Comparativos

Something I found on FL Teach to help with the teaching of making comparisons: mas+ adj. + que menos + adj. + que tan + adj + como

I had half the class stand up and put themselves in order by height. Once they were in order, each student needed to produce the construction with comparison to either the person taller or shorter than him/herself. The other class watched while they did it. It was especially good when one kid thought he was taller than another, when in fact he was as tall as....it caused debates and students in the "audience" got in on the participation.

We had the first half sit down and the other half did it.

I tried it in my smaller class just having the whole class do it at once. This wasn't as successful, because those in line that weren't speaking weren't paying attention. And for those in the "audience" they got to see and hear the construction 12- 15 times.

The next week we did it with mayor que and menor que and superlatives, having them put themselves in order of age. In order to do this they had to communicate using "cuantos anos tienes, cuando es tu cumpleanos," as well as practice with dates....good review. They liked it cuz it got them up and walking around. user:utawkin2me