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LESSON 3

PRE-READING

Show picture- answer the question
Task 1: watch clip and name popular volunteering activities
for teenagers.
* Vocabulary
Task 2: Read the text and choose the main idea.
Task 3: Match the highlighted words in the text with their
meanings.
Task 4: Decide whether the following statements are true
(T) or false (F).

WHILE-READING

POST-READING

CONSOLIDATION

READING
GETTING STARTED

Task 5: Discuss the question.
• Wrap-up
• Homework

Who are the girls in blue?

They are youth volunteers/ teenagers

What are they doing?
They are looking after disabled children

Volunteering
activity

Unit 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY

Period: 33
Lesson 3:Reading
Teenagers and voluntary work

PRE-READING
Task 1: Watch the following pictures and name volunteering activities:
work in groups

volunteering activities for teenagers
1.

Looking after the disabled children: chăm sóc trẻ tàn tật

2. -Tutoring disadvantaged children to read and write: dạy kèm trẻ em thiệt thòi
• - Teaching poor/ mountainous children: dạy học cho trẻ em nghèo, trẻ em miền núi
3. Pay back to community: trả ơn cộng đồng
4. Helping disabled children
5. Planting trees: trồng cây
6. Selling handmade items: bán các sản phẩm tự làm gây quỹ
7. Helping with the cooking for charity: Giúp nấu ăn từ thiện
8. Donating blood/ Blood donation: hiến máu nhân đạo
9. Visiting old or lonely people: thăm hỏi người già neo đơn
10. Green summer campaign: chiến dịch mùa hè xanh tình nguyện
11. Helping the elderly/ children across the road: giúp người già và trẻ em qua đường
12. Helping with directions at intersections: giúp chỉ đường ở các ngã tư
13. Raising money for charity: quyên góp tiền
phẩm

- Donating food to charity: quyên góp thực

14. Caring for families of war invalids and martyrs: chăm sóc các gia đình thương binh liệt sĩ
15. Cleaning up houses for the elderly: dọn dẹp nhà cửa cho người già

VOCABULARY

hardship /ˈhɑːdʃɪp/(n)
Sự khó khăn, gian khổ

a situation that is difficult and
unpleasant because you do not have
enough money, food, clothes, etc.

VOCABULARY

Suffering (n) /'sʌfəriη/ 
Sự đau khổ
the state of undergoing pain,
 distress, or hardship.

VOCABULARY

Donation /dəʊˈneɪʃn/ (n)
Sự quyên tặng, quyên góp
something that is given to a person
or an organization such as a charity,
in order to help them; the act of
giving something in this way

VOCABULARY

Orphanage /'ɔ:fənidʒ/ (n)

 
trại mồ côi
a residential institution for the care
and education of orphans.

Vocabula
ry
1.Hardship /ˈhɑːdʃɪp/ (n): sự khó khăn
2.Suffering /'sʌfəriη/ (n): sự đau khổ
3.donation /dəʊˈneɪʃn/ (n): sự quyên tặng
4.orphange /'ɔ:fənidʒ/ (n): trại mồ côi

WHILE-READING

2

Read the text and choose the main idea: work in pairs
A. The writer's secondary school has a long and interesting history.

B. The Volunteer Club was set up 15 years ago to help teens gain work
experience.

C. The club organises many volunteering activities that benefit both
community and the students.

WHILE-READING

2

Read the text and choose the main idea: work in pairs

I joined the Volunteer Club when I started secondary school. The club formed fifteen years ago, shortly
after the school was set up. Since then, it has organised various volunteering activities for all students to
participate.
P2: benefit the
One of the most popular activities of our club is selling handmade items tocommunity 
raise money for the local
orphanage and homeless old people. Last year, we also raised over one hundred million VND to help
people in flooded areas. The money was used to buy warm clothes, blankets, food and clean water.
Our club welcomes different types of donations: clothes, picture books, unused notebooks, and other
unwanted items. At the end of each month, we take the donations to the community centre. Our club
also organises afterschool games for orphanage and concerts for the old people at the centre. In addition,
it offers other volunteering activities, such as helping at a food bank or delivering free meals to poor
families.
Volunteering has helped my gain life experiences and find my sense of purpose in life. When I see
suffering and hardships, I feel thankful for what I have. What is more, these activities provide
opportunities for me to meet other teenagers with similar interests and help me build essential life skills.

P4: benefit the

WHILE READING

2

Read the text and choose the main idea: work in pairs

A. The writer's secondary school has a long and interesting history.
Not mentioned in the
text 

B. The Volunteer Club was set up 15 years ago to help teens gain work experience.
Not the aim of the club 

C. The club organises many volunteering activities that benefit both community and
the students.

WHILE- READING
Task 3: Match the highlighted words in the text with their meanings:
Work in groups

1. various

a. objects or things

2. participate

b. taking things to someone
SPIN

3. items

c. several different

4. raised

d. to take part in an activity

5. delivering

e. collected money

1c

2d

3a

4e

5b 

Vocabula
ry
1. Various /'veəriəs/ (adj): đa dạng
2. Participate  (v): tham gia
3. item  /ˈaɪtəm/  (n): mặt hàng
4. Raise /reiz/  (v): quyên tiền
5. Deliver /di'livə[r]/ (v): giao hàng

WHILE-READING
PRACTICE

4

Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
work in pairs
T

1. The Volunteer Club was set up long after the school was opened. (L2; P1) 

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Shortly 

2. All students can join different volunteering activities. (L2; P1) 

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3. The money collected from selling handmade items is used to build a local
centre for orphans and homeless old people.

(L1,2; P2) 
Raise money for the local orphanage and homeless old
4.people 
Students can volunteer at the orphanage or the community centre. (L3,4; P3) 

5. Club members can also help cook free meals for poor families. (L4,5; P3) 
deliver 

F

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POST-READING

5 Work in pairs. Discuss the following question.
If you were a member of the Volunteer Club, what could
you do to help?
Play role, make an interview

Suggested interview:
Quynh Chi: Good morning, Hung. I understand that you'd like to work
as a volunteer?
Hung: That's right.
Quynh Chi : So, if you were a member of the Volunteer Club, what
could you do to help?
Hung: I am really good at cooking. I think this would be a good
opportunity for me to help cook free meals for poor families.
Quynh Chi : oh, that sounds really interesting.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
o Reading for general and specific information
about teenagers and voluntary work.

- Prepare for the next lesson: Unit 4:
Speaking

- Do exercises in the workbook

Thank you
for your attention