Your volunteer work
This project can be done in two ways:
1 Ss propose their own volunteer project: Give Ss several days to complete the project, and ask them to present their project in the form of a poster. If the project is useful and practical, T can help, or ask the school to help, to realize the proposal.
2 Ss take part in volunteer activities: T can ask Ss to find out about local volunteer projects. Ss will write a paragraph about the activities and how they plan to take part in them. (Ss may look at the reading text in the Workbook, Unit 3, to get some ideas on how to start to volunteer.)
In either case, ask Ss to go through the questions as they will help them to generate ideas.
Project: Your volunteer work
Step 1: Have Ss look at the pictures and tell what volunteer activity it is in each picture.
(Picture 1: Ss pick up rubbish; Picture 2: A student teaching small kids; Picture 3: A student with an old woman in a nursing home for the elderly.)
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
Step 2: Let them watch the following clip about a girl’s volunteer story and answer the questions:
- What volunteer activity is the girl taking part in? (She goes to a nursing home near her house every Thursday after school and spends time with the old people there.)
- What does she do there? (She talks with the old people, tell them stories and does other things with them.)
- How does she feel about the activity? (She feels happy. She thinks she’s making a difference by volunteering.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9tc8BldkJI&ab_channel=BehindtheNews
Step 3: Ask Ss to read page 35 in their book and tell what they have to do in the project. There are two ideas in the project: (1) Ss find information about volunteer activities in their community and report their experience; and (2) Ss develop their own ideas for their own volunteer project.
Step 4: Ask Ss if they want to join in a volunteer activity in the community or start their own project.
- For Ss that choose to take part in a volunteer activity in the community: Have them find out about the volunteer opportunies in their community. Ss will write a paragraph about the activities and how they plan to take part in them. If Ss live close to each other, have them take part in activities together.
- For Ss that start their own project: Form groups of students. Have them work together and brainstorm ideas for their project. Ask them to read the guiding questions in the yellow bubbles. These questions can help them come up with some initial ideas. They then choose one idea for their group.
Have both groups of Ss prepare for presentations about their projects in the form of posters.
During the time Ss find out about the activities in their community or develop their ideas for their own project, follow them closely by frequently asking them about their progress. Provide them some help when needed.
Step 5: Invite Ss to present their posters. Encourage Ss who want to take part in community projects to spend an amount of time every week/month do the activities. For those who propose their own projects, help them realise their proposals if the projects are useful and practical.
NOTES for teachers when carrying out projects
- You can divide the class into some groups from the beginning of the school year. Groups can be assigned to do some projects not all. For example, one group can do 2 projects per semester.
- You should draw Ss’ attention to the project early in the unit. At the end of the Getting started lesson, groups can be notified of the project in the unit. This way, they can have more time to prepare for the project.
- If you have spare periods in the afternoon, you can follow all the suggested steps in this material in the class. If you don’t, try to follow steps from 1 to 3. Steps 4 can be done at home. In this case, remember to tell groups that they need a group leader to monitor the participation of each group member and assign who will do what. Step 5 can be done in the next lesson.
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