Comparative and superlative
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Objetivos:
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Usar correctamente los comparativos y superlativos en inglés.
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-Hablar
sobre la galaxia, describiendo los
planetas con adjetivos, haciendo uso de los comparativos y superlativos.
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Tema gramatical:
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Duración
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Forma de trabajo
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Metodología:
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1.
Los estudiantes conocen el vocabulario de la galaxia a través de
imágenes, para luego responder a preguntas tales como: what is this? What do
you know about the planets? About the Earth?.
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Realizarán el crucigrama, para luego identificar la palabra que se
encuentra oculta en los cajones rojos.
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Luego, realizarán la sopa de letras, la cual servirá para realizar el
siguiente ejercicio.
4.
Posteriormente, se da una explicación del tema: comparativos y
superlativos.
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Realizan la lectura y las preguntas de comprensión. Después de la lectura, pueden hacer preguntas como: do you think that there is life on anohter planet? do you believe in aliens?. Después de haber practicado la habilidad del habla, los estudiantes deben identificar los superlativos y comparativos que allí se encuentran. (La
lectura es relacionada con los planetas).
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Conociendo ya el tema, se procede a hacer uso de la habilidad de escritura,
en la que los estudiantes escribirán oraciones de superlativo y comparativo
teniendo en cuenta las imágenes que allí se presentan.
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Para practicar un poco más la habilidad del habla, se desarrollará un
juego en clase. Los estudiantes deben hacer uso de la última imagen. En ella
se encuentra el sistema solar. Un estudiante debe describir un planeta,
usando oraciones comparativas y superlativas, sin decir su nombre, para que
otro estudiante adivine de cuál planeta él/ella está hablando.
8.
Para finalizar y para practicar la habilidad de escucha, se adjunta
una canción sobre la galaxia, en la cual existe mucho vocabulario sobre este
tema. Los estudiantes deben escucharla y hacer las debidas actividades que
allí se proponen.
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· Recursos:
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Evaluación:
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· En esta actividad se evaluarán el desarrollo de las 4 habilidades,
además de la participación, interés, disciplina y orden en la clase.
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The galaxy
Activities
1.Complete
the crossword and find the missing word in the red box.
1. The Earth is_________ the sun.
2. Venus is a ___________.
3. You travel to outer space on a __________________.
4. The stars are __________the Earth.
5. A ____________is a bright star with a tail.
6. Yuri Gagarin was the first _________ in space.
7. The __________ is gray on a rainy day.
8. An _____________ lives in another planet.
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2.Find10
words related to the universe.
3.Read
the definitions and find a word for each one in the above puzzle.
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It orbits a sun.: _____________________________________
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It’s
a small bright ball of fire with a long tail._____________________________
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It’s a small object made of rocks and metal.______________________________
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It’s
a collection of solar systems.___________________________________
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It’s
a planet. It’s part of a solar system.____________________________
CLASES
DE COMPARACIÓN
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COMPARATIVO
DE IGUALDAD: Se forma con el adjetivo intercalado entre la construcción
"as...as" (tan...como) para frases
afirmativas e interrogativas y "not as...as" o "not
so...as" para las frases negativas.
Ej: I'm as young as you / soy
tan joven como tú
I'm not so young as you / no
soy tan joven como tú
COMPARATIVO
DE INFERIORIDAD: Se forma con el adjetivo intercalado entre la construcción
"less...than" (menos...que), aunque es más
usual encontrar la comparación de igualdad en forma negativa (que tiene el
mismo significado).
Ej: He's less young
than you / Él es menos joven que tú
COMPARATIVO
DE SUPERIORIDAD: Se forma de dos modos:
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Anteponiendo
la palabra more (más) para el comparativo de
superioridad y "the most" para el superlativo.
Ej:
intelligent / inteligente
more intelligent / más inteligente the most intelligent / el más inteligente
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Los adjetivos
de una sola sílaba forman el comparativo y el superlativo con -er y -est
Ej: old, older, the
oldest / viejo, más Viejo, el más Viejo.
