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AFTER READING
OBJECTIVES
  • Define and identify
    comparative and
    superlative adverbs.
  • Learn how to form
    comparative and
    superlative adverbs.
  • Use comparative and
    superlative adverbs
    correctly in writing.
  • Become familiar with
    comparative and
    superlative adverb
    assessment on
    high-stakes tests.
Monitor Progress
then… provide
additional
instruction and
practice in The
Grammar and
Writing Book
pp. 188–191.
If… students have difficulty identifying and understanding comparative and superlative adverbs,
Grammar
Spiral REVIEW
DAILY FIX-IT
This week use Daily Fix-It
Transparency 24.
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ELL
Grammar Support See the Grammar Transition lessons in the ELL and
Transition Handbook.
DAY 1
Teach and Model
DAY 2
Develop the Concept
DAY 3
Apply to Writing
DAY 4
Test Preparation
DAY 5
Cumulative Review
READING-GRAMMAR CONNECTION
Write this sentence about
Antarctic Journal on the board:
Penguins walk more clumsily than we do, but they swim
most gracefully of all birds.
Explain that more clumsily is a
comparative adverb, comparing two actions. Most gracefully is a superlative adverb, comparing three or more actions.
Display Grammar Transparency
24. Read aloud the definitions
and sample sentences. Work
through the items.
Grammar Transparency
Grammar Transparency 24
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Do you need a pasport to
    travel to Antarctica.
    (passport; Antarctica?)
  2. I don't know if its easiest to
    go by ship or by plane.
    (it's easier)
GUIDED PRACTICE
Review the concept of comparative
and superlative adverbs.
  • A comparative adverb
    compares two actions.
  • A superlative adverb
    compares three or more
    actions.
  • Add -er or use more to form
    comparative adverbs. Add
    -est or use most to form
    superlative adverbs.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
  Practice Book p. 93
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. It is hard to lokate our tent
    in all these ice and snow.
    (locate; this)
  2. If we had an orange tent we
    could see it more easier.
    (tent, we; easily)
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 93.
Work through the first two items
with the class.
MAKE CLEAR
COMPARISONS
Point out that comparative and
superlative adverbs can make
writing more precise and easier
for readers to understand.
Less Precise: The wind blows
hard in Antarctica.
More Precise: The wind blows
harder in Antarctica than in North
America.
  • Have students review
    something they have written
    to see if they can make it
    more precise by using
    comparative or superlative
    adverbs.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
  Practice Book p. 94
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. I sees weller with these
    snow goggles. (see better)
  2. The director gived a pair of
    goggles to Meg and I.
    (gave; me)
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 94.
DAILY FIX-IT
  1. The sun shine, all day and
    night in December.
    (shines all)
  2. Each day the sun rises
    highest in the sky than the
    day before? (higher; before.)
Test Tip
The words good and bad are
adjectives that describe
persons, places, or things. Do
not confuse them with well
and badly, which are adverbs
that describe actions.
No: They swim good.
Yes: They swim well.
No: He drives bad.
Yes: He drives badly.
HOMEWORK Grammar and
Writing Practice Book p. 95.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
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STANDARDIZED TEST PREP
ADDITIONAL PRACTICE
Assign pp. 188–191 in The
Grammar and Writing Book.
EXTRA PRACTICE Grammar
and Writing Practice Book p. 145.
ASSESSMENT
CUMULATIVE REVIEW Grammar
and Writing Practice Book p. 96.
Grammar and Writing Practice Book
Grammar and Writing
  Practice Book p. 96
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DAILY FIX-IT
  1. Meg and me think this is
    the more incredible place
    we have ever visited.
    (I; most)
  2. W'ed like to return to
    antarctica one day.
    (We'd; Antarctica)
Grammar Comparative and Superlative Adverbs