Unit 03. Community Service. Lesson 7. Looking back & project

You joined Our Town 6 months ago because you wanted to introduce Vietnamese culture to foreigners, and to practise English?. You have given tours in English, and helped visitors to play

ENGLISH 7

COMMUNITY SERVICE

By: Le Viet Phu

Unit 3:

LISTENING

1 Match the verbs in blue with the correct words

food books clothing

1 Because Minh has (ever, never, ago) worked

for a charity shop, he really wants to do it.

2 (Already, Last week, So far) we visited sick

children in Viet Due Hospital.

3 Nhung has (already, many times, ever) finished

all the homework.

4 Have you read that book (yet, ever, never)?

5 Yes, I finished it (three times, so far, yesterday).

2 Circle the best answer.

3 Put the verbs in the past simple or the

present perfect.

1 He thinks she's the most kind-hearted girl

he ever (meet) _.

2 She (visit) _Hue when she was a child.

3 She (visit) Hue once.

4 How many plays Shakespeare

did

met.

write

has written

4 Finish the sentences below.

1 They've decided to buy that car because…

2 Put on your warm coat because …

3 We like her because…

4 Let's help the street children because…

5 Because she loves her students,…

the engine is very good / it’s cheap / energy-saving…

it is cold outside / It’s going to be cold this evening

she's kind / nice /…

they are not as lucky as we are / they’re in need she works very hard to improve her teaching /

she's good-hearted / honest /

she just reminds and never punishes her students

COMMUNICATION

5 Role-play Student A is a reporter and

student B is a volunteer Student A asks the questions and writes down student B's answers Then swap your roles Use the following questions as prompts:

• When did you start working for your organisation?

• Why did you decide to volunteer?

• What have you done so far with (name of organisation)?

• Was there anything that made you happy with your work last month?

You joined Our Town 6 months ago because

you wanted to introduce Vietnamese culture

to foreigners, and to practise English You have given tours in English, and helped visitors to play traditional Vietnamese games Last month you felt happy when you received

a thank-you letter from two Australian visitors who liked the tours very much.

Student A

- Joined Our Town 6 months ago.

- Wanted to introduce Vietnamese culture to foreigners, to practise English.

- Have given tours in English, helped visitors

to play traditional Vietnamese games.

- Happy when you received a thank-you letter from two Australian visitors.

Model the interview with student A

R: Hi Mai You are from Our Town – A programme

that helps tourists, aren’t you?

M: Yes, I am.

R: Why did you decide to volunteer?

M: Because I wanted to introduce Vietnamese culture

to foreigners, and to practise English.

R: What have you done so far with Our Town?

M: I have given tours in English, and helped visitors to

play traditional Vietnamese games.

R: Was there anything that made you happy with

your work last month?

M: Last month I felt happy when I received a

thank-you letter from two Australian visitors who liked the tours very much.

R: Thank you very much for joining our interview, Mai

You joined Big Heart 2 years ago

because you wanted to help people in hospital You have donated blood twice, and given presents to sick children Last month you felt happy when you made a Mid-Autumn Festival lantern yourself and gave it to a little girl in hospital who loved it so much.

Student B

- Joined Big Heart 2 years ago

- Wanted to help people in hospital.

- Have donated blood twice, given

presents to sick children.

- Happy when you made a Mid-Autumn

Festival lantern and gave it to a little

girl in hospital.

Model the interview with student B

R: Hi Phong You are from Big Heart – A programme

that helps sick people in hospital, aren’t you?

P: Yes, I am.

R: Why did you decide to volunteer?

P: Because I wanted to help people in hospital.

R: What have you done so far with Big Heart?

P: I have donated blood twice, and given presents to

sick children.

R: Was there anything that made you happy with

your work last month?

P: Last month I felt happy when I made a

Mid-Autumn Festival lantern myself and gave it to a little girl in hospital who loved it so much.

R: Thank you very much for joining our interview, Phong

Take part in the volunteer activities in your community Report your experiences.

Or

Start your own volunteer project! Work in groups and develop your ideas into a real class or school project.

PROJECT

- Think about your local area What needs to be done

to make things better? What can you do to help?

- Think about your school What needs to be done to make it a better place? What can you do to help?

- Think about your classroom Is there anything that needs to be done? What can you do to help?

- Think about your classmates Are there friends who need help? What can you do to help your friends?

- Think about the people in your local community What do they need? What can you do to help?

Ideas on your volunteer work:

Make your local area a better place

- Things need to be done: 

+ clean up streets / river banks / ponds

+ fix the roofs of the house for the poor

+ collect rubbish in public places such as parks / bus stops / schoolyard.

+ protect the environment: ask people to classify rubbish for recycling.

+ Give help to the street children / the elderly

+ Tutor the poor (street) children / give help with their homework before or after school.

- I can:

+ ask my friends to help me.

+ call for people to donate money / books /

blankets clothes…

PROJECT MODEL

Make your local area a

better place

I find that my neighborhood is too polluted, because there is too much rubbish everywhere, especially in the public places It’s time we need

to do a campaign to clean it up.

I can ask my friends to collect rubbish and clean

up the parks, streets, lakes and ponds in our neighborhood. 

I can ask people to put rubbish in the garbage bins I can classify rubbish, reuse and recycle things and teach people how to do so.

Oh, yeah! We can make a difference Our neighborhood becomes a better place to live now

- Review all the new words again.

- Review the Past Simple and the Present Perfect again.

- Choose one of the topics above, then

do the project.

- Prepare for : REVIEW 1

See you

again!