L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking
I can describe school experiences, preferences and strengths using a range of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives and interesting vocabulary.
L'école chez nous: extended writing and speaking
I can describe school experiences, preferences and strengths using a range of adjectives, comparatives and superlatives and interesting vocabulary.
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Key learning points
- Comparative and superlative adverbs can be used to describe actions more precisely.
- Known adjectives can be used in comparative or superlative sentences to make writing and speaking more complex.
- Extended reading texts can be exploited to enrich our vocabulary and use of complex structures in familiar topics.
- Immediate repetition of a speaking task, with reduced support, improves performance.
Keywords
Comparative adjective, adverb - a form of adjective or adverb used to compare people, things or ideas
Superlative adjective, adverb - a form of adjective or adverb used to describe the highest degree of a quality e.g the fastest, the most difficult
Common misconception
Students should develop their answers in role play tasks.
In role play tasks, students should concentrate on clearly communicating the stated information in a complete phrase and with conjugated verbs. There is no advantage to developing their answer further than is required.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
death
work, task
half
twin
title
separation
Exit quiz
6 Questions
herself
yourselves
yourself
themselves (f)
ourselves
themselves (m, mixed)