Unit 4: Reading

AIMS :    Help students know a lot of new words and a new point of grammar Help students understand why people volunteer work and what they Help students practice reading skill and find the main ideas in the passage LEXICAL ITEMS :    (v) : mow, suffer in/ from, take part in = participate in, take care of… (a ) : disadvantaged, remote, handicapped, voluntary (n ) : volunteer STRUCTURE :   Perfect gerund and perfect participle Gerund and present participle TEACHING AIDS :      Pictures Cassette Color chalks Computer A textbook WARM – UP : Look at these pictures and answer some questions Who are they ? - They are college students / high school students Where are they? - They are at a remote village/ at a home What are they doing ? - Thay are reparing houses / helping the handicapped Do they get paid for their work ? - No, they are doing something without having any kinds of payment So we can say that UNIT : VOLUNTEER WORK PART A : READING LOC HUNG HIGH SCHOOL Look at the picture in the book and answer the questions 1.How many people are there in the picture? And who are they ? There are people in the picture : an old woman and a boy What is the old woman doing? She is reading books to the boy In our lesson today, you will know about volunteer work in the USA WH ILE YOU READ : New words : volunteer (n ) voluntary (adj ) voluntarily (adv ) without payment; free volunteer (something; for/ as something) (v ) Orphanage (n)  mow (v) cut grass  take part in (v ) participate in     disadvantaged (adj) handicapped (adj )suffering from a mental or physical handicap remote (adj ) Task :The word volunteer appears in the passage in different parts of speech Use an appropriate form of the word volunteer to complete each of the following sentences When she retired, she did a lot of _ service for the Red Cross She was not fired She left the company She needs some _ to clean up the kitchen Last month the company to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas Answer : voluntary voluntarily volunteers volunteered  Task : Choose the best answer from A,B,C or D for each of the following sentences Volunteers usually help those who are sick or old in their homes by A mowing the lawns, doing shopping and cleaning up their houses B cooking, sewing or washing their clothes C telling them stories, and singing and dancing for them D taking them to baseball games Big Brother is A the name of the club B a home for children C the name of the film Most of the boy’s and the girls’ clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers because they A have a lot of free time B can understand the problems of younger boys and girls C know how to work D are good at playing games Volunteers believe that _ A in order to make others happy, they have to be unhappy B the happiest people are those who make themselves happy C the happiest people are those who are young and healthy D bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people 5 The best title for the passage is A Taking care of others B Volunteer work in the United States C Volunteers : The Happiest People In The World D Helping Old and Sick People in the United States Task : Answer the questions What high school and college students usually as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the ages?  They usually visit these places They read books to the people there, play games with them or listen to their problems How volunteers help disadvantaged and handicapped children to overcome their difficulties?  They give care and comfort to them Where students volunteer to work during summer vacations?  During summer vacations, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas AFTER YOU READ Answer the questions 1.What kind of voluntary work you usually at school? What you usually in each kind of volunteer work? - collecting donations from friends, family and involving them in fundraising activities (to help the poor students ) - participating in the Green Saturday Movement (to clean the streets /to plant trees/to raise people’s awareness of protecting the enviroment ) Homework   Learn new words by hearts and then read the text again Prepare Unit ( cont ) : Speaking [...]... bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people 5 The best title for the passage is A Taking care of others B Volunteer work in the United States C Volunteers : The Happiest People In The World D Helping Old and Sick People in the United States Task 3 : Answer the questions 1 What do high school and college students usually do as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or homes for the... the Green Saturday Movement (to clean the streets /to plant trees/to raise people’s awareness of protecting the enviroment ) Homework   Learn new words by hearts and then read the text again Prepare Unit 4 ( cont ) : Speaking ... they are doing something without having any kinds of payment So we can say that UNIT : VOLUNTEER WORK PART A : READING LOC HUNG HIGH SCHOOL Look at the picture in the book and answer the questions... Taking care of others B Volunteer work in the United States C Volunteers : The Happiest People In The World D Helping Old and Sick People in the United States Task : Answer the questions What... There are people in the picture : an old woman and a boy What is the old woman doing? She is reading books to the boy In our lesson today, you will know about volunteer work in the USA WH