Unit 4: Volunteer Work Writing

Aims: - Students learn some words, phrases and basic structures used in a letter of gratitude.. - Students learn how to write a letter of gratitude.. Lexical items: - donation, donated

UNIT 4:

VOLUNTEER WORK PART D: WRITING

LOC HUNG HIGH - SCHOOL

I OBJECTIVES:

A Aims:

- Students learn some words, phrases and basic structures used in a letter of gratitude

- Students learn how to write a letter of gratitude

B Lexical items:

- donation, donated amount, handicapped students, a receipt, cooperation, issue, get assistance, express one’s thanks for something, etc

C Structures:

- I am happy to….,I would like to express….,etc

D Teaching aids:

- board, chalks, poiter

A Aims:

- Students learn some words, phrases and basic structures used in a letter of gratitude

- Students learn how to write a letter of gratitude

donation, donated amount, handicapped students, a receipt, cooperation, issue, get assistance, express one’s thanks for something, etc

B Lexical items

C Structures

I am happy to….,I would like to express….,etc

II.PROCEDURE:

Warm-up: Teacher asks some questions:

1. Do you often write a letter to thank someone?

1 Yes, I do / No, I don’t often write to thank someone , I

just say “ thank you”

2 Will you help people if you have a lot of money?

If yes, who will you help?

2 Yes, I will help the poor and the handicapped

Suggested answers:

Part 1 : Pre-Writing

Task 1:

1 Teacher explains some words and phrases (use

Vietnamese if necessary)

- gratitude (n) : the feeling of expressing thanks to so

- donation (n): the act of giving money , clothes or food to the poor or the handicapped

- donor (n) : a person who makes a donation

- handicapped (a)= disabled

- receipt (n): receiving or being received; written

acknowledgement of money or goods received

- issue (v): publish ; put money into general use

- cooperation (n): working together for a common purpose

- get assistance = receive help

2/ Teacher asks students to do task 1 in pairs and call two students to answer it

Answers:

 the opening of the letter: Dear Sir/Madam,

 the donated amount: I am very happy to receive a

donation of $500 from your company some days ago

 the way (s) the money is used: the money will help us to repair the old building and build a new block of flats for the handicapped students

 the way the receipt is issued: We will certainly issue a

receipt as soon as possible

 the gratitude to the donor: I would like to express our

thanks for the donation from your company

 the closing of the letter: I look forward to hearing from you soon Yours faithfully

Part 1 : Pre-Writing (cont)

Part 1 : Pre-Writing (cont)

3/ Teacher asks students to read the letter again to know the context of the letter, the writing style and some basic

structures

Questions:

a/ What is the main aim of the letter?

(To express gratitude to the donation.)

b/ Is it a formal or informal letter? Explain

(It’s a formal letter because of the phrases “

Dear Sir/Madam”, “Yours faithfully”, “would like to…”used

in the letter

Part 2 : While-writing

Task 2:

1. Teacher asks students to do the task in small groups

(groups of five ) and find out the information about the

suggestions in task 1

2. Teacher calls one student to write his/her letter on the board

and correct it

3. Teacher offers a model letter

Part 2 : While-writing (cont)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to

s,

Model letter:

(Address)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to express our thanks for a donation

of 1,000,000 VND I have just received from your

organization With that sum of money, we will

contribute to the funding for our new school

library We will also spend some money on new

computers.

I hope you will help us a lot and cooperate with

us in the future

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely yours,

John Walker

Choose one of these following situations to write a letter of gratitude:

1. Write a letter to thank an organization for offering you a

scholarship

2. Write a letter to thank a person who recommended you to

a club

Part 3: Post-Writing