English 7 unit 3 community service lesson 5 skills 1

According to U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year.. Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in ne

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Give the names of the activities

Period 20: UNIT 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE

Lesson 5 : SKILLS 1

READING

* Checking: Match the word with the right pictures

1 statistic 2 Government 3 force 4 pay -paid-paid

5 labour 6 transportation 7 tutor 8 mentor

Task 1 Guess if the following statements are

true(T) or false (F).

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

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).

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

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.

T

T

F F

 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 animals

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 animals

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 + V inf

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

To help repair things, we could…

To help people with transport- ation, we could

To tutor young children, we could

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

school

• 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 it with 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?