Unit4

UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
READING
Aims: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
read for specific information
read for general ideas
work in pairs/groups effectively
get to know about volunteer work
Teaching aids: Handouts, pictures
PROCEDURE
I. WARM-UP: (5’)
-divide the class into 2 groups
-give instruction: Each group will take turns to answer the questions prepared before hand by the teacher. If they give the correct answer they will get 1 mark. The group with more marks wins the game.
Questions:
What do you call the person who cures diseases for animals? (vet)
Tell me the name of the fruit which is round, sweet, rather big? (orange)
Which animal lives in the forest and eats the carrots? (rabbit)
Fill in the missing words
______________ or West, home is best
What is the antonym of “full”? (empty)
What do you call the money we give to the children on Tet Holidays?(lucky money)
What is a popular kind of drink in Japan, China and Vietnam? (tea)
What is up when it rains? (umbrella)
10. What do you call the home of the birds (nest)
Treasure: VOLUNTEER
T shows some pictures and asks them the following question: What are the people in the pictures doing?
Expected answers:
1. They are preparing a country road
2. They are playing games with children in the countryside
3. They are teaching street children
Lead-in: These people are doing the work without being paid for it. What do you call this kind of work?
(Volunteer work
In the lesson today you will know about some volunteer work in the USA). Can you tell me some volunteer work in our school?
Expected answers:
Helping the disabled
Helping the people suffering badly in wars or natural disasters
Helping the poor, old….
( In our lesson today, we’ll read about the volunteer work.
II. PRE-READING
1. Pre-teaching vocabulary:
-volunteer (n): tình nguyện viên → picture + explanation
These people are doing volunteer work. They are volunteers.
→ volunteer (v): tình nguyện
→ voluntary (adj): tình nguyện→ context situation and synonym
In her spare time, she does the work without being paid for it?
In her spare time, she does ____________ work (voluntary)
-remote (adj): xa xôi → synonym
What is the synonym of “far away”?
-mow (v): xén, gặt → picture +example
Show the picture of a mower and ask students to fill in the gap with one word in the following sentence:
This machine is used to ______ lawn.
-handicapped (adj): tàn tật, khuyết tật → picture + translation
Show a picture of the handicapped and elicit the word.
-orphanage (n): trại mồ côi→ question
What do you call the home for children whose parents are dead?
2. Checking vocabulary : Gap-filling
1. When she retired, she did a lot of _________ service for the Red Cross
2. He continued to ________ the lawn and did routine chores
3. She needs some ________ to clean up the kitchen
4. We have visited many villages in ________ areas
5. I’m going to work two days a week teaching ________ kids to fish.
6. She was sent to an _________ when her mother died.
7. The company _________ to donate fifty trucks to help the flooded areas.
Key:
1. Voluntary 2. mow 3. volunteers 4. remote
5. handicapped 6. orphanage 7. volunteers / volunteered
II.WHILE –READING (17’)
Activity 1: Multiple choice (task2, P.48)
-Put students into pairs
-In pairs, ask them to choose the best answer from A, B, C or D for each of the sentence
-Call on some Students to give the answers
-Make corrections
Expected answers: 1.A, 2.D. 3.B. 4.D, 5.B
Activity 2: Questions and answers (task 3, P49)
-Have students work in pairs to ask and answer the questions.
-Call some students to give the answer and write on the board
-Check with the class
Expected answers:
1. They read books to the people there, play games with them and listen to their problem.
2. They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties
3. During summer vacations, they volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas to provide education for children
IV. POST – READING: Discussion
-Have students work in groups of for or five, discussing the following questions:
What kind of volunteer work do you usually do at school?