Unit 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
Lesson 2: SPEAKING
I. Warm-up: Listen to a song and answer 3 following questions:
What is the title of the song?
“Mua he xanh”
2. Who is the author of this song?
- Vũ Hoàng
3. What is this song about?
- It’s about the work of young volunteers.
music
II. Pre-speaking
Activity 1: Look at the pictures
and guess:
They are cleaning up the road
He is teaching children how to read and write.
They are planting trees.
They are repairing the road for the villagers.
She is playing with disadvantaged children.
The volunteer is directing the traffic.
Activity 2: Pairwork. Complete the ideas about what should we do in those kinds of volunteer work, using the cues below
Helping people in
mountainous areas
Give / food / clothes / medicines,etc
Teach / children / read / write
Build / school / road / house
Listen / their problems
- Giving them food, clothes, medicines
- Teaching the children how to
read and write
- Building the school, road, house
- Listening to their problems
Helping the poor and
needy families

Give / the poor / money / foodstuff
Do / housework / such as do / shopping / clean / house / work / in the garden
Listening / their problems
- Giving the poor the money and foodstuff
- Doing housework such as doing shopping, cleaning house, working in the garden
- Listening to their problems
Helping old and
sick people
Do / shopping


Clean up / house

Cook / meals
Listening / their problems
- Doing shopping
- Cleaning up the house
- Cooking meals
- Listening to their problems
Helping disadvantaged
and handicapped children
Teach / how to read / write
Play / games
Take / them / places of interest / such as / park, zoo, cinema, etc.
Give / nice presents / such as dolls, toy cars, robots, etc.
- Teaching them how to read and write
- Playing games
- Taking them to places of interest such as park, zoo, cinema
- Giving them nice presents such as dolls, toy cars, robots
Taking part in directing
the traffic
Direct / vehicles / intersections
Help / old people /and / young children / cross / road
Give / direction / foreigners
- Directing vehicles at the intersections
- Helping old people and young children to cross the road
- Giving the direction to the foreigners
Joining the Green
Saturday Movement
Clean up / road

Plant / trees
Encourage / the people / protect / environment
Put / dusbins / public places
- Cleaning up the road
- Planting trees
- Put the dusbins in public places
- Encourging the people to protect the environment
III. While-speaking:
Activity 1: Pairwork. Rearrange the sentences in the most suitable order:

a. Nam: Hello. What are you doing this summer holiday, Mai?
b. Mai: Well, we are helping people in mountainous areas.
c. Mai: Yes. I love it. Why don’t you join with us?
d. Nam: That sounds great. What kind of volunteer work
are you participating in?
e. Mai: We’re teaching the children how to read and write.
f. Nam: Sure. If I don’t have any other plans.
g. Nam: What exactly are you doing?
h. Mai: Hello, Nam. I’m doing some volunteer work.
i. Nam: Do you enjoy the work?
Activity 2: Pairwork. Practise the following dialogue and then replace the underlined phrases with the cues in activity 2:



Nam: Hello. What are you doing this summer holiday, Mai?
Mai: Hello, Nam. I’m doing some volunteer work.
Nam: That sounds great. What kind of volunteer work
are you participating in?
Mai: Well, we are helping people in mountainous areas.
Nam: What exactly are you doing?
Mai: We’re teaching the children how to read and write.
Nam: Do you enjoy the work?
Mai: Yes. I love it. Why don’t you join with us?
Nam: Sure. If I don’t have any other plans.



Example
IV. Post-speaking: Discussion. Groupwork
Topic: Suppose that you are the Leader of Tran Binh Trong High School Youth Union. Your school are taking part in the Green Summer Movement this summer vacation in Son Tan, a remote area in Cam Lam. What is your feeling about this? What is your detailed plan to do there?
- Divide the class into 6 groups
- Each group will choose a secretary
After 5 minutes, the secretary will present his/her
group’s plan.
Useful cues:
1. How many students will take part in this activity?
2. What should you bring along? (Foodstuff, instant noodles, old clothes, old textbooks, newspapers, etc.)
3. What are you doing there?
- Give people there old clothes, foodstuff, and medicines
- Build houses, roads, and bridges
- Teach the children how to read and write
- Clean up the road
Etc.
4. How do you feel about this activity? (excited, happy, proud, etc.)