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 - sachmem.vn Language analysis Vietnamese Form Pronunciation Meaning equivalent volunteer (n) / v ˌ l ɒ ənˈtɪə(r)/
a person who does a job without being paid for it tình nguy n vi ệ ên By chance /baɪ t æ ʃ ns/ by luck, without planning tình cờ (phrase) advertisement /əd
a notice, picture or film telling people about a quảng cáo (n) ˈvɜ t ː ɪsm nt ə / product, job or service community (n) /kəˈmju n ː t ə
all the people who live in a particular area, i/ c ng đ ộ ồồng
country, etc. when talked about as a group boost (v) /bu st ː
to make something increase, or become better or / tăng thêm, thúc đ y ẩ more successful orphanage (n) /ˈɔ f ː n ə d ɪ / ʒ
a home for children whose parents are dead tr i t ạ r m ẻ ồồ cồi involved (adj) /ɪnˈv l ɒ
taking part in something, being part of something vd/ tham gia or connected with something Assumptions
Anticipated difficulties Solutions
- Students may not know some words in the
- Provide students with some lexical items before conversation.
listening and reading the conversation.
- Students may not know how to work in teams.
- Give short, clear instructions and help if necessary. Board Plan
Date of teaching: 28/10/2022
UNIT 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY
Lesson 1: Getting started – Volunteering in the community
* Warm-up: Answer the questions and find the key word. I. Vocabulary 1. volunteer (n) 2. By chance (phrase) 3. advertisement (n) 4. community (n) 5. boost (v) 6. orphanage (n) 7. involved (adj) II. Practice Task 1: Listen and read.
Task 2 & 4: Read the conversation. Answer the questions and complete the sentences. Task 3: Find the adjectives. * 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 FIND THE KEY WORD 5 mins students’ * T gives instructions T-S knowledge on the
** Ss choose items and answer the questions to get suggested letters S topic of the unit.
*** Ss working in 4 groups, share their suggested letters to guess the key word. - To create a lively
**** T checks and corrects if Ss spell or pronounce the word incorrectly. S-S atmosphere in the Suggested answers: classroom. + Reading books T-S - To lead into the + Nursing home new unit. + Teaches + To earn
+ Picking up garbage on the beach Key word: VOLUNTEER
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. PRESENTATION To help students VOCABULARY 7 mins use key language
* T asks Ss to look at the explanation and the photos to guess the meanings of new T-S more appropriately words. before they read
** Ss say the Vietnamese meaning of the word. S and listen. 1. volunteer (n) / v ˌ l ɒ n ə tˈɪ (
ə r)/: a person who does a job without being paid for it
2. by chance (phrase) /baɪ t æ
ʃ ns/: by luck, without planning 3. advertisement (n) / d ə v ˈ ɜ t ː sm
ɪ ənt/: a notice, picture or film telling people
about a product, job or service 4. community (n) /kə m ˈ ju n ː t
ə i/: all the people who live in a particular area,
country, etc. when talked about as a group
5. boost (v) /buːst/: to make something increase, or become better or more successful 6. orphanage (n) /ˈɔ f
ː ənɪdʒ/: a home for children whose parents are dead 7. involved (adj) /ɪnˈv l
ɒ vd/: taking part in something, being part of something or connected with something
*** Other Ss correct if the previous answers are incorrect. T-S
**** T shows the Vietnamese meaning, says the words aloud and asks Ss to repeat them. PRACTICE - To get students
TASK 1: LISTEN AND READ (p.42) 7 mins interested in the
* T asks Ss to look at the picture (p.42) and answer the questions: T-S topic. + Where are they? - To get students to (They are in a park.) learn some + Who are they? vocabulary to be
(They may be volunteers of learnt in the unit. the centre.) + What are they doing?
(They are cleaning up the park / the playground.)
* T plays the recording, 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-S S-S T-S - To practise
TASK 2 & 4: READ THE CONVERSATION AGAIN, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND 12
reading for specific COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. (p.43) mins information
PLAY GAME: Who Wants to be a Millionaire - To practise
* T asks Ss to scan the conversation, locate the key words to find the answer for each T-S scanning question with the partners. - To develop ** Ss do the task in pairs. S-S students’
**** T divides the class into four big teams, Ss in each team take turns to answer the T-S knowledge of
questions in the game Who Wants to be a Millionaire. T corrects their answers. vocabulary for
1. When did Kim go to Tam’s house? (9 a.m) voluntary activities
2. Oh, when you came, I____________ as a volunteer at our local centre for
community development. (was working)
3. How can Kim apply for volunteer work at the centre? (She needs to fill in the form, then send it in)
4. What are some regular activities at the centre for community development? T-S
(Cleaning up the park or volunteering at the orphanage)
5. Last summer, while I was visiting the centre, I_____ an advertisement for volunteers. (saw)
6. What is the synonym of the verb “boost”? (improve)
7. What was Tam doing when Kim went to her house? (She was working as a
volunteer at the local centre for community development)
8. How did Tam become a volunteer? (Tam saw an advertisement while
she was visiting the centre) - To help students
TASK 3: FIND ADJECTIVES WITH THE FOLLOWING SUFFIXES IN THE CONVERSATION 6 mins revise adjectives
AND WRITE THEM BELOW. (p.43) ending in the
* T gives 8 words and asks Ss to make the adjectives by adding the suffixes: -ed, -ing, T-S suffixes -ed and -ful, -less.
-ing; -ful and -less.
Given words: Excite, Use, Interest, End, Success, Peace, Child, Worry - To practise ** Ss work in groups. S-S scanning
*** Ss discuss their answers with their group’s members.
**** T checks and gives the correct answers with the whole class, has them to say T-S the meaning of the words. Key:
-ed: excited, interested, worried
-ing: exciting, interesting, worrying
-ful: useful, successful, peaceful
-less: useless, endless, childless PRODUCTION To help students SELF-REFLECTION 5 mins practising talking
Talk about activities you are going to do to make your community a better one (for about activities a minute). which help protect * Teacher: the environment.
- gives Ss clear instructions in order to make sure Ss can do effectively.
- encourages Ss to talk about some activities including following information:
+ How many activities are you going to talk about?
+ Where do you do those activities? + Who do you do with?
+ How often do you do those activities?
- observes Ss while they are talking, note their language errors. ** Ss do as instructed. **** Teacher: - gives Ss feedback.
- chooses some useful or excellent words/ phrases/ expressions/ word choices Ss
have used to give suggestions to other students.
- chooses some typical errors and correct as a whole class without nominating the Ss’ names. CONSOLIDATION To help students WRAP-UP T-S 3 mins memorise the
- Some lexical items about volunteering in the community target language and
- Reading for specific information
skills that they have - Scanning learnt HOMEWORK - Review the lesson. - Learn the vocabulary. - Prepare for the next lesson.