English 7 unit 3 community service lesson 5 skills 1

ENGLISH 7

street children

Give the names of the activities

Period 20: UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

Lesson 5: SKILLS 1

READING

* Vocabulary

- statistic (n): thống kê- Government (n)

: chính phủ- pay – paid - paid(v) : trả tiền

- transportation (n) : phương tiện đi lại

* Checking: Match the word with the right pictures

1 statistic 2 Government 3 force 4 pay -paid-paid5 labour6 transportation 7 tutor 8 mentor

Task 1 Guess if the following statements are true(T) or false (F).

Task 1 Read the text about volunteer work in the United States

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer According to 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 do 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.

Task 1 Decide if the following statements are true(T) or false (F).

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer According to 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 do 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.

1 According to the text, nearly every American has done volunteer work in his or

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer According to 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 do 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.

2 Every year almost one in five Americans

works as a volunteer.√

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer According to 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 do 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.

3 Americans have been volunteering for less

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer According to 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 do 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.

4 Americans volunteer because they are

2 Decide if the following statements are True or False?

1 According to the text, nearly every American has done volunteer work in his or her life.

2 Every year, almost one in five Americans works as a volunteer.

3 Americans have been volunteering for less than 50 years.

4 Americans volunteer because they are forced to do it.

 since the early days of the country

 … not because they are forced to do it.

Task 2 Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick (√) the boxes

1 providing care for animals2 raising money

3 cooking meals4 donating blood5 cleaning streets

6 teaching young children

In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer According to 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 do 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.

Task 2 Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick (√) the boxes

1 providing care for animals2 raising money

3 cooking meals4 donating blood5 cleaning streets

6 teaching young children

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SPEAKING

raise money

make postcard and sell them

What could we do to raise money?

We could make postcards and sell them to raise money.

We can use for giving suggestions/ ideas to do something could + Vinf

4 Idea bank: Fill in the table with your ideas for volunteer activities.

To raise money, we

To

provide food, we could

To help repair

things, we could…

To help

people with transport-ation, we could

To tutor young

children, we could

• make postcards and sell them

• cook food and bring it to street children

• repair the

roofs of their houses and other

household appliances

• give rides to the elderly

• offer free

bus tickets to disabled

people/the poor

• provide

homework help before/ after

• offer evening

classes for street children

Task 5 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 itwith the class

A: We could make postcards and sell them to raise money.

B: What types of postcards?

C: Congratulation cards or decoration cards.

A: What are the postcards made of?

B: Coloured papers, used clothes, buttons…

C: Where should we sell them?

A: At school, in the park or crowded places

+ help the old rebuild their houses, fix the roofs… + help them repair the household appliances,…

Suggestions 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

+ Provide homework help before or after school+ Offer evening classes for street children

+ Donate books, notebooks and other school things 

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 

*Lucky number

*What volunteer activity is it?

children.

*What volunteer activity is it?

Visiting the elderly people

We could make postcards and sell them.

*What could we do to raise money?

We could donate clothes

*What could we do to help the street children?

How many people do volunteer work in the USA each year?

About one- fifth

Volunteer work

Raising money

*KIM’S GAME: What community services are these?