Les 1 Fictional Superheroes

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Lesson 1: Fictional Superheroes

Program

• Warmer
• Reading: The Most Famous Superheroes
• Watching: Marvel clip
• Writing: Create your own Superhero or Villain
• Evaluation

Today's goals

• At the end of this lesson you can talk about your favorite superhero.
• At the end of this lesson you can understand a short text that describes people.
• At the end of this lesson you can describe people's appearances and abilities by using comparisons.
• At the end of this lesson you can create your own hero by using the comparative/superlative adjectives.  

Warmer

• What do you think about the trailer? What did you see? 

Are you going to watch this movie?

YES!

Maybe....

Nope.

Do you watch any superhero movies?

Yes

No

Who is you favorite superhero? Why?

Do you read any comic books?

Yes

No

Reading

• You are going to read a text about the most famous superheroes.
• For the people online: Google Classroom
• Read the text and find words that you find difficult.
• After that, answer the questions on p. 4.
• +- 10 min 

Answers questions

1. Superman
2. Spider-man,  Black Panther, Batman, Iron man & Captain America
3. Iron man, Wonder Woman, Spider-man, Captain America, Mr. Incredible & Iron Man
4. Batman
5. The gravity levels on earth are less strong.

Captain America: Civil War

• Who has watched this movie?
• What did you think about the movie? Are you team Captain America or team Iron Man? Why?

Who do you think is the strongest avenger?

Do you think Wanda is stronger than Vision?

Who is the smartest avenger?

Who is the youngest avenger?

Comparisons: comparative & superlative adjectives

• I asked you these questions:                                                                                              - Who do you think is the strongest avenger?                                                              -Do you think Wanda is stronger than Vision?                                                             - Who is the smartest avenger?                                                                                         - Who is the youngest avenger? 
• What do you think comparisons are? (Hint look at the words underlined)      = comparisons: vergelijkingen

Comparative adjective

= vergrotende trap

examples: The Hulk is smarter than Thor.

Ant-man is smaller than Hulk.

Spider-man is more popular than Loki.

• What is different in the third example?

Comparative adjective

Rules?

•  => one syllable (lettergreep) = -er

- quick --> quicker than

- smart --> smarter than

• => more than one syllable (dus meer dan 1 lettergreep) that doesn't end with le, er, ow or -y? = add more in front

popular --> more popular than

beautiful --> more beautiful than

Superlative adjective

= overtreffende trap

Remember SUPER(heroes)lative = superhero are the best/strongest!

examples: Thor thinks he is the strongest avenger.

Jack is the youngest in the Incredibles' family. 

Iron Man is the most couragous avenger. 

• What is different in the third example?

Superlative adjective

Rules? almost the same as comparative adjective

•  => one syllable (lettergreep) = -est

- quick --> quickest 

- smart --> smartest 

• => more than one syllable (dus meer dan 1 lettergreep) that doesn't end with le, er, ow or -y? = add most in front

popular --> most popular 

beautiful --> most beautiful 

Watch out!

• good - better - best
• bad - worse -worst

Comparison

• Regular comparison? (gewone vergelijking)

use (not) as ..... as...

Hulk is as strong as Thor.

Wanda is not as strong as Thanos.

Writing: Create your own superhero/villain

• Create your own superhero/villain by comparing them to an already existing hero/villain.
• Describe the appearance of your superhero/villain.
• Describe what kind of superpowers they have.
• Describe what kind of personality they have.
• Also draw or photoshop what your superhero looks like.
• Min 100 words.
• Google Classroom

BUT FIRST: Preparation exercise

In Google Classroom I prepared 3 different preparation exercises before you're going to write the whole article.

Choose ONE that suits you the most. 

Do the preparation exercise and have fun creating your own superhero or villain!

Be creative ~

Today's goals

• At the end of this lesson you can talk about your favorite superhero.
  
• At the end of this lesson you can understand a short text that describes people.
  
• At the end of this lesson you can describe people's appearances and abilities by using comparisons.
  
• At the end of this lesson you can create your own hero by using the comparative/superlative adjectives.  

Evaluation

• Comparatitive adjective & superlative adjective?
• Remember SUPER(hero) adjective
• What did you think of this lesson?
• Fill in the questionnaire: link will be put in the chat (leerlingenquête)  
• Homework 26-05-2021: Create your own superhero: writing assignment