A2 LS Ch7 L2 · Comparing Differences and Similarities

Phần 1/5 · ✍ Add the comparative · câu 1–6

📘 Học trước khi làm · Today's plan

Lesson 2 · Speaking

Today’s plan · 60 minutes

📊

Warm-up

Poll + Vocab · 8 min

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Skill

Venn diagram · 10 min

✍

Grammar

Comparatives · 12 min

🎧

Listen

Two kinds of farming · 16 min

🗣

Speak

Your turn · 14 min

📘 Học trước khi làm · Skill · Venn diagram + phrases

Speaking skill · p.137–138 · three steps

Draw a Venn diagram, then say it ⚖

① Mỗi vòng ghi đặc điểm riêng, phần giao ghi điểm chung. ② Câu mở đầu nêu hai thứ so sánh. ③ Dùng cụm chỉ khác (≠) hoặc giống (=).

🐟 Fish farming only

Both

🌾 Crop farming only

raises a large number of fish in large tanks · uses natural resources · clean and helps the environment

can sell to restaurants and supermarkets

grows fruits, vegetables and grain · uses chemicals to kill insects · chemicals get into the groundwater

2 · Introductory sentence

There are several differences between fish farming and crop farming.
There are many similarities between farming vegetables and farming fruits.

a few · several · a lot of · many

3 · Show exactly what

Farming on a small farm is unlike large farm production.
Small farms in the United States are just like small farms in Europe.

≠ unlike · compared to · different from
= just like · much the same as · similar to

⏳ Still exists today → present form. No longer exists → past form.

📘 Học trước khi làm · ✍ Grammar · comparatives & as … as

Grammar for speaking · p.140

Comparatives, irregular forms and as … as ✍

Noun + verb + comparative adjective + than + noun phrase → Fish farms are more interesting than crop farms.

Công thức so sánh hơn. Đếm âm tiết của tính từ để chọn -er, -ier hay more. Bốn từ bất quy tắc. Hai thứ gần bằng nhau → as … as, tính từ không đổi.

One syllable → add -er

Two syllables ending in -y → -ier

Two syllables, not -y → more

Three or more → more

great / greater
green / greener
large / larger
wide / wider

busy / busier
easy / easier
happy / happier
lovely / lovelier

boring / more boring
careful / more careful
crowded / more crowded
famous / more famous

difficult / more difficult
interesting / more interesting
enjoyable / more enjoyable

good

bad

far

little

better

worse

further / farther

less

Noun + verb + as + adjective + as + noun phrase
This field is as dry as a desert.

💡 Tip · consonant + vowel + consonant

Double the last letter: big → bigger · wet → wetter · sad → sadder

Game 2 · one word each

Add the correct form ✍

Điền dạng đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc. Chú ý câu có as … as. 🔑 chấm điểm.

1The scientist now works in a (small) lab than he did before.

2The countryside is (beautiful) than the city.

3A bag of rice is (heavy) than a bag of tea.

4The weather is as (important) as the type of soil on a farm.

5The chemicals used on plants are (strong) than chemicals used in other products.

6Carrots from a small farm are as (sweet) as carrots from the supermarket.

Phần 2/5 · 🎧 Listen · the T-chart · câu 7–9

Audio · a class discussion

Play the discussion

professor · students · Jill

💡A professor and her students talk about two kinds of farming. Listen for what each speaker thinks.

Questions 7–9

Questions 7–9 · Multiple choice

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C

👉 Nghe rồi chọn đáp án đúng. Câu hỏi theo thứ tự trong bài nghe.

7What is one problem with farming today?

A · It puts chemicals into the Earth.

B · It uses far too much water from rivers.

C · It needs too many workers on each farm.

8In the professor’s opinion, which is more dangerous to the Earth?

A · agroecology

B · both are equally dangerous

C · industrial farming

9Why is there less pollution with agroecology?

A · Farmers use small machines.

B · Farmers use natural things.

C · Farmers grow fewer crops each year.

Phần 3/5 · ✅ Listen again · complete the notes · câu 10–14

Audio · a class discussion

Play the discussion

professor · students · Jill

💡Listen again. What does each speaker say about modern farming?

Questions 10–14

Questions 10–14 · Note completion

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

👉 Nghe lại rồi điền MỘT từ hoặc MỘT con số vào mỗi chỗ trống. Chú ý chính tả.

🌱 Industrial farming vs agroecology · notes

10Jill: modern farming kills things that are natural to an area, like and insects.

11Professor: agroecology is to the Earth.

12Student A: one ear of corn is as as the next ear of corn.

13Professor: we have to think about all those things we don’t .

