Unit 03. Community Service. Lesson 5. Skills 1

ENGLISH 7:
Unit 3: COMMUNITY SERVICE
Skills 1
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ENGLISH 7
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Unit 3:
KIM’S GAME: What community services are these?
donating books
cleaning up beaches
planting trees
donating blood
visiting the elderly
giving lessons to street children
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KIM’S GAME: What community services are these?
Period 20
UNIT 3
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Lesson 5: SKILLS 1
READING
Task 1. Guess if the following statements are true(T) or false (F).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Task 2. Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick (√) the boxes.
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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.
Vocabulary (Matching)
government statistics (n)
population (n)
force (v)
general labour (n
transportation (n)
give rides to s.b (v)
thống kê nhà nước
lao động phổ thông
phương tiện đi lại
chở ai đi/cho ai đi nhờ xe
ép buộc, bắt ép
dân số
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.

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
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.
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 …
+ 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
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What volunteer activity is it?
Giving evening classes for street 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
HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart all the new words
-Do exercises- D1, 2, 3 (WB)
Prepare new lesson:
Unit 3. SKILLS 2

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1. Task 1( 32)
* New words









one – fifth:
một phần năm

force (n,v):
/fɔːrs/
bắt buộc
I. Reading
mentor (n, v):
/ˈmen.tɔːr//

Thầy hướng dẫn

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,..
Task 3. Idea bank: Fill in the table with your ideas for volunteer activities
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.