WELCOME TO OUR CLASS

- donating clothes

2

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3

- collecting
rubbish

- planting trees

Kim's
Gam
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4

5

- cleaning
the street
- tutoring
homeless children

6

- helping
old people

LESSON 6: SKILLS 2

Listenin
g
Writing

• Tom and Linda's community
activities last summer.
• Write an email about your
school activities last summer.

I. LISTENING

1 What community activities are the children doing in the pictures?
1. picking up
litter
a

2. reading books to the elderly

3. planting
trees

2. reading books to the
elderly
b

c

1. picking up litter

3. planting trees

2

Listen to Tom and Linda talking about their community activities last summer.
Circle the correct answers.

1. Linda and her friends taught

3. Tom and his friends picked up

______.

______.

A. English and literature

A. books and paper

B. maths and history

B. bottles and books

C. English and maths

C. paper and bottles

2. Linda and her friends ______ the

4. Tom and his friends ______.

elderly.

A. grew some trees

A. talked to

B. tutored maths

B. cooked for

C. cleaned schools

C. read books to

3 Listen again and fill in each blank with no more than two
words.

fun
good time

skills

2 Listen to Tom and Linda talking about their community activities last summer.

Tom: So, what did your club do last year?
Linda: We tutored 3rd grade children and helped old people.
Tom: Fantastic! What did you tutor?
Linda: We taught English and maths.
Tom: Awesome! Was it difficult?
Linda: Yes. But we had a lot of fun.
Tom: I see! How did you help the elderly?
Linda: We cooked for them and did some cleaning, too.
Tom: Great! I'm sure they benefited from it.
Linda: Thanks! It made us feel useful. How about you?
Tom: We picked up paper and bottles in a nearby park. We also planted some trees.
Linda: Fabulous! Did you water them too?
Tom: Sure. We watered them very often the first few weeks and enjoyed watching
them grow.
Linda: Glad to hear it, Tom.
Tom: Yes. It was a really good time. We worked and played together, and we learnt
some skills, too.

II. WRITING

4 Read Tom's email to Nam about his school
activities last summer.

1. Who is writing to whom?
-> Tom is writing to Nam.
2. What is the subject of the email?
-> School activities last summer.

are Nam. Now write an email of about 70 words to Tom
5 You
about your school activities last summer. Start your email
as shown below.

- donate books and clothes for a
charity organization
- meet the orphan's children
- play with them
- give candies to them
We donated
books and clothes for a charity organization. In here,
We met the orphan's children. We played with them.
We gave candies to them. They were all happy.

- plant trees in your area
- teach street children to read and
write
- sing and dance with elderly in a
nursing home
- pick up litter in the park

5

You are Nam. Now write an email of about 70 words to Tom about your school
activities last summer. Start your email as shown below.

To: tom@webmail.com
Subject: School activities last summer
Dear Tom,
Things are good. We also did some interesting activities last
summer. Latest here on Sunday, I and my brother donated books and
clothes for a charity organization. In here, I met the orphan's
children. I played with them. Then I gave candies to them. They were
all very happy and so did I.
Please write back to me.
See you soon,
Nam

* POST-LISTENING & WRITING

CLASS GALLERY
Students can:
 go and see other's work
 give comments to each
other

* CONSOLIDATION

1 WRAP-UP
In this lesson, we have learnt to:
 listen for specific information about some
community activities and their benefits;
 write an email about community activities
one did last summer.

* CONSOLIDATION

2 HOMEWORK
 Rewrite the email on your notebook.
 Prepare for the next lesson: Looking back &
Project

Goodbye.
See you again.