is more used for powerful? When is -er added to an adjective? A Apply knowledge of comparative adjectives Ask a student to read aloud item 1. Model referring to the formation rule for adjectives with two or more syllables to find the correct answer. Have students write their answers independently then discuss them as pairs.. ANSWERS 1. more powerful; 2. hotter; 3. harder; 4. bigger; 5. more beautiful; 6. larger B Make comparisons Before writing, have students generate lists of characters and adjectives that describe them. ANSWERS Sample answer: Arachne was nicer than Athene. Her weaving was better than Athene’s weaving. Athene was more powerful than Arachne. C Discuss and compare Have students write down the comparative adjectives they hear in their classmate’s sentences and check the chart for correct formation. ANSWERS Sample answer: I compared Arachne and Athene. Practice Book p. 99 Assessment Program p. 85 PRACTICE COMMUNICATE EXPLORE AND LEARN A Complete the sentences with the comparative of the adjectives in parentheses. 1. A strong wind is (powerful) than a breeze. 2. Summer is (hot) than spring. 3. The dragon’s breathing was (hard) in the winter. 4. A mountain is (big) than a hill. 5. Spring flowers are (beautiful) than summer flowers. 6. The dragon’s eyes were (large) during the day. B Write sentences with comparative adjectives. Compare different characters from myths or stories. Arachne was nicer than Athene. C Share your sentences with a classmate. Which characters did you compare? GRAMMAR Comparative Adjectives Use a comparative adjective + than to compare two things. Zhulong was longer than the river. To form comparative adjectives: Although she would never admit it, she could see that Arachne’s weaving was better than her own. They were brighter and more powerful than anyone’s eyes in the land. adjective comparative One syllable, add -er long longer One syllable, ends in -e, add -r late later One syllable, ends in one vowel + one consonant, double the consonant and add -er hot hotter Two or more syllables, add more powerful more powerful IRREGULAR COMPARATIVES good better bad worse UNIT 5 183 UNIT 5 / CONNECT TO GRAMMAR
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