Unit 04. For a Better Community. Lesson 1. Getting started

DESIGNED BY DOAN THI HUONG THAO
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
There is a saying….
“If you give me a fish,
I will eat today.
If you teach me to fish,
I will eat my whole life long”
Tuesday, November 1st 2016
Unit 4: For a better life
Lesson 1: Getting started. Who needs our help?
Use the lexical items related to the topic. “For a better community”.
Read for specific information about reason why people do volunteer work.
Make dialogue with some expressions
Activity 2: Elicit the dialogue
Can you predict the content of this picture?
Who is the teacher? (look at him, his blue shirt.....)
What are the people doing in the picture?
What do you think about their activities?
Do you want to try this job? Why?
Listen and read
Quan: Hi, Hieu. I called you yesterday afternoon, but you didn’t answer.
Hieu: Oh, really? What time?
Quan: At about 2 p.m. What were you doing then?
Hieu: Oh,when you called, I was working. I volunteer every Tuesday afternoon at the Happy Mind Charity Centre. I teach children.
Quan: Really? Why?
Hieu: Because these children are disadvantaged. They have many problems and they need help.
Quan: What subjects do you teach them?
Hieu: Vietnamese and Maths.
Quan: It sounds interesting. How did you get the job?

Hieu: Just by chance. I was interested in doing volunteer work,so when I saw the advertisement for volunteer positions in the newspaper last summer, I applied and was chosen.
Quan: Oh, I see. Was the job easy at first?
Hieu: Not really. When I worked with them for the first time, many of them couldn’t read or write. Some of them were hopeless at Maths!
Quan: What did you do then?
Hieu: I got some useful advice from my teacher. It was really helpful. All of the children can read and write now.
Quan: Your job is very meaningful. I also want to do something useful for our society.
Hieu: Well, if you are interested in this kind of work, I will introduce you to my team leader.
Quan: That sounds great. Thanks for your suggestion! I’m very excited


Activity3:Answer the questions
When did Quan call Hieu?
What was Hieu doing when Quan called?
Was Hieu successful as a volunteer teacher there?
What do you think about Hieu’ s volunteer work?
Have you ever done anything to help other people? If yes, What did you do to help them?
He called Hieu at 2 p.m yesterday afternoon.
Hieu was teaching children at the Happy Mind Charity Centre.
Yes, he was. At first, many of his students couldn’t read or write. Now, all of them can read and write.
I think Hieu’ s volunteer work is meaningful.
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Which work is a volunteer work?
Taking part in an excursion.
Helping people in remote or mountainous areas.
Giving care and comfort to the poor and the sick
Participating in an English speaking club.
Providing education for disadvantaged children.
Joining the Green Saturday Movement.
Blood donation.
Helping the people who have suffered badly in natural disasters.
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Activity 4: Make a dialogue using the expressions
When do we use these expressions?
That sounds great.
* We use this to express something is interesting
2. Not really.
* When we want to express something is not like as the first
3.……...by chance.
* Something happens accidentally, no intention.
4.Well,
*It is used to express a range of emotions including surprise, anger, resignation or relief
Fill in each blank with a suitable expression: by chance/ well/ that sounds great/ not really
Huy: Daddy, I’ve got a surprise for you.
Daddy: Really? What’s that?
Huy: _______, I was chosen to be a volunteer this summer in Bac Kan province.
Daddy: _______________! Did your teacher offer you the job?
Huy: _____. I got it _____. I saw an advertisement online, I applied and they accepted me
Daddy: What will you do to help people there?
Huy: I think I can help them to harvest crops and help children to learn.
Daddy: Good! I’’m sure you will have a meaningful summer!
Huy: Thanks, Dad!

Fill in each blank with a suitable expression: by chance/ well/ that sounds great/ not really
Huy: Daddy, I’ve got a surprise for you.
Daddy: Really? What’s that?
Huy: Well, I was chosen to be a volunteer this summer in Bac Kan province.
Daddy: That sounds great! Did your teacher offer you the job?
Huy: Not really. I got it by chance. I saw an advertisement online, I applied and they accepted me
Daddy: What will you do to help people there?
Huy: I think I can help them to harvest crops and help children to learn.
Daddy: Good! I’’m sure you will have a meaningful summer!
Huy: Thanks, Dad!

Consolidation
What you have learnt today?
Through the lesson you can:
Get the specific information about why people do volunteer work
Improve your vocabulary on the topic “ For a community better”
Also know the way to use and practise some expression.
Homework
Read the dialogue again and translate it into Vietnamese
Prepare next lesson