I �m doing a master degree in Education and I �m working as a student teacher at a school. My thesis is going to be about inductive grammar. I �m doing my first attempt on next Friday with the degree of adjectives (superlative and comparative), but I �m not sure how to guide the lesson or what materials to produce. I was thinking about a song or a text, but I can �t find any with both degrees and with a reasonable amount of examples. By the way, it is a 9th grade and they �ve already had contact with the degrees. And then how should I proceed with the lesson itself?

I need help!  

Thanks in advance

AJFC

But for instance, how would you develop the tasks in an inductive way? Would you tell them exactly what they were supposed to do? E.g.: Look up for and underline all the degrees of adjectives you know. Or would be better to for instance underline one of the sentences and then ask them to underline all the others they can recognise. And then? Would you ask them to say whether it is comparative and superlative and how they are formed? Would you ask first to identify a degree and come up with the rule and then the other degree and its rule? This is a revision, but for instance and if it was an inroduction of the language topic, would the learners be able to get there? I�ve chosen this topic for my thesis, but now I�m getting confused. :s

Thanks :)

P.S.: I forgot to say it is a 90-minute lesson. What kind of productive task would you do with the students at the end?

If your students are young, there�s no point in using grammar terms IMHO.

You could stress that when we talk about two things/animals or people, we say ...(Giraffe is taller than the lion, etc) and give pictures and examples. 

When we want to talk about what makes one thing/animal or person special among all others we say.... (This is the tallest building in the world, etc.) and give visuals and examples. Then base an activity on that and practice.