Age: 8-9 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Use comparative and superlative forms including irregular better/best and worse/worst.
• Apply than and the correctly in spoken comparison sentences.
• Debate the best school subject using structured speaking frames with reasons.

Vocab

• better / best / worse / worst: Irregular comparison set for academic debate.
• more / most: "Math is more difficult than art."
• than / the: "English is the best subject because..."

Warm-up (5min)

Compare two classroom objects: "The ruler is longer than the eraser." Introduce best in set of three items.

Main Activity (45min): "Best Subject Debate"

Grammar drill: 12 sentence completion items (comparative/superlative/irregular). Picture compare: 3 photos — oral sentences with than and the. Subject debate prep: teams choose "best subject" — brainstorm 4 comparative reasons (more fun, most useful). Structured debate: opening superlative claim, 2 comparative rebuttals, closing best statement. Listeners fill comparison chart from debate heard. Individual writing: "The best subject in school is ___ because ___ . It is better than ___ because ___ ." Peer edit for than/the accuracy. Flyers speaking practice: describe photo using one comparative and one superlative.

Wrap-up (5min)

Personal vote (no team pressure): "My favorite subject is ___ . It is the best because ___ ."

Teacher Tips

• Spiral G2 comparatives/superlatives — G3 adds irregulars and academic debate context.
• Flyers expects both forms in same task — drill mixed, not isolated columns only.
• Debate frames reuse G2 opinion language with harder grammar target.