Not All Schools Are Created Equal
Grammar: Comparatives — advanced structures including double comparatives, comparative inversion, and he
A Level 5 English lesson exploring education.
What's in this lesson
A Level 5 (advanced) ESL lesson on education, practising comparatives — advanced structures including double comparatives, comparative inversion, and he. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary, a grammar reference with practice and discussion questions.
From the reading: Not All Schools Are Created Equal
Walk into a public high school in South Korea at 10 p.m. on a Tuesday, and you will find students still at their desks, working through problem sets under fluorescent light. Walk into a public high school in Finland at the same hour, and you will find it empty — the last student left at three in the afternoon. Both systems claim to prepare young people for the future. What makes them so strikingly different, and what does each difference reveal about a society's deeper priorities?
Vocabulary
- glaring
- leading
- remarkably
- strictness
- across the board
- at face value
- by contrast
- by extension
- in the long run
Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
- Double comparative
- The higher the score, the greater the access to elite universities. — cause and effect escalation
- Hedged comparative
- Korea's model is, arguably, the more intense of the two. — soften a strong claim with a hedge
Discussion questions
- What was the best thing about your high school years?
- Should all students study the same subjects at school?
- Do you think exam pressure does more harm than good?
Not All Schools Are Created Equal
Grammar: Comparatives — advanced structures including double comparatives, comparative inversion, and he
What's in this lesson:
Full lesson plan with reading, grammar, vocabulary, and discussion.
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