English: Wednes day , January 8, 2014 revised

1. English: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 revised Handouts: * Grammar #32 (Adjectives That Compare)* Grammar #33 (Special Adjectives That Compare) Homework: * Grammar #32 (Adjectives That Compare) *Grammar #33 (Special Adjectives That Compare) * Study for Grammar Test #5 on Adjectives The test is tomorrowover lessons #30 – 33 Assignments due: * Grammar #31 (Articles and Demonstratives) We will review this lesson and grade it today. 

2. Starter #1Before Christmas break we learned about adjectives. What’s an adjective? An adjective modifies (describes, tells more about) a noun. An adjective always answers one of what three questions? Which one? What kind? How many? We also learned about a type of adjective called an “article.”What is an “article” in grammar? An “article” is a special kind of adjective, and we have only three in our English language: a, an, the

3. Starter #2: We also learned about “demonstratives,” which are . . . Demonstratives are adjectives that are used to point to something. The demonstrative adjectives are . . . this, that, these, those The singular adjectives are . . . this, that The plural adjectives are . . . these, those There is something tricky, however, that you need to remember: Use the words this and these to refer to things that are close. Use the words that and those to refer to things at a distance. He read this book. He washed these apples. Take that train. Those boys are on the other team. (It’s at a distance from the speaker.)

4. Starter #3: Demonstratives often appear before the word they modify, but they can also stand alone. When a demonstrative is used by itself, it is called a “demonstrative pronoun.” Give this to your sister. I like those the best. Now that we have reviewed these concepts, let’s take a time-out and grade Grammar #31

5. Lesson Goal: Learn about adjectives that compare. Outcomes: Be able to . . . Explain what is meant by “comparative form of an adjective.” Apply the correct comparative form of an adjective in any given sentence. Explain what is meant by “superlative form of an adjective.” Apply the correct superlative form of an adjective in any given sentence. Identify special adjectives that are exceptions to the usual comparative and superlative forms. State five special adjectives and their comparative forms. State five special adjectives and their superlative forms. Apply the correct comparative adjective in any given sentence.

6. Starter #4: Today we are going to learn about adjectives that compare two or more nouns or pronouns. (What’s a pronoun?) A “comparative” form of an adjective compares to things or people, and how you create that form depends on how many syllables the word has. Add –er if the word has only one syllable: Pedro is older than his brother Carolos. Use the word “more” if the word has more than one syllable: The long coat is more expensive than the short one.

7. Starter 5: The “superlative” form of an adjective compares more than two people or things. Can you guess what ending you would use for that? Add –estif the word has only one syllable: Pedro is the oldest of the three Castino children. Use the word “most” if the word has more than one syllable: The long coat is the most expensive of all the coats.

8. Starter #6: There ARE some exceptions to these comparative and superlative forms. For these words, you never use –eror –est. Nor would you use the words more or most with these words (but you might use more or most instead of that word). Here’s what those forms look like. . . . AdjectiveComparativeSuperlative good better best bad worse worst much, many more most little (amount) less least Let’s see if we can apply the correct comparative and superlative forms for these exceptions.