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UNIT 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY Lesson 1: Getting started – Volunteering in the community I. OBJECTIVES By the end of this lesson, students will be able to gain: 1. Knowledge - An overview about the topic For a better community - Vocabulary to talk about volunteering in the community 2. Core competence - Develop communication skills and awareness of voluntary work - Be collaborative and supportive in pair work and teamwork - Actively join in class activities 3. Personal qualities - Develop a sense of helping the community and awareness of voluntary work - Be responsible to the community II. MATERIALS - Grade 10 textbook, Unit 4, Getting started - Computer connected to the Internet - Projector/ TV/ pictures and cards - sachmem.vn Language analysis Form Pronunciation Meaning Vietnamese equivalent volunteer (n) /ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)/ a person who does a job without being paid for it tình nguyện viên advertisement (n) /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/ a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service quảng cáo
community (n) /kəˈmjuːnəti/ all the people who live in a particular area, country, etc. when talked about as a group cộng đồng boost (v) /buːst/ to make something increase, or become better or more successful tăng thêm, thúc đẩy orphanage (n) /ˈɔːfənɪdʒ/ a home for children whose parents are dead trại trẻ mồ côi Assumptions Anticipated difficulties Solutions - Students may not know some words in the conversation. - Students may not know how to work in teams. - Provide students with some lexical items before listening and reading the conversation. - Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary. Board Plan Date of teaching UNIT 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY Lesson 1: Getting started – Volunteering in the community * Warm-up: Clip watching I. Vocabulary 1. volunteer (n) 2. advertisement (n) 3. community (n) 4. boost (v) 5. orphanage (n) II. Practice Task 1: Listen and read. Task 2: Read the conversation and answer the questions. Task 3: Find the adjectives. Task 4: Complete the sentences. * Consolidation
III. PROCEDURES Notes: In each activity, each step will be represented as following: * Deliver the task ** Implement the task *** Discuss **** Give comments or feedback Stage Stage aim Procedure Interaction Time WARM-UP - To activate students’ knowledge on the topic of the unit. - To create a lively atmosphere in the classroom. - To lead into the new unit. CLIP WATCHING * T gives instructions ** Ss watch the clip and take notes individually. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho5b-CfKTpo *** Ss working in 4 groups, share their words/ phrases about the voluntary activities, then take turns to write the words/ phrases on the board. **** T checks and corrects if Ss spell or pronounce the words/ phrases incorrectly. Suggested answers: + Read books for children in orphanages + Visit and play games with them or listen to their problems + Work at home of sick and old people + Volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas T leads in the lesson: Doing voluntary work to help the community is a way for you to contribute to make our community a better one. There are many activities you can do to help other people and in today’s lesson we will find out more about these activities. T-S S S-S T-S 5 mins PRESENTATION To help students use key language more appropriately before they read and listen. VOCABULARY * T asks Ss to look at the explanation and the photos to guess the meanings of new words. ** Ss say the Vietnamese meaning of the word. 1. volunteer (n) /ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)/: a person who does a job without being paid for it 2. advertisement (n) /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/: a notice, picture or film telling people about a product, job or service 3. community (n) /kəˈmjuːnəti/: all the people who live in a particular area, country, etc. when T-S S 4 mins
talked about as a group 4. boost (v) /buːst/: to make something increase, or become better or more successful 5. orphanage (n) /ˈɔːfənɪdʒ/: a home for children whose parents are dead *** Other Ss correct if the previous answers are incorrect. **** T shows the Vietnamese meaning, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them. T-S PRACTICE - To get students interested in the topic. - To get students to learn some vocabulary to be learnt in the unit. TASK 1: LISTEN AND READ (p.42) * T asks Ss to look at the picture (p.42) and answer the questions: + Where are they? (They are in a park.) + Who are they? (They may be volunteers of the centre.) + What are they doing? (They are cleaning up the park / the playground.) * T plays the recording twice, has Ss listen to the conversation, read along and underline the voluntary activities in the conversation. ** Ss do the task individually *** Ss share their answers with a partner. **** T checks their answers with the whole class. Suggested answers: join a local environmental group to clean up the park, volunteer at an orphanage. * T has the Ss read the conversation in pairs. ** Ss read the conversation *** One pair read aloud. **** T collects common pronunciation mistakes and gives comments. T-S T-S S S-S T-S T-S S-S T-S 7 mins - To practise reading for specific information - To practise scanning - To develop students knowledge of vocabulary for voluntary TASK 2: READ THE CONVERSATION AGAIN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. (p.43) * T asks Ss to work individually to read the questions and underline the key words, then share their ideas with a partner who sits next to them. ** Ss do Task 2 individually first. *** Ss share and discuss with their partners about the key words. **** T corrects their answers as a class. T-S S-S T-S 10 mins