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Three Weeks on a Shared Bike · Tutor Plan

The learner follows comparisons and reasons in a short adult review, uses comparatives and superlatives accurately, and gives a balanced opinion with because and so.

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Lesson aim

Evidence to collect

The learner follows comparisons and reasons in a short adult review, uses comparatives and superlatives accurately, and gives a balanced opinion with because and so.

Language lens

Comparing and giving reasons

The writer compares the bike share with the bus using comparatives, such as faster than and cheaper than, and superlatives, such as the worst and the busiest. She uses because to give a reason and so to show a result.

Suggested sequence

Timing

  1. 3 min · Discuss the learner’s commute and transportation choices.
  2. 4 min · Read once for the general opinion and once for advantages and problems.
  3. 4 min · Check comprehension, including the price calculation.
  4. 4 min · Find comparatives and superlatives, then complete the language check.
  5. 2–3 min · Look at how the review stays fair.
  6. 4–5 min · Speak or write a short review with a rating.

Anticipated problems

Watch and respond

  • The learner may use more with short adjectives, for example more cheap or more fast.
  • The learner may forget the before a superlative, for example It is cheapest way.
  • The learner may mix because and so, putting the result after because.

Short lesson

If time is limited

Read for the general opinion, answer questions one, two, and five, complete two language checks, and finish with a spoken comparison of two transportation options.

Extended lesson

If the learner needs more

The learner writes a reply from a city official that answers the two biggest problems and says what the city is going to change.

Controlled practice

Answer key and teaching evidence

  1. stops-traffic · The bus stops often, and Main Street is always full of traffic.
  2. fifteen · Her bus pass costs $40 and the bike pass costs $25, so she saves $15 a month.
  3. wrong-bikes · Twice, the app showed free bikes at a station, but the station was empty.
  4. full · The stations near her office were often full, so returning a bike was harder than finding one.
  5. pass-and-bus · She is going to buy a monthly pass, but she will keep her bus card for rainy days.
  6. cheaper · Say A monthly pass is cheaper than a bus pass.
  7. wettest · Say On the wettest day of the month, I took the bus.
  8. so-safe · Say The lights turn on automatically, so I felt safe.
  9. worst · Say The app is the worst part.

Review status

Tutor review required

This original reading and its generated pedagogy require tutor review and learner piloting before they can be described as formally reviewed.