 Re: teaching "a lot", "little", "a little", "very little"
Another way to illustrate varying degrees is to draw a large thermometer on the board with lines indicating zero degrees, 10 degrees, 20 degrees, and so on. Then enter the words in positions relative to their "warmth", or strength.
Thus "very little" would correspond, perhaps, with the ten degree level and "a lot" would top out at 50 degrees. There's room going up the thermometer for "a large amount," "a great amount," "a huge amount," "an enormous amount," etc.
I've forgotten where this idea came from, but it has worked well for me. |