Superlatives

I developed this activity to work with a teens basic group. I wanted to find a movie that was meaningful to them, a film which had many and different characters for them to apply superlative forms. The result was amazing; not only did they apply the grammar point accurately, but also they oustandingly expanded their use of adjectives since they wanted to express what they really thought of the characters.

Here's the task:

Watch the trailer and write four adjectives to describe each of the characters:

Hulk is: 1- 2- 3- 4-	Iron man is: 1- 2- 3- 4-	Captain America is:     1- 2- 3- 4-	Thor is: 1- 2- 3- 4-
Black widow is: 1- 2- 3- 4-	Loki is: 1- 2- 3- 4-	Nick Fury is: 1- 2- 3- 4-	Hawkeye is: 1- 2- 3- 4-

Use these expressions to report your answers:

In my opinion…
I think…
I believe…
From my point of view…

Watch the trailer and decide if your description is complete.

Watch again and check if these sentences are true or false:

Nick Fury says “war has started”

The assistant says “I think it’s a tramp”

Hulk says “what if I say yes”

Hulk says “we are not a team; we are a time bomb”

Iron man says “guys, I’m bringing the party to you”

Transform these adjectives into superlative forms

Dangerous		Short
Strong		Weak
Egocentric		Wicked
Intelligent		Crazy
Aggressive		Quiet

Write sentences to describe the characters using these superlative forms and the ones you included in the first exercise.

For example: Black widow is the quietest character.

As a follow-up, they had to write a post in a forum saying which their favorite super hero was and why, using the superlative forms. They also had an online poll and decided on the following categories: the best soccer team, the best soccer player, the funniest cartoon, the scariest movie, the coolest band, etc.