Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 4: Volunteer work

Time

Steps

Work arrangement

6’

WARM UP

Competition game – Hangman

- T divides the class into 2 big groups and draws each of them a gallows on the board.

Team A                                      Team B

- T explains to Ss that they are going to play a “Hangman” game. The rule is that T gives a secret word and the groups will take turn to guess it by telling what letters they think there are in this word. If Ss choose a letter that appears on oe more times in the secret word, the letters and their positions will be revealed and Ss can keep on guessing the next letter. On the other hand, if Ss guess a letter that isn’t in the secret word, them a piece of man being hanged will be added to the gallows and they will lose their turn to the other groups. Ss will get one point for each letter they can guess correctly. When the game is over, T will count how many points each group has collected and the group with more points will win the game.

- T leads the game, and in this lesson, the secret word is “volunteer”. T draws the same number of dashes as the number of letters in this word. For this word, T’d need 9 dashes like this:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

- The activity will lead to the lesson naturally.

Group work

10’

BEFORE YOU READ

Discussing the picture and saying

- T asks the whole class to look at the picture on page 46 and asks them some questions:

+ What is the old woman doing in the picture ?

+ What does this mean by “Little Moments Big Magic”?

+ What does the picture tell you ?

Suggested answers:

+ The old woman is teaching the boy to read

+ The phrase means that your little contribution and help may lead to significant results/may greatly change a person’s life.

+ The picture tells me that everyone, no matter what they are young or old, can do volunteer work.

- T asks Ss to work in pairs to read the short poem/saying on page 46 and answer the question and discuss its meaning.

- T calls on some Ss to present their opinion. T may give some comments and her suggestion: The saying means that if you help somebody by giving them some money, it’s just a temporary solution. It’s better to instruct them how to make money legally by teaching then necessary working skills.

Pre-teaching vocabulary

- T might elicit or teachthe meanings of the following words.

Volunteer: Ss may have understood the meaning of the word in the previous activity, so T may introduce its related words quickly.

+ to volunteer to do sth/volunteer for sth: tình nguyện, tự nguyện làm gì

+ volunteer(n): tình nguyện viên

+ voluntary(a): done willingly, not because you are forced(tự nguyện); doing a job without wanting to be paid for it(tình nguyện)

+ voluntarily(adv)

The aged = the old (người già)

Orphanage(n): a place where children without parents live ( trại trẻ mồ côi)

To overcome: vợt qua, khắc phục

E.g: She’s overcome the bad habit of talking loufly in public.

To participate in = to take part in (tham gia)

To suffer sth: chịu đựng cái gì

Remote = far away(xa xôi)

- If there is some time left, T may ask some Ss to make sentences with the above words to check their understanding. 

Pair work & whole class

5’

8’

WHILE YOU READ

Setting the scene

You are going to read a passage about volunteer work. While you are reading, do the tasks in the textbook.

TASK 1

Instruction: Fill each blank with one part of speech of the word “volunteer”.

- T elicits different parts of speech of the word “volunteer” and write these words on the board:

           Volunteer(v/n), voluntary, voluntarily

- Then T instructs Ss to read through the sentences provided in the task to identify the part of speech of the word to fill in each blank. For example, in sentence 1 the word to fill in should be an adjective, in sentence 2 an adverb, in sentence 3 a noun, and in sentence 4 a verb. Ss should also pay attention to the word preceding the blank to fill in the right form of the word. For instance, in sentence 3 the word preceding the blank is ‘some’, so a plural noun should be filled in.

- T asks Ss to work individually to do the task and exchange their answers with other Ss.

- T asks Ss for their answers and gives the correct answers

Answers:

1. voluntary
2. voluntarily
3. volunteers
4. volunteered

TASK 2

Instruction: You are to read the passage and choose the best answer from A,B,C or D for each of the following sentences.

- T asks Ss how to do this task. If they don’t remember, T may instruct them to use some strategies to do the task:

+ First, skim the 5 sentences to understand them. As Ss do this they underline the key words. For instance, in sentence 1 Ss can underline volunteers, help, sick or old, homes ...

+ Ss locate the information in each sentence in the text and read this part carefully.

+ Next, Ss read the 4 choices given to choose the most suitable one.

+ To complete sentence 5, Ssread the passage and try giving it a title. Then Ss search through the list of the titles provided in the task to find the most suitable one. Ss should make sure the title chosen covers the entire text and not just one idea within it.

- T asks Ss to work individually to do the task, then discuss their answers with their peers.

- T calls on somw Ss to give their answers and asks other Ss to say whether they agree or disagree.

- T gives feedback and the correct answers:

P1. A(line 1-2, para 2)

2. D(line3-4, para 2)

3. B(line 3-4, para 4)

4. D(last para)

5. B(A: too general; C and D do not cover the whole text)

TASK 3

Instruction: You are required to answer the 3 questions in the book.

- T asks Ss how to do this task. If they do not remember, T may instruct them to use some strategies to do the task:

+ First, skim the 3 Qs to understand them. As Ss do this they:

   * underline the key words. For instance, in Q1 Ss can underline What, high school, college Ss, hospitals, orphanages, homes for the aged.

   * decide what information they need to find in the text

   * look for Qs words like “why” which indicates Ss should read for specific thing like a reason.

+ Go back to the first question and locate the information for the question by finding the key words in the passage and mark the place.

+ Read the part carefully to find the answer. Ss can use their own words.

+ Continue with the rest of the Qs.

- T asks Ss to work individually to do the task, then discuss their answers with their peers.

- T calls on some Ss to write their answers on the board and ask them to explain their choices.

- T gives the correct answers:

1. They read books to the people there, play games with them or listen to their problems. (line 7-10, para 1)

2. They give care and comfort to them and help them to overcome their difficulties. (line 2-3,para 3)

3. They volunteer to work in remote or mountainous areas. (line 5-6, para 3)

Whole class, individual work & pair work

8’

AFTER YOU READ

Instruction: You are required to work in pairs to discuss the question in the textbook.

- T asks Ss to work in pairs to discuss the question in the book.

- T goes around to help Ss when necessary.

- When all pairs have finished, T asks every 2 pairs to share ideas.

- T calls on some Ss to report their ideas to the class.

- T gives feedback.

Pair work,group work & whole class

2’

WRAPPING UP

- T summarises the main points of the lesson .

- T asks Ss to learn by heart all of the new words and do the extra activity as homework.

Whole class