Giáo án Looking Back

Ss recall the topic of city life and activate the language needed for the lesson through a quick brainstorming game.

T shows a picture of a busy city street and asks: What problems do people face in big cities? Ss work in pairs for one minute to list problems on their mini whiteboards. Then Ss say one sentence with a comparative, for example: The more cars there are, the worse the air becomes.

A list of problems on the board, such as traffic jams, noise, air pollution, lack of parking and lack of green spaces. One sample sentence from each pair, for example: The more cars there are, the more polluted the air becomes.

Ss identify the form and the meaning of double comparatives and explain how the two clauses are linked.

T writes the sentence on the board: The more people walk, the fewer cars we need. T asks Ss three questions in pairs: 1) What changes when one thing changes? 2) Which word starts each clause? 3) Why do we say fewer and not less here? Pairs discuss and write their answers on the mini whiteboards. T then reviews the rule with the four example sentences from the textbook.

Ss' rule in their notebooks: the + comparative clause, the + comparative clause, expressing linked change. Example: The more people walk, the fewer cars we need. Ss note: fewer is used with countable plural nouns (cars), and less with uncountable nouns. Ss also note: do not use more with an -er form, so write safer, not more safer.

Ss match phrasal verbs and key topic words with their meanings and pronounce the three target vowel sounds accurately.

Ss work in pairs with Worksheet 1 to match each phrasal verb and each key word with its Vietnamese meaning and an example from the textbook. Then T models the sounds /aʊ/ in town, /əʊ/ in road and /eə/ in square, and Ss repeat in chorus.

Matching answers on Worksheet 1: get around – travel; carry out – conduct; cut down on – reduce; congestion – tình trạng ùn tắc; public transport – giao thông công cộng; liveable – đáng sống; construction site – công trường xây dựng. Ss can say each target word with a smooth vowel movement.

Ss practise choosing, correcting, combining and explaining language of the unit through ten exercises in teams.

Ss work in four teams with Worksheet 2. Each team takes turns to answer one item and passes the marker to the next member. Items: 1) The more people walk, ___ cars we need. A. the fewer; B. the less; C. fewer the; D. the few. 2) The earlier we leave, the ___ the roads are. Use the comparative of quiet. 3) We should ___ car journeys. A. look after; B. cut down on; C. pass down; D. turn on. 4) The city will carry ___ a transport survey. 5) Order the words: the more / you practise / the easier / it becomes. 6) Judge the sentences: a) The streets are more safer. b) The safer the streets are, the more people walk. 7) Combine using a double comparative: We use more buses. The air becomes cleaner. 8) Explain: The busier the road is, the more carefully we should cross it. 9) Match the key topic words with their meanings. 10) Which word contains /aʊ/? A. road; B. town; C. square; D. chair.

Answers: 1) A (the fewer; cars is countable plural). 2) quieter. 3) B (cut down on means reduce). 4) out (carry out means conduct). 5) The more you practise, the easier it becomes. 6) a) S; b) Đ, written as: a) Correct: The streets are safer. b) Correct: the sentence is right because safer already has -er. 7) The more buses we use, the cleaner the air becomes. 8) As traffic increases, greater care is needed. Busier is the comparative of busy; carefully becomes more carefully. 9) congestion – tình trạng ùn tắc; public transport – giao thông công cộng; liveable – đáng sống; construction site – công trường xây dựng. 10) B (town has /aʊ/; road has /əʊ/; square and chair have /eə/ in the reference accent).

Ss self-correct one error from their error log and use double comparatives and phrasal verbs to describe a problem and a solution in their own city.

Ss choose one error from their personal error log and rewrite it correctly. Then they write three sentences about their own city or commune. Each sentence must use a double comparative, and at least one sentence must use get around, carry out or cut down on. Example prompt: What can the city do to reduce congestion?

A corrected sentence with the reason in the error log, for example: Incorrect: The more safer the streets are... Correct: The safer the streets are, the more people walk. Reason: safer already has -er, so do not add more. Three original sentences about their city, for example: The more buses we have, the less congestion we face. The city should carry out a survey to cut down on traffic jams.