Use frequently occurring adjectives.

Using Adjectives to Compare: Dare to Compare

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades K-3, students watch the BrainPOP Jr. movie Using Adjectives to Compare and explore related resources to learn about comparative and superlative adjectives. St...

2.5.1 Make-a-Map Ideas

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Take a snapshot from the movie and describe it in a sentence using comparatives. Make a map comparing food Ben and Moby find in the supermarket. Use a map to explain a spelling rule about co...

Make-a-Map Ideas

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Have students make a map with a partner. In a text box, student A writes a simple sentence using one of the prepositions in, on, under, near, behind. For example, The dog is under the bench. Stude...

2.5.1 Comparatives Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, The Hungrier Shopper (L2U5L1), Ben and Moby go shopping at the supermarket for their lunch. They are trying to choose food items that are tastier and cheaper than others. In...

2.5.2 Superlatives Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Biggest and Best (L2U5L2), Ben and friends are amazed by what they see in a book of world records, from the world’s heaviest lemon to the longest snake! Inspired, Moby wants...

2.5.3 -Ed / -Ing Adjectives Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, An Amazing Walk (L2U5L3), Ben and Moby are taking a walk in nature. While Ben is amazed by the beauty of the great outdoors, Moby is bored. In the quest to prove that nature...

2.5.5 Comparatives and Superlatives Review Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, The Best Yearbook (L2U5L5), Ben and Moby recall funny, silly and embarrassing situations as they work on the school yearbook together. In this lesson plan, adaptable for gra...

1.5.3 Was / Were Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, I Was Shy (L1U5L3), Ben describes what he was like as a young child using the past tense of the verb to be. But are his memories accurate or just flattering? In this lesson ...

1.3.2 Adjectives Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie, Friends are Fair! (L1U3L2), Ben and Moby watch an exciting basketball game on TV, inspiring them to go outside and play, too. In this lesson, students are introduced to regu...

1.1.4 Adjectives Lesson Plan

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In the BrainPOP ELL movie Five Dogs (L1U1L4), Moby is walking dogs in the park. As he tries to keep track of all the different dogs, students are introduced to simple adjectives and prepositions of pl...