Ms Tam

WARM-UP
ALPHABET GAME
Example:
A: asked
B: bought
C: came

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COMMUNITY
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LESSON 4: COMMUNICATION

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH

1

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!

2 ways to give compliments:
- Sounds like great work!
- Wonderful!

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2 ways to give compliments:
- Sounds like great work!
- Wonderful!

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Some other ways to give compliments:
- That's fantastic.
- Great.
- Excellent.

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH

2 Work in pairs. Make similar conversations.
1. Mi helped lonely elderly people.
2. Tom and his friends cleaned and
decorated parts of their
neighbourhood.

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1. Mi helped lonely elderly
people.

You

Mi

What did you…………….…last summer?

I helped……………………people.

That's……………………………!
We donated clothes for poor children. ……………………………..!

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2. Tom and his friends cleaned and decorated parts of
their neighbourhood.
You

What did you…………….…last
summer?

Tom
I and my friends ……………… of
our neighbourhood.

Sounds………………………..!
We planted flowers in the park. ………………………………!

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CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

3

Work in pairs.
Read the poster
about the volunteer
activities for
teenagers at
Lending Hand.

CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

3

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

Benefits

3 A. making the elderly less lonely
______

1 B. making the neighbourhood greener
______
2 C. helping feed children
______

2 D. helping children have a better future
______
1 E. making the neighbourhood cleaner
______

CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

4

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

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 neighbourhood cleaner

CHANGING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

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4
Name

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

The benefits of the activity

Mai

Donate food to
street children

Lan

Clean- up activities These activities make our
neighbourhood cleaner

…
…

This helps feed children

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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
neighbourhood cleaner …

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CONSOLIDATION

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WRAP-UP

In this lesson, we have learnt to:
 know how to give compliments
 discuss and present the benefits of
community activities

CONSOLIDATION

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HOMEWORK

- Practice speaking the volunteer activities.
- Do more exercises in workbook.
- Prepare new lesson: SKILLS_1