Unit 3 grade 7: Community Service – Getting Started
A helping hand (A helping hand)
1. Task 1 Unit 3 Grade 7 Getting Started
Listen and read (Listen and read)
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Translated:
Reporter: Today in Global Citizen, we interview Mai and Phuc from Hai Ba Trung School. Hi Mai, what do you know about community service?
Roof: It is work that you do for the benefit of the community.
Reporter: Exactly. Have you ever done volunteer work?
Roof: Yes. I am a member of “Companion” – a program to help street children. Last year we offered evening classes to 50 children.
Reporter: Great! Did you do anything else?
Roof: We have asked people to donate books and clothes for the children.
Reporter: Oh, that definitely makes a difference… How about Phuc, are you from Green Living?
Phuc: Yes, it’s a non-profit organization to protect the environment. We encourage people to recycle glassware, cans, and paper. We cleaned the streets and lakes…
Reporter: Did you start a community garden project last month?
Phuc: Yes, so far we have grown…
a. Read the conversation again and tick (√) true (T) or false (F). (Read the dialogue and choose true (T) or false (F) )
Guide to answer
1 T. Mai and Phuc work for the benefits of the community.
(Mai and Phuc work for community benefits. )
2 T. Be a Buddy has collected books and clothes for street children.
(Be a Buddy has collected books and clothes for street children. )
3 T. Be a Buddy has provided education for street children.
(Be a Buddy has tutored street children. )
4-F. Go Green is an environmental business.
(Go Green is an environmental business. )
5-T. Go Green has encouraging people to recycle rubbish.
(Go Green has encouraged people to recycle.)
b. Read the conversation again. Answer the questions. (Read the dialogue again. Answer the questions.)
first. What do you think the phrase ‘make a difference’ means?
(What do you think the phrase ‘make a difference’ means?)
2. Can you guess what Go Green does in their community garden project?
(Can you guess what Go Green does in their community garden project?)
3. How do you think the community garden project ‘makes a difference’?
(How do you think the community garden project ‘makes a difference’?)
Guide to answer
1. – ‘Make a difference’ means doing something good, especially to improve a situation.
– ‘Make a difference’ is located in the conversation means people donate books and clothes to street children.
(- ‘Make a difference – make a difference’ means to do something well, especially to improve some situation or situation
– ‘Make a difference’ in this conversation means that people donate books and clothes to street children.)
2. They plant trees and flowers to create gardens for the community.
(They plant trees and flowers to create gardens for the community.)
3. It will create a clean environment for all people. There will be a lot of trees in the gardens. People can walk, do exercises and enjoy fresh air there. Children can play in the gardens and it’s a really good space for the community.
(It will create a nice clean environment for everyone. There will be a lot of trees in the garden. People can walk, exercise and enjoy the fresh air there. Children can play in the garden.) garden and it’s a really good space for the community.)
2. Task 2 Unit 3 Grade 7 Getting Started
Look at the words in the box. Can you put them in the right groups? (Look at the items in the box. Can you put them in groups?)
donate help benefit volunteer recycle plant provide clean encouragement environmental |
Guide to answer
Nouns |
Verbs |
Adjectives |
help, benefit, volunteer, plants, environment |
donate, help, benefit, volunteer, recycle, plant, provide, clean, encourage |
clean |
3. Task 3 Unit 3 Grade 7 Getting Started
Fill the gaps with the words in the box. (Fill in the blanks with the words in the box)
donate make a difference volunteer homeless people community service |
Guide to answer
first. You are a volunteer if you help other people willingly and without payment.
(You are a volunteer if you are willing to help others without charge.)
2. Homeless people are those who do not have a home and really need help.
(Homeless people are people who are homeless and really need help.)
3. She often donates money to charitable organisations.
(She often donates money to charities.)
4. The activities that individuals or organizations do to benefit a community are called community service.
(Activities that individuals or organizations do for the benefit of a community are called community service.)
5. If you are trying to make a difference, you are trying to have a good effect on a person or situation.
(If you’re trying to make a difference, you’re trying to influence a person or situation for good.)
4. Task 4 Unit 3 Grade 7 Getting Started
Describe the pictures with the verbs in 2. (Describe the pictures with the verbs in part 2.)
Guide to answer
first. donate books (book donation)
2. plant tree (plant tree)
3. help children do homework (help children with homework)
4. clean Street (cleaning the street))
5. recycle rubbish (recycle rubbish)
5. Task 5 Unit 3 Grade 7 Getting Started
Create word webs (Creates a network (mesh) of words.)
Guide to answer
6. Task 6 Unit 3 Grade 7 Getting Started
Game: VOCABULARY PING PONG (Game: PING PONG Vocabulary)
In pairs, stand face-to-face with your partner. Think about the topic of this unit, Community Service, and the new words you learned above. To start the game, partner A says a new word and partner B says the first related word that comes to mind. Keep the words going back and forth as quickly as possible until the teacher says stop. (Working in pairs, stand facing you. Think about the topic of this lesson, Community service, and the new words you just learned above. To start the game, friend A says a new word. and friend B says the related word that comes to mind first. Continue with the next words as fast as you can until the teacher says stop.)
Guide to answer
A: provide
B: food
A: homeless people
B: help
A: donate
B: blood
A: clean
B: streets
Translation:
A: provide
B: food
A: homeless people
B: help
A: donations
B: Blood Donation
A: clean, clean dọn
B: Street
7. Practice Task 1
Choose the best answer (Choose the best answer)
Question 1: Thank you. This information ________ me a lot.
A. helps B. benefits C. volunteer D. A + B
Question 2: All of these books and clothes will be ________ to children in Ha Giang.
A. encouraging B. donated C. clean D. All are correct.
Question 3: My mom often asks me to ________ my room on the weekend.
A. stay B. volunteer C. make D. clean up
Question 4: Students often make postcards and sell them to ________ to help the poor.
A. B. raise funds C. raise money D. Both B & C
Question 5: Try to study harder and be more active to ________ your life.
A. make a difference B. raise money C. clean up D. improve
8. Practice Task 2
Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from thy others (Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest)
Question 1: A. blankt B. calori C. donat D. allerg
Question 2: A. hlp B. bnefit C. lderly D. gardn
Question 3: A. vlunteer B. cllage C. cmmunity D. dctor
Question 4: A. provde B. indvidual C. training D. chldren
9. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students need to complete the exercises, classify the words and memorize the following vocabulary words:
- make a difference / meɪk ‘dɪfərəns / make a difference, make a difference
- community service /kə’mju:nəti ‘sɜːvɪs / public service
- volunteer /ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)/ volunteer, volunteer
- donate /dəʊˈneɪt/ donate, donate
- benefit /ˈbenɪfɪt/ benefit
- homeless people / ‘həʊmləs ‘pi:pl / homeless people
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