Unit 3 grade 7: Community Service – Communication
1. Task 1 Unit 3 Grade 7 Communication
Look at the photos and read about the following volunteer activities for teenagers in the United States. (Look at the pictures and read about youth volunteering activities in America)
– Tutor a younger child or provide homework help before or after school.
– Recycle things, and teach others how to do so.
– Plant trees in public areas where the whole neighborhood can enjoy them.
– Donate blood.
– Talk to and sing for the elderly at a nursing home.
– Make blankets for children who are very ill.
– Cook a meal at a shelter for homeless youths and families.
– Paint a mural over graffiti.
Translation:
– Tutor younger children or help them with their homework before or after school.
– Recycle objects, and teach others how to do it.
– Plant trees in public areas where all neighborhoods can play.
– Blood Donation
– Talk and sing to the elderly in nursing homes.
– Make blankets for sick children.
– Cook a meal in one place for homeless children and families.
– Draw a mural on the wall over the graffiti.
2. Task 2 Unit 3 Grade 7 Communication
Look at the photos about community service in Vietnam. Match them with the activities (Look at the pictures of community service in Vietnam. Match them with the appropriate activities.)
Guide to answer
1-d. Volunteering to give information in bus stations and railway stations.
(Volunteers provide information at bus and train stations.)
2 a. Offering coupons for free chicken noodle soup for the poor in Ha Noi.
(Giving free chicken pho vouchers to the poor in Hanoi.)
3-b. Giving away warm clothes to homeless people in Ha Noi.
(Giving warm clothes to the homeless in Hanoi.)
4-e. Offering meals at 5,000 VND for the poor in Quang Nam Province.
(Giving meals costing 5,000 VND to the poor in Quang Nam province.)
5-c. Tutoring children from poor families in Ho Chi Minh City.
(Teaching children from poor families in Ho Chi Minh City.)
3. Task 3 Unit 3 Grade 7 Communication
Work in groups. Discuss the benefits each activity may bring to the community. Share your answers with the class. (Work in groups. Discuss the benefits each activity brings to the community. Share the answers with the class.)
first. Volunteering to give information in bus stations and railway stations.
(Volunteers provide information at bus and train stations.)
2. Offering coupons for free chicken noodle soup for the poor in Ha Noi.
(Giving free chicken pho vouchers to the poor in Hanoi.)
3. Giving away warm clothes to homeless people in Ha Noi.
(Giving warm clothes to the homeless in Hanoi.)
4. Offering meals at 5,000 VND for the poor in Quang Nam Province.
(Giving meals costing 5,000 VND to the poor in Quang Nam province.)
5. Tutoring children from poor families in Ho Chi Minh City.
(Teaching children from poor families in Ho Chi Minh City.)
Guide to answer
1. Benefits: Help people to find the correct bus, train and get to the place they want to go to.
(Benefit: Helps people find the right bus, train and get where they want to go.)
2. Benefits: Help them have a good meal.
(Benefit: Help them have a good meal.)
3. Benefits: Help them not be cold in the winter, not have a flu.
(Benefit: Keeps them from getting cold in the winter and catching the flu.)
4. Benefîts: Help them have a have a good meal.
(Benefit: Help them have a good meal.)
5. Benefits: Help them have the good knowledge to get a good job and life.
(Benefits: Help them have good knowledge to have a good job and good life.)
4. Task 4 Unit 3 Grade 7 Communication
Ask each other: Have you ever done any of these activities? Choose three activities that you want to try. Why do you want to do them? (Ask each other: Have you ever done any activities? Choose 3 activities that you want to try. Why do you want to do those activities?)
Detailed explanation:
– Yes, I used to tutor children in an area. (Yes, I used to tutor children in a mountainous area.)
– I would like to try volunteering to give information in bus station and railway stations, offering coupons for free chicken noodle soup for the poor in Ha Noi and giving away warm clothes to homeless people in Ha Noi. Because I’m in Ha Noi, doing volunteer activities here is easier for me. I really want to help the poor in my city. I want to try volunteering at bus and train stations, giving chicken pho vouchers to the poor in Hanoi and giving warm clothes to the homeless in Hanoi. volunteering here is easier for me I want to help the poor in my city.
5. Practice Task 1
Fill in each blank with a suitable verb. (Fill in the blank with a suitable verb)
What color _____ the sky?
She _____ beautiful long black hair.
I _____ jogging with my mother everday.
Where _____ my socks?
He is _____ good person.
6. Practice Task 2
Rewrite the sentences with the same meaning. (Rewrite the sentence with the same meaning)
Question 1: This is the first time I have seen him. → I have never
A. seen him before B. saw him C. saw him before D. seen he
Question 2: I started studying English 3 years ago. → I have
A. start studying English 3 years ago
B. studied English 3 years ago
C. start studying English for 3 years
D. study English for 3 years
Question 3: I haven’t seen him since I left school. → I last
A. seen him since I left school B. seen him when left school
C. saw him when I left school D. saw him since I left school
Question 4: It started raining two hours ago. → It has
A. started raining two hours ago. B. started raining two days
C. rainned since two days D. rainned for two days
7. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, the children need to learn about volunteering activities in the United States and in our country, think about the activities they want to participate in to help the community, do enough homework and memorize the following vocabulary words. :
- tutor /ˈtjuːtə(r)/ tutor
- blanket /ˈblæŋkɪt/ blanket
- donate /dəʊˈneɪt/ donate, donate
- homeless people / ‘həʊmləs ‘pi:pl / homeless people
- volunteer /ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)/ volunteer, volunteer
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