Unit 03. Community Service. Lesson 5. Skills 1

WELCOME  TO  OUR  CLASS ENGLISH Unit 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE By: Le Viet Phu WARM-UP: What community service are these? donate books donate blood clean up beaches visit the elderly plant trees give lessons to street children NEW LESSON Unit 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE SKILLS READING Vocabulary − at one time or another (exp) − government statistics (n) − force (v) − general labour (n) − clean-up project (n) − home repair (n) − transportation (n) − give rides to s.b (v) − tutor (v) − mentor (v) lúc hay lúc khác thống kê nhà nước ép buộc, bắt ép lao động phổ thông đề án làm vệ sinh việc sửa chữa nhà cửa phương tiện lại chở dạy kèm dẫn, dạy Checking vocabulary − at one time or another (exp) − government statistics (n) − force (v) − general labour (n) − clean-up project (n) − home repair (n) − transportation (n) − give rides to s.b (v) − tutor (v) − mentor (v) lúc hay lúc khác thống kê nhà nước ép buộc, bắt ép lao động phổ thông đề án làm vệ sinh việc sửa chữa nhà cửa phương tiện lại chở dạy kèm dẫn, dạy InRead the United almost everyone, atUnited one time or another, has been a volunteer According to the textStates, about volunteer work in the States U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to it They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour (such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/mentoring young people (adapted from "Volunteering: An American Tradition" by Susan J.Ellis and Katherine H.Campbell in eJoumal USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism U.S Department of State, 2012) 2 Decide if the following statements are true or false (F) T F According to the text, nearly every American has done volunteer work in his or her life Every year almost one in five Americans works as a volunteer Americans have been volunteering for less than 50 years Americans volunteer because they are forced to it     Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick () the boxes providing care for animals raising money  cooking meals  donating blood cleaning streets  teaching young children  SPEAKING Idea bank: Fill in the table with your ideas for volunteer activities To raise To provide To help repair To help people To tutor young money, we food, we things, we with transport- children, we could could could could… ation, we could • make • cook food postcar-ds and bring it to • repair the roofs of • give rides to the and sell them street children • provide homework help their houses and elderly before/ after school other • offer free bus • offer evening classes for household tickets to disabled street children appliances people/the poor Work in groups Share the ideas in your idea bank with your group members Then, use the most interesting ideas to create a new group idea bank and share it with the class Example: A: We could make postcards and sell them to raise money B: What types of postcards? A: We could make paper / wooden / leather …postcards C: Where should we sell them? A: We could sell them in the market / to the bookstores… Suggestion for discussion G1: To raise money, we could + collect waste paper / used glass / bottles and sell them + Save from the money for breakfast + make post cards and sell them ,… G2: To provide food, we could  + Cook food and bring it to street children  + plant vegetables at school ground and take them to the elderly people  + Offer coupons for breakfast / lunch / dinner for the poor people ,… G3: To help repair things, we could  + help the old rebuild their houses, fix the roofs… + help them repair the household appliances,… G4: To help people with transportation, we could  + Give rides to the elderly; Give people a lift… + Take old people across the road + Offer free bus tickets to disabled people / the poor ,… + Direct the traffic; Clean and make streets clear… G5: To tutor young children, we could  + Provide homework help before or after school + Offer evening classes for street children + Donate books, notebooks and other school things  G6: To recycle rubbish, we could + Collect paper, glass, bottles, cans for reusing or recycling + Ask and encourage people to classify rubbish for recycling + Put garbage bins in the schoolyard, along the streets, HOMEWORK - Learn the new words - Practice reading the passage again - Prepare for Unit 3: SKILLS + THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Goodbye! See you again! ...WARM-UP: What community service are these? donate books donate blood clean up beaches visit the elderly plant trees give lessons to street children NEW LESSON Unit 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE SKILLS READING... làm vệ sinh việc sửa chữa nhà cửa phương tiện lại chở dạy kèm dẫn, dạy InRead the United almost everyone, atUnited one time or another, has been a volunteer According to the textStates, about... streets, HOMEWORK - Learn the new words - Practice reading the passage again - Prepare for Unit 3: SKILLS + THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Goodbye! See you again!