Giáo án Tiếng Anh 11 Unit 4: Volunteer work

GIÁO ÁN ENGLISH 11
Unit 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
Reading
Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to
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Scan read for specific information

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Skin read for general ideas

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Work in pairs/groups effectively

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Get to know about volunteer work

Lexical items: Voluntary/volunteer/mow/ handicapped/ remote
Skills: Reading (main), speaking
Teaching aids: Handouts, picture
PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. WARMER: (5’)

Questions:

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Divide the class into 2 groups

1.What do you call the person who cures

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Each group will take turns to answer

diseases for animals? (vet)

the questions prepared before hand by the

2.Tell me the name of the fruit which is

teacher

round, sweet, rather big? (orange)

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3. Which animal lives in the forest and

If they give the correct answer they

will get 1 mark. The group with more marks

eats the carrots? (rabbit)

wins the game.

4.Fill in the missing words


a. .......or West, home is best
5.What is the antonym of “full”? (empty)
Leading: Can you tell me some volunteer

6. What do you call the money we give

work in our school?

to the children on Tet Holidays? (lucky

II. NEW LESSON

money)

Teacher says: In our lesson today, we’ll read

7. What is a popular kind of drink in

about the volunteer work PRE-READING

Japan, China and Vietnam? (tea)

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Teaching vocabulary

8.What is up when it rains? (umbrella)

1.

Volunteer (n) (v) (picture +

What do you call the home of the birds
(nest)

explanation)
These people are doing
volunteer work. They are volunteers
Teacher: Can “volunteer” be a

Expected answers:
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Help the disabled

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Help the people suffering badly in

wars or natural disasters

verb?
Students: Yes
2.

Voluntary (adj) (context situation:

Synonym)
In her spare time, she does the work without

Show a picture of the handicapped and

being paid for it?

elicit the word.

In her spare time, she does....... work

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Checking vocabulary: Gap fill

1.

When she retired, she did a lot

(voluntary)
3.

Remote (adj) (synonym)

of.......service for the Red Cross

What is the synonym of “far away”?

2.

4.

did routine chores

Wow (v) (picture +example)

He continued to.......the lawn and


Show the picture of a mower and ask

3.

students to fill in the gap with one word in

the kitchen

the following sentence:

4.

“ This machine is used to.......
lawn/
5.

We have visited many villages

in.......areas
5.

Handicapped (adj ) (picture +

She needs some.......to clean up

I’m going to work two days a

week teaching.......kids to fish

translation)

KEYS: 1. Voluntary 2. mow 3.

III. WHILE –READING (17’)

volunteers 4. remote 5. handicapped

Activity 1: Multiple choice (task 2, P.48)
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Put students into pairs

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In pairs, ask them to choose the best

answer from A, B, C or D for each of the
sentence

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Call on some Students to give the

answers
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Make corrections

Expected answers: 1.A, 2.D. 3.B. 4.D,
5.B

Activity 2: Questions and answers (task 3,
P49)
Have students work in pairs to ask and
answer the questions.
Call some students to give the answer and
write on the board

Expected answers:

IV. POST – READING: Discussion

1.

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there, play games with them and listen to

Have students work in groups of for

or five, discussing the following questions:

They read books to the people

their problem.


1.

What kind of volunteer work do you

2.

They give care and comfort to

usually do at school?

them and help them to overcome their

What do you usually do in each kind of

difficulties

volunteer work?

3.

During summer vacations, they

volunteer to work in remote or
mountainous areas to provide education
for children

IV. HOMEWORK:

Write a short paragraph about volunteer
work at your school/hometown.


UNIT 4

VOLUNTEER WORK
SPEAKING

 Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to
-Identify types of volunteer work
-talk about volunteer work
-work in groups /pairs effectively
 Lexical items: invalid/ martyr/ intersection
 Skills: Speaking
 Teaching aids: Handouts, charts
PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. WARMER:(5') Game: Word Grid

R

What animal do cats eat? (rat)

-Hang on a chart with all the words in their

E

What planet are we living on?

rows and cover each row with a piece of
paper

(Earth)
D

What do you call a person who

-Divide the class into 2 groups

takes care of the teeth?

-Ask each group to choose the numbered

(Dentist)

row in turns, read the explanation for the

C

word in that row and say what the word is

-Uncover the piece of paper of each row

(Cup)
R

when Ss have the correct answer
-One point for one correct answer. If they
can guess the word in vertical column, they
will get 3 points and the game stops

What do we use to drink tea?

What is the antonym of
“wrong”? (Right)

O

What is Iraq famous for? (Oil)

S

What do we wash our hair


RED CROSS

with? (Shampoo)

Lead in: -Have you ever worked for the Red

S

Cross Association?

