Pupils needing extra support:

Could describe the photographs of the planets using the adjectives grand/petit – big/small – and ‘chaud/froid‘ – hot/cold, without incorporating the comparative language to begin with; could begin to compare simple classroom items using plus + grand/petit, e.g. a glue stick and a rubber, the child could point to the larger item and say ‘plus grand’.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should be challenged to use adjectives from previous lessons or to find adjectives in a bilingual dictionary to make comparisons, e.g ‘La Terre est plus belle que Mars‘ – the Earth is more beautiful than Mars.