Unit 4: Volunteer Work Writting

UNIT 4:

VOLUNTEER
WORK
PART D: WRITING

LOC HUNG HIGH - SCHOOL


I. OBJECTIVES:
A. Aims:
- Students learn some words, phrases and basic structures
used in a letter of gratitude.
- Students learn how to write a letter of gratitude.
B. Lexical items:
- donation, donated amount, handicapped students, a receipt,
cooperation, issue, get assistance, express one’s thanks for
something, etc
C. Structures:
- I am happy to….,I would like to express….,etc
D. Teaching aids:
- board, chalks, poiter


A. Aims:
- Students learn some words, phrases and basic structures
used in a letter of gratitude.
- Students learn how to write a letter of gratitude.


B. Lexical items

donation, donated amount, handicapped students, a receipt,
cooperation, issue, get assistance, express one’s thanks for
something, etc


C. Structures

I am happy to….,I would like to express….,etc


II.PROCEDURE:
Warm-up: Teacher asks some questions:
1.
Do you often write a letter to thank someone?
1. Yes, I do. / No, I don’t often write to thank someone , I
just say “ thank you”
2. Will you help people if you have a lot of money?
If yes, who will you help?
2. Yes, I will help the poor and the handicapped.


Suggested answers:


Part 1 : Pre-Writing
Task 1:
1. Teacher explains some words and phrases (use
Vietnamese if necessary)
- gratitude (n) : the feeling of expressing thanks to so
- donation (n): the act of giving money , clothes or food to

the poor or the handicapped
- donor (n) : a person who makes a donation
- handicapped (a)= disabled
- receipt (n): receiving or being received; written
acknowledgement of money or goods received
- issue (v): publish ; put money into general use
- cooperation (n): working together for a common purpose
- get assistance = receive help


Part 1 : Pre-Writing (cont)
2/ Teacher asks students to do task 1 in pairs and call two
students to answer it
Answers:
 the opening of the letter: Dear Sir/Madam,
 the donated amount: I am very happy to receive a
donation of $500 from your company some days ago.
 the way (s) the money is used: the money will help us to
repair the old building and build a new block of flats for the
handicapped students
 the way the receipt is issued: We will certainly issue a
receipt as soon as possible
 the gratitude to the donor: I would like to express our
thanks for the donation from your company.
 the closing of the letter: I look forward to hearing from you
soon. Yours faithfully


Part 1 : Pre-Writing (cont)
3/ Teacher asks students to read the letter again to know the

context of the letter, the writing style and some basic
structures .
Questions:
a/ What is the main aim of the letter?
(To express gratitude to the donation.)
b/ Is it a formal or informal letter? Explain.
(It’s a formal letter because of the phrases “
Dear Sir/Madam”, “Yours faithfully”, “would like to…”used
in the letter


Part 2 : While-writing
Task 2:
1.
Teacher asks students to do the task in small groups
(groups of five ) and find out the information about the
suggestions in task 1
2.
Teacher calls one student to write his/her letter on the board
and correct it
3.
Teacher offers a model letter


Part 2 : While-writing (cont)

Model letter:
Dear Sir/Madam,
(Address)
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to express our thanks for a donation I am writing to
of 1,000,000 VND I have just received from your
organization. With that sum of money, we will
contribute to the funding for our new school
library. We will also spend some money on new
computers.
I hope you will help us a lot and cooperate with
us in the future .
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I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincer
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John
Sincerely yours,
John Walker
Secretary of School Library Building Fund


Part 3: Post-Writing

1.

2.

Choose one of these following situations to write a
letter of gratitude:
Write a letter to thank an organization for offering you a
scholarship
Write a letter to thank a person who recommended you to
a club