14Professor: what about the wide of things living below the ground?

Phần 4/5 · EXTRA · ✍ Find the mistake · câu 15–19

📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 1/4 · model

Speaking · step 1 of 4 · model

How a comparison sounds 🗣

Nêu MỘT điểm khác, dùng «unlike» và một tính từ so sánh hơn — nói về chỗ em biết, không nói chung chung.

A · asks

“What is one difference between a farmers' market and a supermarket?”

B · answers

“One difference is the opening time. Unlike the supermarket near my house, the farmers' market in my town is only open in the morning, so the supermarket is more convenient for me.”

💡 One difference is … → Unlike … → -er

📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 2/4 · prepare

Speaking · step 2 of 4 · prepare

Choose two pairs. Plan one difference and one comparative. 🗣

❓ What is one difference?

Keywords only, except for your opening sentence2 min + 30 sec practice

Chọn HAI chủ đề em thích nhất, mỗi ô ghi vài TỪ KHOÁ. Lát nữa em nhìn từ khoá rồi tự nói thành câu. Riêng câu MỞ ĐẦU thì viết đủ câu.

📝 Not graded

One difference between … and … is …

Unlike …, … It is [-er] than …

🥕 Market vs supermarket

opening time · distance · price

🍳 Home vs restaurant

price · time

🏙 City vs countryside

noise · space

🚲 Bike vs bus

speed · health

🤫 Try one answer quietly. Use your keywords.

📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 3/4 · answer

Speaking · step 3 of 4 · answer

Listen, then answer 🗣

Em làm MỘT MÌNH: bấm 🔊 nghe câu hỏi ở chủ đề em đã chuẩn bị, rồi trả lời thành tiếng. Nghe lại bao nhiêu lần cũng được. Mở đầu bằng câu em đã viết ở bước 2.

📝 Từ khoá em đã ghi ở bước 2

Chưa có từ khoá nào — quay lại bước 2 ghi vài từ đã nhé.

💬 Tap 🔊, listen to the question, then answer out loud.

🥕 Market vs supermarket

What is one difference between a farmers' market and a supermarket?

🍳 Home vs restaurant

What is one difference between cooking at home and eating at a restaurant?

🏙 City vs countryside

What is one difference between the city and the countryside?

🚲 Bike vs bus

What is one difference between going by bike and going by bus?

📘 Học trước khi làm · 🗣 Speaking 4/4 · check

Speaking · step 4 of 4 · check

Check your answer ✅

Em tự kiểm: tick những gì em ĐÃ làm, rồi trả lời lại một câu cho rõ hơn.

📝 Notes for discussion · not graded

1 · What did you do?

✅ Tick what you did.
An empty box means “not yet” — try it in your next answer.

2 · Your answers from step 3

Chưa có ghi chú nào — quay lại bước 3 ghi vài từ đã nhé.

Compare with the model in step 1. What can you add to your answer?

3 · Which one do you prefer? Why? (if you have time)

🔁 Go back to step 3. Tap 🔊 again and answer one question more clearly.

Game 3 · spot the error

Find and correct the mistake ✍

Mỗi câu có một lỗi. Chọn cách sửa đúng. 🔑 chấm điểm.

15 She is busyer than she was last week.busiermore busybusyier

16 Working on a farm is difficulter than working in an office.difficultiermore difficultmost difficult

17 You work as hard she does.as harder she doesas hard as she doesharder as she does

18 Eating vegetables is healthier as eating fruit.healthier thanmore healthy asas healthier as

19 Is buying food from a farm as better as buying food from a supermarket?as best asas good asas more good as

Phần 5/5 · EXTRA · ✍ Vocabulary B · fill the gap · câu 20–25

✍ Từ vựng · điền chỗ trống

Which word fits? 🌱

Chọn từ đúng cho mỗi câu. Bốn lựa chọn cùng từ loại, chỉ một từ hợp nghĩa.

20Rice grows well in wet near the river.

21Some farmers use to make their vegetables bigger.

22Bees and ants are with six legs.

23 from the factories makes the river dirty.

24Wells bring up from under the fields.

25Honey is a(n) food; nobody makes it in a factory.

✍️ Bài về nhà

📚 Bài tập về nhà · Lesson 2

Bài tập về nhà 📚

📚 Việc cần làm ở nhà

📒 Ghi vào vở: từ vựng + ngữ pháp (chép tay)

🔁 Làm lại các câu em làm sai

⭐ Làm phần Extra

🎤 Thu bài nói ở nhà

🃏 Học từ vựng bài mới

💬 Exit ticket (chat): one comparison sentence about food. 👋 Next: Lesson 3 · Apply and Soft Skills