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Oxford Picture Dictionary • Unit 5 • Describing Clothes

BACK AND FORTH Teaching Notes


Grammar Point: COMPARATIVES: ADVERBS OF DEGREE; TOO

Levels: Low Beginning to High Beginning


For: Pairs or Triads
Preparation: 10 minutes
Activity: 15 minutes
Duplicate: 1 worksheet for each student

Objective and practice the conversation. Encourage


Students will be able to use the target students to substitute their own information
grammar structure and vocabulary to role- and/or use their imaginations to change the
play a conversation. location or situation.
4. Invite groups to role-play their
Preparation conversations for the class. Give the class
Preview the conversation from the selected specific information to listen for (e.g., How
Back and Forth activity or use the do they feel? Who do they meet?).
vocabulary from the Describing Clothes
pages of your dictionary to write a For Multilevel Classes
conversation that practices the target After you have presented the target
grammar structure. grammar structure and the conversation,
have lower-level students work in groups of
Review the Vocabulary two or three to practice the conversations.
Have students open their dictionaries to With higher-level students, brainstorm
Describing Clothes and cover the word list. situations in which people would use the
Have students work in groups of two or target sentences. Then observe the lower-
three and take turns asking each other to level groups role-playing their conversations
name items on the page. while the higher-level students write their
own conversations. Finally, have the higher-
level students role-play their conversations
Teach the Grammar Point:
for the class.
Comparative: Adverbs of Degree;
Too
Present the sentences from the
conversation that best illustrate the target
grammar structure. Ask True/False
questions about the meanings of the
sentences to verify understanding of the
form and meaning of the structure.

Introduce the Activity


Explain the goal: to practice a conversation
and then create a new one.

Model and Conduct the Activity


1. Put the model conversation on the board.
Introduce the situation and role-play the
conversation with volunteers.
2. Ask the class Yes/No questions to verify
that students understand what they are
saying.
3. Have students form groups of two or three
Comparatives: Adverbs of Degree; Too
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Oxford Picture Dictionary • Unit 5 • Describing Clothes

Back and Forth Worksheet

A. Work with a classmate. Read the conversation. In this conversation, a customer is


shopping for a new sweater.

B. Choose your character.

C. Practice the lines. Act out the play.

Customer: I’m looking for a yellow sweater.

Salesperson: Here, try on this sweater.

Customer: It’s too loose. I need a smaller size.

Salesperson: OK, try this one.

Customer: This one is just right! How much is it?

Salesperson: It’s $150.00.

Customer: Oh, that’s too expensive. I need a cheaper one.

Salesperson: Here’s a medium yellow sweater. It’s $19.99.

Customer: That’s perfect!


D. Write your own role play.

E. Practice the lines. Act out the role play.

Customer: I’m looking for a .

Salesperson: Here, try on this .

Customer: It’s too . I need a size.

Salesperson: OK, try this one.

Customer: This one is just right! How much is it?

Salesperson: It’s .

Customer: Oh, that’s too . I need a one.

Salesperson: Here’s a . It’s .

Customer: That’s perfect!


Comparatives: Adverbs of Degree; Too
© Oxford University Press 2009 • Limited permission granted to photocopy.

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