RU Teacher Education Lesson Plan Format

Candidate Name: Samantha Cahoon, Matney Lilly, and Michelle Taylor

Date: 4/17/19 Grade Level: 8th

Lesson Title/Topic: Amusement Parks using Comparative and Superlatives

Standards:
8.8 The student will edit writing for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, spelling,
sentence structure, and paragraphing.
a) Use a variety of graphic organizers, including sentence diagrams, to analyze and improve
sentence formation and paragraph structure.
b) Use and punctuate correctly varied sentence structures to include conjunctions and transition
words.
c) Choose the correct case and number for pronouns in prepositional phrases with compound
objects.
d) Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
e) Use comparative and superlative degrees in adverbs and adjectives.
f) Use quotation marks with dialogue and direct quotations.
g) Use correct spelling for frequently used words

Specific Observable Objective(s):

1. Identify comparatives and superlatives in example sentences
2. Students will be able to write and utilize the concepts of comparatives and superlatives in
their writing.

Essential Vocabulary:
Comparatives: the degree of comparison in a language that increases the quality, quantity, or
relation expressed by an adjective or adverb.

Ex: The comparative form of happy is happier.

The comparative form of clear is more clearly.
The comparative of tall is taller.

Superlatives: a grammatical comparison that is an extreme level

Ex: The superlative form of nice is nicest.

The superlative form of bad is worst.
The superlative form of interesting is most interesting.
Assessment: Students will be informally assessed on identifying and using comparative and
superlatives in their own writing.

Student Considerations:

Accomodate for students with special needs, use universal design for learning. The index card and
board activity will make sure students understand the concept. The prewriting will help students
begin to get ideas for their writing. All notes will be provided on the powerpoint.

Instructional Resources, Materials, and Technology:

● Projector
● Writing Folders
● PowerPoint
● Youtube
● Notecards
● Model Sentences/Paragraph

PROCEDURES:

The Beginning (a.k.a. Anticipatory Set): 10 minutes

We will introduce the topic of amusement parks. First we will show a video. This video will depict
an advertisement for the amusement park, Six Flags.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0bvgpg7yig

We will then provide a slide in the powerpoint that gives the definitions of comparative and
superlative forms.

The Middle: 20 minutes

1. We are going to show example sentences prepared via powerpoint to provide students with
a better understanding of what comparatives and superlatives look like in sentences. Here
we will show both regular comparatives and irregular comparatives. And then we will show
superlatives and irregular superlatives.
The example sentences for comparatives will include:

· The roller coaster was fast.

· The next roller coaster was faster.

“In these two sentences you can see an example of a comparative of fast. As you can see, the

ending changes to show the increase of speed between the two roller coasters.”
An example of an irregular form of a comparative would be:

· The weather was bad throughout the day.

· The weather got worse on the way home.

“As you can see in these two sentences the word highlighted changed instead of just adding

an ending. This is an example of an irregular comparative, for bad, it goes bad, worse, worst.”

· We had more fun riding the teacups than the ferris wheel.

“Here you add a word in front of the comparative instead of changing the word. For fun, it

would be fun, more fun, or most fun. This is another example of an irregular comparative but this

time the word doesn’t change you have to add a word in front of it to make it grammatically

correct.”

We will then provide some example sentences for superlatives:

· The third roller coaster was the fastest.

· It was the hottest day of the summer.

“The first sentence shows the superlative form of fast. It is a superlative because it is the

fastest, making it the highest in speed or putting it on an extreme level like the definition said. Same

thing goes for hottest.”

An example of an irregular superlative would be:

· Funnel cakes and cotton candy are the best of all the amusement park foods.

· The worst part of the day was having to leave.

 “You would not say the bestest amusement park foods, so best is the superlative form of good

because it would be good, better, best in this case. So for an irregular form the word changes instead of

adding an ending to it. Same thing goes for worst. It is the superlative irregular form of bad, worse,

worst.”

2. We will have students get out index cards and write yes and no on each side. We will provide
sentences that do not include the correct form of comparatives and superlatives and have the
students change them. We will also have mixed in some correct sentences that will not need
changing. We will have volunteers come up to the board and change the sentences to make them
correct if needed. This will help us tell whether students are beginning to understand the correct
forms of comparatives and superlatives.

· The carnival game involved getting a hoop on a bottle; it was the hardest game to win that we’d

played.

“Yes, this sentence is correct. Can you identify if this sentence has a comparative or a

superlative? It is a superlative. What is the superlative in the sentence? Yes, it is hardest. Good Job!”

· The roller coaster zoomed through the trees; it was the fastest one in the entire park.

“Yes, this sentence is correct. Can you identify if this sentence has a comparative or a

superlative? It is a superlative. What is the superlative in the sentence? Yes, it is fastest. Good job!”

· The ferris wheel was the funest ride we rode.

“Yes, this sentence is incorrect. Who would like to come up and change the sentence to
where it is the correct superlative form of fun? Remember, fun is an example of one of the irregular
words that needs a word added before it, so yes it would be more fun, good job!”
· The roller coaster line was growing quicker than the line for the teacups.
“Yes, this sentence is correct. Can you identify if this sentence has a comparative or a
superlative? It is a comparative. What is the comparative in this sentence? Yes, it is quicker. Good
job!”
· The water ride was more slower than the roller coaster.
“Yes, this sentence is incorrect. Who would like to come up and change the sentence to
where it is the correct comparative form of slow? You would not need to include more in the
sentence. The comparative correct form would just be slower, good job! ”
· The water ride was the bestest.

“Yes, this sentence is incorrect. Who would like to come up and change the sentence to

where it is the correct comparative form? Remember this is one of the irregular comparatives! Yes,

it would be best, good job!”

3. We will have every student write two sentences using one example of a comparative and one

example of a superlative.

4. We will then call on students to share the sentences they came up with the whole class.

The End (a.k.a. Closing): 10 minutes

1. We will have students update their writing folder at this point to include our lesson.

2. We will give our example paragraph of the prompt.

My friends and I decided to go to Six Flags for the day. I was so excited to ride every ride

that was there. When we got there, the park was crowded. We went straight to the roller coasters to

ride them first. The first roller coaster had the longest line in the whole park. The line for the roller

coaster went down quick thankfully. It was the fastest ride in the park. It zoomed quickly upside

down and around curves at such high speeds. Next, we went to get funnel cakes. Which is my

favorite amusement park food.. Before we left, we headed over to the carnival games to see if we

could win a prize to take home with us. The carnival game involved getting a hoop on a bottle, it was
the hardest game to win that we’d played. This was my favorite part of the day, I won a huge stuffed

dog! I was sad it was time to leave and head back home.

“As you can see we highlighted our superlatives in green and our comparatives in yellow.”

3. We will then provide students with the prompt and let them write about their own trip to an

amusement park. The prompt they will be given will be:

Write about a trip you took to an amusement park. Include three comparative forms and

three superlative forms. Be sure to highlight them when you finish writing.

4. We will collect the papers.

Teacher Reflection on Practice (following the lesson):

1. What evidence did you collect to show your students attained today’s objective(s)? Please
explain how you know which students did and did not master your objectives. Use formative
assessment data to support your claims regarding the portion of students who did and did not
master the learning objective(s).

2. Based on the result of your assessment, what will you do tomorrow? Can you go ahead as
planned or will you need to reteach concepts from today’s lesson? (Explain how you will reteach
and/or connect and feed forward.)

3. If you have to teach this lesson again, what might you do the same and what might you do
differently?