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Is Venus similar to the Earth?
What is the surface of Venus made
of?
Is there life on Venus?
Read the text and find out.
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is, after
the Moon, the most brilliant object in the night sky. Venus comes closer to the
Earth than any other planet. At closest approach it can pass within 42 million
kilometers of the Earth.
Venus is a near twin of the Earth in terms of size and
mass. Its diameter is about 12.103 km as compared to 12.742 km for the Earth;
and its mass is approximately 0.81 of the Earth’s mass.
The two planets, however, are very different from each
other in other respects. Venus is covered by clouds consist of particles of
sulphur and droplets of sulphuric acid. From the clouds falls a continuous acid
rain which is probably the most corrosive fluid in the solar system. On the
other hand, the Earth’s clouds are made of water.
The composition of Venus’ atmosphere is quite
different from that of the terrestrial atmosphere. Spacecraft measurements
indicate that the main constituent of this massive atmosphere is carbon dioxide,
more than 96%, while Earth’s is 0.03 carbon dioxide and 21% oxygen.
Venus has a surface temperature of about 460ºC. This
extreme temperature makes it unlikely for any kind of life to exist on its
surface. It is hot enough to destroy the complex organic compounds which are
the basis of Earth’s life. Life on Earth, however, is extremely varied and its
temperature is about 60ºC.
Another significant difference is the slow backward
rotation of Venus, one turn in about 243 Earth days. All of the planets revolve
around the Sun in the same directions, except Venus.
Studying the surface of Venus is a major problem.
Scientist hope spacecrafts will bring information to help determine the
geological history of our planetary neighbor and to answer some questions such
as: were there ever oceans on Venus? Are there active volcanoes? Why is Venus
so hot?
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All
of the planets revolve around the Sun in the same direction, except:
A. Earth
B. Jupiter
C. Uranus
D. Venus
2. The most brilliant object in the night sky is:
A. Venus
B. Star
C. Shooting star
D. Moon
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The
author’s purpose in the text is:
A. To describe Venus
B. To compare Venus and the Earth.
C. To describe the Earth.
D. None of the above.
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One
of the differences between Venus and the Earth is:
A. Venus is farther from the Sun than the Earth.
B. The Venus’ clouds consist of particles of sulphur and
the Earth’s clouds are made of water.
C. There aren’t oceans on Venus.
D. There isn’t life on Venus.
4. In the text, underline with red color the superlative
sentences and with blue color the comparative sentences.
5. According
to the following pictures, write and read the class superlative and comparative
sentences.
6. Without saying the name, describe a planet by using comparative and superlative sentences, in this way, another person has to guess which is the planet.
6. Without saying the name, describe a planet by using comparative and superlative sentences, in this way, another person has to guess which is the planet.
7. Song: Galaxy song. Monty Python
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Use the words in the box for filling in the blacks.
- sun - sun -stars - galaxy -Milky Way - planet -feel
1. Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown
2. And things seem hard or tough
3. And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft
4. And you _____ that you've had quite enough
5. Just remember that you're standing on a _________ that's evolving
6. And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour
7. That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's
reckoned
8. A _______ that is the source of all our power
9. The _______, and you and me, and all the _______ that
we can see
10. Are moving at a million miles a day
11. In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an
hour
12. Of the _________ we call the Milky Way
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Identify the word and order it.
13. Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion ________
(ssrta)
14. It's a _________ (drdehnu) thousand light-years side
to side
15. It bulges in the middle sixteen thousand light-years
thick
16. But out by us it's just _______ (hreet) thousand
light-years wide
17. We're thirty thousand light-years from Galactic
Central Point
18. We go 'round every two hundred million years
19. And our _______ (alxyag) is only one of millions of
billions
20. In this amazing and expanding ________ (nivurese)
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Identify the order of these lines.
_____And
pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space
_____As
fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know
_____Twelve
million miles a minute and that's the fastest speed there is
______In
all of the directions it can whiz
______So
remember when you're feeling very small and insecure
______The
universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
______How
amazingly unlikely is your birth
