Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

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• _______________ is a tall building.

• _______________ is a taller building.

• _______________ is the tallest building.

EQ: How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of

adjectives?

• Vocabulary– adjective – comparative – superlative

Think Pair Share

What are comparative and superlative

adjectives? Write your answer in your

Journal.

Discuss your answer with the person sitting

next to you.

Pick the correct choice.

1. The Nile River is (long, longer, longest).

2. The Nile River is (long, longer, longest) than the Mississippi River.

3. The Nile River is the (long, longer, longest) river in the world.

How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?

The Mongol soldiers of the fourteenth

century were fiercer than those of the

seventeenth century. The soldiers in

Genghis Khan’s army may have been the

fiercest soldiers of all.

How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?

In the seventeenth century, the Manchus

were more aggressive than the Mongols.

Did they send their most aggressive forces

to take control of the Forbidden City?

How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?

Guided Practice: 1. The emperors of China built additions to

the Great Wall in places where the likelihood of attack was the (great) __________.

2. Earthen walls were (weak) _________ than walls of brick.

3. Building a brick wall was (complicated) ________ than building an earthen wall.

How do I identify and write the comparative and superlative form of adjectives?

• 4. most skillful

• 5. smallest

• 6. most significant

Do now

• Complete the worksheet from the back table.

• Keep your paper at your desk.

Definition Characteristics/Rules

Example Non-ExampleComparative Adjectives

Definition

Comparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.

Characteristics/Rules

Example Non-Example

Comparative Adjectives

DefinitionComparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.

Characteristics/Rules

-Add –er to most adjectives to compare two nouns.

- Use more with long adjectives

Example Non-ExampleComparative Adjectives

DefinitionComparative adjectives are used to compare two nouns.

Characteristics/Rules

-Add –er to most adjectives to compare two nouns.

- Use more with long adjectives

Example-taller-smaller-more significant-more likely

Non-Example-tall, tallest-small, smallest-most significant-most likely

Comparative Adjectives

Definition Characteristics/Rules

Example Non-ExampleSuperlative Adjectives

Definition

Superlative adjectives compare three or more nouns.

Characteristics/Rules

-Add –est to most adjectives to compare three or more nouns.

-Use most with long adjectives.

Example-tallest-smallest-most significant-most likely

Non-Example-taller-smaller-more significant-more likely

Superlative Adjectives

Assignment:

1. Using the story The Great Wall (page 391-401) identify examples of comparative and superlative adjectives. Write your examples on the back of your worksheet (include the page number).

Comparative page number

Superlative

Page number

Stronger (392)

Homework

• Write 3 sentences using comparative adjectives.

• Write 3 sentences using superlative sentences.

Assignment

• Complete lab 33.

Ticket Out The Door

1. Tell me how many things a comparative adjective compares.

2. Tell me how many things the superlative form of an adjective compares.

3. Write three examples of each.Comparative

Superlative

Quiz

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