What is the most popular sport
in the world? (Soccer)

- What kind of volunteer work do people
work in the Red Cross Association?
→In our lesson today, we are going to
speak about such volunteer work.

Expected answers: -Yes/ No
They help the poor, or those suffering
from natural disasters.

II. PRE- SPEAKING: (8’)
1. *Teaching vocabulary: Invalid(n) (picture
+ Situation man. He has to be confined to a
wheel- chair and he needs other people to
take care of him. He is an....
2. Martyr (n). (Situation + Translation)
3. Ex: Do you know Nguyen Van Troi? He
devoted himself to the revolutionary cause
and he was killed by the enemy. He is
considered as a....
4. Intersection (n) (picture ).
III. WHILE _SPEAKING:
*Activity 1(task 1, p.49)
Teacher: Hang this chart.

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Teacher gives feedback.
Answer:

Taking part in an

excursion

1



2



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Helping people in

remote or mountainous areas


3



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4



comfort to the poor and the sick.

5



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6



Teacher shows the chart of the conversation
on page 50 on the board. Teacher reads the

Giving care and

Participating in an

English speaking club.
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Providing education for

disadvantaged children.

conversation aloud.

Joining the Green Saturday Movement.

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Teacher gives feedback.

Students go to the board to stick the

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IV. POST- SPEAKING

Teacher divides the class into groups of four

smiling faces next to volunteer work and
sad faces to the activities which are not
volunteer work.

or five, asking them to discuss volunteer
work that they usually do to help people.
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Teacher collects the

Pairs

mistakes made by student/

Substitution:

Teacher gives feedback.

Instruction: You are going to walk in
pairs to make similar conversation, using
the activities from the table.
Group discussion.

V Homework:

1. We/ usually/ take part/ social activity.
→
2. Classmates/ interested/ help/
handicapped children/ neighborhood.
→


3. Father/ used/ help/ people/
mountainous areas.
→


UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
LISTENING

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
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listen for specific information

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know more about volunteer work
- work in pairs/ groups actively
- discuss

Lexical items: co-operate, fundraising, sponsor, annually
Skills: listening (main),

speaking

Teaching aids: CD player, poster, handouts

PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. Warm-up: (5 mins) Game: Finding one’s - Ss in each team combine pieces of
other half

paper to form meaning full phrases

- Divide the class into 2 teams A and B

-The team who finishes first wins

- Hang on 2 posters on the board
-Stick pieces of paper on each poster

*Lead-in: (point at the posters) These

*Key: supporting charities/ raising

activities are volunteer work

money/ helping the poor/ helping the

In today’s listening section, you listen to a

elderly/ making donations

passage to know more about volunteer work.
II. Pre- listening:
*pre-teaching vocabulary:
1, co-operate (v) (example)
Ex: I work with him and help him for a
particular purpose. I………….. with him.
2, fundraising (n)(definition+ translation):
the activity of collecting money to support a
charity or an organization: hoat dong gay
quy
3, sponsor (n) (situation)
+ Hue Brewery Company paid all the
expenses for the Festival held in 2006


This company was the……………….. of the

Festival.
4, annually (adv) (synonym)
What is the synonym of yearly?
*Checking vocabulary: Slap the board
III. WHILE- LISTENING: (20 mins)
*Activity 1: Gap- fill (task 1,p. 51)

Expected answers:

- Ply the tape and ask Ss to listen and fill in

1. informal 2. 30 street children 3. 250

the missing information

children

- Let Ss listen again if necessary

February

4. 1998

5. volunteers/

- Call some Ss to give the answers
*Activity 2: Error Recognition
- Deliver handouts
- Have Ss listen and underline an error in
each sentence and correct it

Key:

- Call some Ss to give the answers

1. to

1. Spring School provides classes for

5. found

disadvantaged children in Ho Chi Minh
City.
2. Dance, theatre, singing and circus classes
was set up a year later.
3. Spring School requires volunteers helping
organize their fundraising dinner.
4. This is an exciting night in where children

2. were 3. to help 4. which


perform circus, theatre, dance and singing.
5. More schools like Spring School will soon
be finding in other city in Vietnam.

Expected answers:

*Activity 3: Questions and Answers (task 2.

1.

p. 51)

disadvantages children in Ho Chi Minh

- Have the Ss listen to the passage again and

City.

find the answers to the questions

2.

- Ask them to compare the answers in pairs

circus were set up in 1999.

