Unit

HOBBIES

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

Unit

COMMUNITY SERVICE

3

Bui Thi Chin

Tien Lu secondary school
WARM-UP

Alphabet game

LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

Aims of the stage:

*to review students' knowledge of the past simple tense
EVERYDAY ENGLISH

_2 ways to give compliments:_

*_Sounds like great work!_ *_Wonderful!_
Listen and read the dialogue between Lan and Mark. Pay attention to the highlighted parts.

_Lan: _What did you do to help your community last summer, Mark? _Mark: _We planted some trees in the schoolyard and picked up a lot of rubbish along the nearby roads. _Lan: _Sounds like great work! We collected books and warm clothes for our friends in the mountainous areas. _Mark: _Wonderful!

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Work in pairs. Make similar conversations.

2

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

1. Mi helped lonely elderly people. 2. Tom and his friends cleaned and decorated parts of their neighborhood.

Mi: What did you do to help your community last summer, Tom?

Tom: My friends and I cleaned and decorated parts of our neighbourhood.

Mi: Sounds like great work! I helped lonely elderly people in the area.

Tom: Wonderful!
CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

3

Work in pairs.

Read the poster about the volunteer activities for teenagers at _Lending Hand._
Benefits

______ A. making the elderly less lonely

______ B. making the neighborhood greener

______ C. helping feed children

______ D. helping children have a better future

______ E. making the neighborhood cleaner

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2

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3

Write the project number (1 – 3) next to its benefit (A – E)

3

CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
Ask and answer which activities in Task 3 you want to join. Give reasons.

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_Example_: _Minh_: Which activity do you want to join? _Lan_: I want to join some clean-up activities. _Minh_: Why do you want to join these activities? _Lan_: because they make the neighborhood cleaner

CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
4

Discuss which activity each member of your group chooses and the benefit(s) of the activity.

5

_Example_: Mai wants to donate food to street children because this helps feed them. Lan wants to join clean-up activities because these activities make our neighborhood cleaner …

CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD
WRAP-UP

1

CONSOLIDATION

In this lesson, we have learn to:

*know how to give compliments *discuss and present the benefits of community activities
HOMEWORK

2

CONSOLIDATION

*Think about some environmental problems in your neighborhood and the activities you want to do to solve those problems.