Unit 3, grade 7: Community Service – A Closer Look 1
1. Vocabulary
1.1. Task 1 Unit 3 Grade 7
Choose the phrases that match the pictures below. Write them in the spaces provided. (Choose the phrases and match them with the pictures below. Write them in the space under each picture.)
Guide to answer
first. disabled people (People with disabilities)
2. elderly people (Elderly)
3. homeless people (homeless people)
4. sick children (sick children)
5. people in a ooded area (people in flood areas)
1.2. Task 2 Unit 3 Grade 7
In pairs, take turns describing the people above. Your partner guesses which picture you are talking about. Then, discuss how you can help the people in these situations. (In pairs, take turns describing the person above. Does your friend guess what picture you are talking about? Then discuss how you can help people in these situations.)
Example:
Student A: They’re not feeling well. They can’t go and play outside. They have to stay in the hospital all day.
Student B: Are they sick children?
Student A: Yes! How do you think we can help them?
Student B: We can donate some toys, and we can go to visit them!
Translation
Student A: They are not feeling well. They cannot go and play outside. They have to stay in the hospital all day
Student B: Are they sick children?
Student A: Yes! How do you think we can help them?
Student B: We can donate some toys and we can go visit them!
Guide to answer
1. disabled people
A: These people don’t have the ability of doing activity. Some people can’t play sport or even move their legs or hands. How can we help them?
B: We can guide them to do exercise within their ability and take them to cross the road…
2. elderly people
A: They are old, they are no longer young. Their hair is gray and they are usually not strong. They do everything slowly but they have a lot of life experience. Sometimes they have difficulties in daily life. How can we help them?
B: We can help them do difficult activities, take them across the road, do gardening for them, donate clothes and money for them, provide food for them…
3. homeless people
A: People don’t have a house. They have to stay outside; on road, under the bridge, in the park, in the suburb station… They are very poor.
B: Donate clothes and money for them. Provide food or accommodation for them…
4. people in a flooded area
A: They stay in an area which is flooded. Their houses are covered by water…
B: Provide them food. Donate clothes and money for them. Take them to the higher and drier area.
Translated:
1. people with disabilities
A: These people are incapable of functioning. Some people who can’t play sports can’t even move their limbs. How can we help them?
B: We can train them to the best of their ability and lead them across the street…
2. old people
A: They are old, they are not young anymore. Their hair is gray and they are usually not strong. They do things slowly but they have a lot of life experience. Sometimes they have difficulty in daily life. How can we help them?
B: We can help them do the heavy lifting, walk them across the street, garden for them, raise money and clothes for them, provide them with food.
3. homeless people
A: They don’t have a home. They have to stay out on the street; on the street, under the bridge, in the public transport, at the subway station… They are very poor.
B: Donate clothes and money for them. Provide food and shelter for them…
4. people in a flooded area
A: They live in flooded areas. Their house is covered with water.
B: Give them food. Donate clothes and money for them. Take them to a higher and drier area.
1.3. Task 3 Unit 3 Grade 7
a. Look at the photos. Which problems does each community have to face? Write a, b or c next to the words in the table below. (Look at the pictures. What problems does each community face? Write a, b, c next to the words in the table below.)
Guide to answer
a. rubbish, dirty beach (garbage, dirty beach)
b. too many advertisements, graffiti (too many ads, graffiti)
c. traffic jams, no tree (traffic jam, no trees))
b. In pairs, talk about the problems in a and provide the possible solutions. (In pairs, talk about the problem in part a and possible solutions. Add your own ideas.)
Guide to answer
Rubbish, dirty beach (Garbage, dirty beach)
Student A: There are a lot of rubbish on the beach and it makes the beaches dirty. Many plastic bags, cans, glass, bottles and other rubbish. What can we do to reduce rubbish and make the beach cleaner? (There is a lot of beach waste and it pollutes the beach. Many plastic bags, cans, bottles and other waste. What can we do to reduce waste and make the beach cleaner?)
