SpeakOut lesson 6b: Be Creative

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• Studiejaar 2,4

SpeakOut lesson 6a: The Two Pablos

To start

How many words can you create using the letters from this word:

CREATIVITY

On the board, write: creativity. Put Ss into pairs. Ask them to create as many words from the letters in ‘creativity’ as possible. Elicit an example, e.g. very. The pair with the most words after two minutes wins.

acre

act

air

art

art

ave

acre

cave

cater

cat

crate

crave

cry

crit

cry

cur

era

eat

ice

iter

ivy

rat

rave

rice

rec

recite

react

rivet

vicar

vet

via

vary

tear

tie

tire

try

trace

trice

tier

vicar

vet

vat

rat

vie

What is creativity?

Read the text.

Read the text. Do you agree with what it says about creativity?

Complete the table.

Read the text.

Complete the table with the bold words from the text you have just read. 

talent

imagination

imaginative

create

creative

artist

artistic

photography

photographic

skill

Answers.

Read the text.

Complete the table with the bold words from the text you have just read. 

Listen and choose

Listen to a fragment.

Good exam practice.

Choose either a or b. 

Exercise 4B

Answers

Exercise 4B

1.a

2.b

3.b

4.a

5.b

6.a

Complete the sentences.

Read the text.

Comparative and superlatives.

Answers

Read the text.

Comparative and superlatives.

than

the

than

the

the

Comparative as.....as is also possible. Paris is not as big as New York for example. 

What is the rule?

Read the text.

Comparative and superlatives.

1. add -er /  add the + -est

2. more / the most

3. the best

4. as + adjective + as

Do exercise 6.

To finish

The chain game:

using comparatives.

Elephants are bigger than cats.

Cats are smarter than ......

..... are more ..... than ......

 All you need for this game is a timer. To begin, brainstorm some comparative adjectives and write them on the board. Then choose a topic that has many nouns, such as ‘animals’. Then write a comparative sentence on the board comparing two animals. For example, ‘Elephants are bigger than cats.’.

Now the game can begin. The aim of the game is to make as many ‘comparative chains’ as possible. To make a chain, students must make a comparative sentence starting with the last noun of the previous sentence.

So, for example, if the first sentence is ‘Elephants are bigger than cats.’, then the next sentence must start with ‘Cats‘ (e.g. ‘Cat’s are smarter than pigs.’), and the sentence must start with ‘Pigs‘ (e.g. ‘Pigs are fatter than dogs.’), and so on. Give the first team 1 or 2 minutes to make as many comparative chains as possible, and then change the topic (e.g. food) for the next team.

Homework B1

- Online practice 6B

-Grammar bank 6B

Homework A2

- Online practice 6B

- Grammar bank 6B

- Vocabulary bank 6B