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WARM-UP
ALPHABET
GAME

Example:
A: asked
B: bought
C: came

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COMMUNITY
SERVICE
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.
2 ways to give compliments:
Mark: Wonderful!

- Sounds like great work!
- Wonderful!

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COMMUNITY
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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

Tom

What did you…………….… I and my friends
last summer?
……………… of our
neighbourhood.
Sounds……………………….
.!
………………………………!
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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
______
1
lonely

2 B. making the neighbourhood
______
2
greener

1 C. helping feed children
______
______ D. helping children have a
better future

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

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4

Mai

Donate food to
street children

This helps feed children

Lan

Clean- up
activities

These activities make
our neighbourhood
cleaner

…
…

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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

1

WRAP-UP

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

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

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