Student B: We need to put more waste baskets, more board, more slogan at the important places. We can organize a group speacializing in making public understand the value of good environment. (We need to put more trash cans, more signs and slogans in important places. We can organize a group dedicated to making the public understand the value of a clean environment.)
Too many advertisements, graffiti (Too many advertisements, murals)
Student A: The advertisement and graffiti make our city less beautiful. It appears everywhere and many people don’t like it. What can we do to reduce advertisements and graffiti? (Billboards and murals detract from our city’s beauty. It’s everywhere and many people don’t like it. What can we do to reduce the margins of ads and pictures? wall painting?)
Student B: We need to have a campaign “No advertisements on public walls”. We need to make people realize the beauty of our city and how to keep it. We can ask the entity not to advertise in this way. We also need to suggest the security guards to help us. (We need a campaign “No wall advertising. We need to make people realize the beauty of the city and how to maintain it. We can ask businesses not to advertise. We also need to ask the security guards to help us.)
Traffic jams (Traffic jam)
Student A: Traffic jams are a big problem for our community. What can we do to reduce traffic jams? (Congestion is a big problem for our community. What can we do to reduce traffic congestion?)
Student B: We can help by using public transport. (We can do it using public transport.)
2. Pronunciation
2.1. Task 4 Unit 3 Grade 7
Listen and repeat. (Listen and repeat)
Click to listen
2.2. Task 5 Unit 3 Grade 7 A Closer Look 1
Listen and circle the words you hear (Listen and circle the word you hear.)
Click to listen
Guide to answer
– green, girl, goal
– cold, clothes
2.3. Task 6 Unit 3 Grade 7 A Closer Look 1
Listen and repeat (Listen and repeat)
Click to listen
first. Go Green protects the environment. (‘Green living’ protects the environment.)
2. The girl with the curls is so cute! (The curly haired girl is so cute!)
3. Last year we started a community garden project. (Last year, we started a community garden project.)
4. He’s collected clothes for street kids for two years. (He has been collecting clothes for street children for 2 years.)
5. She likes the color gold. (She likes yellow.)
2.4. Task 7 Unit 3 Grade 7 A Closer Look 1
Game: STAND UP, SIT DOWN (Game: STAND UP, SIT DOWN)
Choose an action for each sound (eg sound /g/ is ‘stand up’, sound /k/ is ‘sit down’). In groups of five, one student calls out one word from 4 and the group performs the action according to the sound they hear. The student who is the slowest to do the action correctly will call out the next word. (Choose an action for each sound (for example, the sound /g/ is “stand up/ stand up”, the sound /k/ is “sit down/ sit down”). In groups of 5, one student reads 1 word in part 4 and the group does the action according to the sound they hear. The student who is slowest will say the next word.)
3. Practice Task 1
Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others (Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.)
Question 1: A. ttor B. stdent C. niversity D. discss
Question 2: A. voluntr B. committ C. guarant D. degr
Question 3: A. emistry B. emical C. arity D. meanic
Question 4: A. aritect B. urch C. ildhood D. ange
4. Practice Task 2
Find one odd word (Find different words)
Question 1: A. donate B. blood C. money D. waste
Question 2: A. homeless B. disabled C. elderly D. people
Question 3: A. homework B. blood C. student D. tutor
Question 4: A. graffiti B. draw C. painting D. collage
5. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students need to memorize the pronunciation of /g/ and /k/, know how to raise problems in the community, provide solutions, and memorize the following vocabulary words:
- disabled people / dɪˈseɪbld ̩ ‘pi:pl / disabled people
- elderly people / ‘eldəli ‘pi:pl / elderly people
- donate /dəʊˈneɪt/ donate, donate
- accommodation /əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn/ accommodation
- graffiti /ɡrəˈfiːti/ graffiti (on the wall)
- advertisement /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/ advertise
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