Process
1. Warm up! Each team member must choose 1 game. Each team member must play a different game.
When you are finished, ask your team members these questions:
1. Which game was the most fun?
2. Which game was the most difficult?
3. Which game was the easiest?
2. Please go to each website. Read about each building or tower.
Empire State Building Read number 8.
Eiffel Tower Hint: look for numbers! Your answer must have meters (m).
Use the table to help your team. Answer the question, "Which thing is the tallest?"
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3. Write.
Please write a paragraph. Write it together with your team members. Answer these questions. Use your notes.
1. Which thing is tallest? Please compare the buildings and towers. Write four sentences.
Examples: King Kong is taller than Nakago JHS.
King Kong is taller than Mr. Suzuki.
Godzilla is taller than King Kong.
Godzilla is the tallest of all things.
2. Please write a sentence saying how tall the tallest thing is.
Example: Godzilla is 50 meters tall. He is the tallest of all monsters.
3. Please write two sentences using -er, -est, about the four buildings or towers.
Example: The Sears Tower is taller than the Empire State Building.
I am shorter than my brother. My dad is the shortest in my family.
4. Write a comparison (simile) about the buildings and towers.
Example: My car is as small as a cow.
5. Finish your team's writing.
Example: Godzilla is the tallest of all monsters, but he is the ugliest.