- Give the feedback

3. Because they need money to continue

IV. POST-LISTENING: (14 mins)

their English and Performance Arts

Speaking
- Ask Ss to work in pairs to talk about
Spring School, using the following
suggestions:

+ The aim of Spring School
+ The number of children living and
studying at the school or the classes
+ The activities the children at the school
take part in
+ The kinds of volunteers that Spring
School requires
- Go round to give help where necessary
- Call on some Ss to report in front of the
class

IT provides classes to

2. Dance, theatre, singing and

classes.
4. At one of the largest hotels in Ho Chi
Minh City.
5. To contact sponsors and help to
expand the school activities.


V. HOMEWORK:

- Ask Ss to summarize the story about
Spring School


Unit 4: VOLUNTEER WORK
WRITING

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to write a formal letter expressing
gratitude.
Lexical items: amount, ….
Skills: writing (main), reading
Teaching aids: charts, reality
PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. WARM-UP: (3 mins) Game (Jumbled

Ss work out the anagram the following

word)

word: STANHK

Lead- in: (2mins)

Key: THANKS

Elicit the answers from Ss: -When do you

Expected answers:

say “thanks”?

+ When someone gives you a present.

In today’s lesson, you’ll learn how to write

+When someone does you a favor.

a formal letter to express gratitude or
thanks.
PRE-TEACHING VOCABULARY:
Amount (n): (Synonym)
+What is the synonym of “a sum of
money”

+When someone helps you with
something.
Suggested answers:
The opening of the letter: Dear Sir or
Madam
The amount that is donated: I am verry

1.

Donation (n): (translation)

happy to receive a donation of $500

2.

Ask Ss: What do you call a person

from your company some days ago.

who donates something? (donor)

How the money is used: the money


3.

Issue (v): (realia + situation)

*Activity 1: Read and Underline (5 mins)
- Have Ss work in pairs to read the letter

will help us to repair the old school
building and build a new block of flats
for the handicapped students.

and underline the sentence that express the

How the receipt is issued: We will

points given (task 1, p.52)

certainly issue a receipt as soon as

- Call on some Ss to read aloud the
sentences
- Give feedback
*Activity 2: Identifying ideas(5 mins)

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

- Hang on a chart with parts of a thank- you to hearing from you soon.
letter arranged in the wrong order
Yours faithfully,
a. An offer to pay and a renewal of thanks
Expected answers:
b. A personal remark about the usefulness
1. An acknowledgement and thanks
of the gift or present
2. A fuller expression of gratitude
c. An acknowledgement and thanks
3. A personal remark about the
d. Closing
usefulness of the gift or present
e. A fuller expression of gratitude
4. An offer to pay and a renewal of
- Call some SS to give the answers
thanks
- Check with the class

5. Closing

Activity 3: Write a thank-you letter (15

Expected answers:

mins) (Task 2, page 53)
- Elicit some useful expressions used to
express gratitude or thanks from Ss
II. POST-WRITING: (8 mins)

- Thank you very much indeed for …
- Many thanks to you for …
- It is kind / good of you to help …


- Choose one writing and ask a student to

- On behalf of … I’m writing to thank

write it on the board

you for…

- Ask the whole class to correct the

- I would like to express my thanks to

mistakes

you for …

- Give comments

- I would like to offer my sincerest

III. HOMEWORK: (2 mins)


UNIT 4 – VOLUNTEER WORK
LANGUAGE FOCUS (1)
▪

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, SS will be able to

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know how to use gerund / present participle of the verbs.

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do all the tasks in the course book / set by teacher correctly.

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work in pairs/groups effectively.

▪

Lexical items:

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furious (adj) diary (n), modernize (v), be ashamed of (exp)

▪

Skills: Reading and writing

▪ Teaching aids: Handouts, chart.
PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I.

Key word: Soccer

PRESENTATION

Warm-up (5’)
Hangman game
Lead in and presentation (8)
Do you like playing soccer, boys?
Why?

(Yes)

T writes: They find that playing football is

(Because it's interesting).

interesting.

T asks: Pay attention to the word playing. Is
it an infinitive or a gerund?
(gerund).


T revises some cases in which gerund is
used:
- after preposition (of, with, about, in...)

Preposition + gerund

- After some verbs (V*: mind, enjoy,

V* + gerund

admit...)
T hangs the picture of a boy seeing some
boys playing football

Checking: Decide if the following
underlined words are gerund or present

What did the boy do?

participle.

(He saw some boys playing football.)

1. He is interested in playing football.

T writes: He saw some boys playing

(gerund)

football.

2. She wasted a lot of time collecting

T explains: Playing is present participle of

old books.(pp)

the verb.

3.I have no intention of moving to York.

Run through the words

(gerund)

To help you do the following exercises, I'll

Lan is going fishing this afternoon.(pp)

help you with some new words.
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toe (n):
(picture)furious (adj)
(synonym)

What's another word for "very angry"?
prevent s.o from doing st: (translation)
diary (n) (gap-fill)
I am very interested in seeing the program
"Vang Anh's........"


