Good morning,ladies and gentlemen. I’m XX candidate,applying for junior middle school English teacher. My topic is Rose is smarter than Ruth. Let me start off reading the dialogue… Now class begins.
T:Hello,boys and girls. I want to ask you a question. What did you do during your weekend?Who want to have a try?Volunteer?
T:Oh,you went to the zoo?So what animals did you see in the zoo?Can you describe the features of animals in the zoo?
T:Ok,great!Now you can guess today our topic is:Rose is smarter than Ruth.
T:Now I want to invite you to fill the following blanks using the right words.
Elephant is _____(big/small).
Squirrel is _____(big/small).
T:Well done!Clever guys!Ready?I am going to play a tape and ask you some questions.
Q1:What are the features of Rose and Ruth?
T:Yes,Rose is smarter than Ruth.
Q2:What are the characteristics of Ruth and Rose?
T:Yeah,Ruth is more outgoing than Rose.
T:Yes,you made it!Very good!And you are invited to underline the adjective and answer my question:what are the similarities between the sentences and the adjectives?
T:I’m so proud of you guys. All of the sentences are started with “more … than”. This is the grammar that we are going to learn today—comparative degree.
T:From the above studying,we can conclude the usage of the comparative degree. And its form is usually the adjective+er,if the word is a multisyllable word ,we always plus the word “more” or “less” in front of the adjectives.
T:OK,guys. Now I want to invite you to take part in a guessing game. I act and you guess the meaning of the words,ready?Let’s go!
T:I think now all of you have grasped the usage of comparative degree. Next,I will write some sentences on the blackboard and you should fill in the blank using the comparative degree form of adjective.
T:After today’s studying,I think all of you have grasped the usage of comparative degree. I would like to ask somebody to conclude the content of the lesson. Who wants to have a try?Oh,Mary,please.
T:Good!Mary’s conclusion is very perfect. And our homework is that you should make more sentences using the grammar you have learnt today.
Rose is smarter than Ruth
Rose is smarter than Ruth
Ruth is more outgoing than Rose
Structure:adjective+er;more adjective
That’s my presentation. Thanks for your listening.