Class then brainstorms for all the different countries represented in the classroom. They then fill in the Country Comparison Grid Sheet. The sheet has the countries in the cells down the far left column and the different things to be compared in the cells across the top row. Students work in pairs to formulate the question they would have to ask to get the information they need on the grid. Students divide up the countries and get the information they need from the ABC News site .
Students interview each other and fill in the information in the grid that their partners supply.
Groups work together to write comparative and superlatives sentences about the countries in the class. Students present their sentences to the class. Class discusses what they learned.