* Checking vocabulary: Rub out and
remember
II. PRACTICE
1.

Task 1(page 54) (9m)

2. Task 2: (9m)

Suggested answers:

III. POST-PRACTICE (13’)

1.listening 2.bending 3. behaving

LUCKY NUMBER (12)

4.meeting 5. spending 6. waiting 7.

T: prepare 7 pictures beforehand.

starting

1.

picture of a boy preparing his

lessons
2.

Suggested answers:
picture of a woman going

shopping

1. burning / rising 2. reading 3. lying 4.
shopping 5. preparing 6. trying 7.

3.

lucky number

modernizing

4.

picture of of a man collecting old

Each group takes turns to choose a
number and make a sentence about the

books.

5.

picture of some boys playing

badminton.
6.

.picture of a girl looking forward

picture they see. The Gerund group has
to use a gerund in their sentence and the
PP group has to use a present participle
in their sentence. They earn one mark

to a letter from her friend.

for each correct sentence. If they choose

7.

the lucky number, they have one mark

picture of a woman asking a man

not to smoke.
picture of a girl seeing a boy running past
her house.

without answering any questions. The
group with more marks wins the game.

* Expected answers:
1. The boy is absorbed in preparing his
lesson / I saw the boy preparing his


Divide the class into 2 groups: gerund group

lesson

and PP group.

2. The woman went shopping this

T: Declare the winner

morning / The woman enjoys going
shopping every weekend. 3...........
Write 6 daily activities of your own,

IV. HOMEWORK: (2’)

using gerund and PP. Ex: I enjoy
reading every night.


UNIT 4 – VOLUNTEER WORK
LANGUAGE FOCUS (2)
* Objectives: By the end of the lesson, Ss will be able to known the following points.
-pronunciation: /w/ -/ j/.
-perfect gerund and perfect participle

*Skills: speaking, writing.
* Teaching aids: handouts, charts
PROCEDURE
Teacher ‘s activities

Students’ activities

I. WARMER: Game Lucky number

Ss: play the game

T: Divide the class into two groups

1.

The sun sets in the …….

2.

Can you tell me the antonym of

Each group will take turns to choose
any number on the chart.

“dry”?

If they give the correct answer, they
will get one mark

3.

Lucky number.

4.

Which word do you use to agree with

If they give the wrong answer, another one’s idea? The word has 3 letters.
group will have chance to answer it and
continue
to choose another number. The group
with more marks wins the game.

5.

A …… has 12 months.

6.

What is the biggest animal that lives

in the sea.
7.

Lucky number.

What is the day before today?
Key: 1. west

2. wet

6. whale


4. yes

5. year

8. yesterday

T: Can you pronounce these words?
Ss: Yes/ No
T: Call some Ss to pronounce them.
Today We study how to pronounce /w/
- /j/.
II. NEW LESSON:
A. Pronunciation:

Ss: Repeat after T

*Activity 1:
T: Read aloud the words in the textbook.
T: Call some Ss to read the words again.
Make correction if necessary.

Ss: Repeat after T.

*Activity 2:
T: Read aloud the sentences in the
textbook.

T: Call some student to read again.
Make correction if necessary.
*Activity 3: Group work

Ss: Make their own sentences with the
sounds /w/ - /j/

T: Go around and help if necessary.
Expected answer:
a. He was blamed for breaking the window
gerund

B. Grammar: perfect gerund and perfect
participle.

He was blamed for having broken the
window.


1. Presentation:

Perfect gerund

* Example: Rewrite the following

b. Having already read the book several

sentences, beginning with the given

times, I didn’t borrow it.

words

Perfect participle

a. He was blamed. He broke the
window.
He was blamed for…………………
b. Because I had already read the book
several time, I didn’t borrow it.
Having………………………………….
Explanation:

Ss: Do the exercise 3 page 55

_Perfect gerund is the perfect form of

Key:

the gerund. It is used to refer to a part

1. having made 2. Having been

action.
_Perfect participle is the perfect form of

3. having been

4. Having tied

5. Having read

6. having taken

the present participle. It is used when
one action happens before another
action.
2. Practice: (Task 3 p. 55)
T: Call Ss to give the answer. Make
correction if necessary
3. Production: Sentence building

Key:

a. Take/ two/ these pills/ my daughter/

a. Taking two these pills, my daughter felt

felt/ better.

better.

b. He/ admit / steal/ my bike.

b. He admitted having stolen my bike.


c. Finished/ her work/ she/go/ home.

c. Having finished her work, she went

home.

IV. HOMEWORK: (2’) Write 6 daily
activities of your own, using gerund and
PP.
Ex: I enjoy reading every night.