Unit 3. Community Service. Lesson 5. Skills 1

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UNIT 3: COMMUNITY
SERVICE
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
UNIT 3
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Period 4: SKILLS 1
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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to US. government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.
Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoys it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour
(such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation (such as giving rides to the elderly) and tutoring/mentoring young people.
1. Read the text about volunteer work in the United States.
2. Decide if the following statements are true(T) or false (F).
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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.
Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour ( such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation( such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/ mentoring young people.
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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.
Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour ( such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation( such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/ mentoring young people.
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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.
Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour ( such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation( such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/ mentoring young people.
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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.
Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour ( such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation( such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/ mentoring young people.
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2. Decide if the following statements are True or False?
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F
F
 since the early days of the country
 … not because they are forced to do it.
3. Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick ( ) the boxes.
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In the United States, almost everyone, at one time or another, has been a volunteer. According to U.S government statistics, about one-fifth of the American population does volunteer work each year. Americans have had the tradition of volunteering and helping one another since the early days of the country.
Americans volunteer not because they are forced or paid to do it. They enjoy it! Traditional volunteer activities include raising money for people in need, cooking and giving food, doing general labour ( such as clean-up projects and home repair), providing transportation( such as giving rides to the elderly), and tutoring/ mentoring young people.
3. Which of the activities below are traditional volunteer activities in the United States? Tick ( ) the boxes.
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What volunteer activity is it?
Giving evening classes for street children.
What volunteer activity is it?
Visiting the elderly people
We could make postcards and sell them.
What could we do to raise money?
We could donate clothes...
What could we do to help the street children?
How many people do volunteer work in the USA each year?
About one- fifth
Volunteer work
Raising money
Speaking
Work in group. Discuss ideas for volunteer activities.
How can we help ……………..?
poor students
old people
disable children
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4. Fill in the table with your ideas for volunteer activities.
- Repair the roof of the house.
- Paint the house.
Give rides
to the elderly
- Help elderly across the street.
- Provide evening classes for for street children.
- Mentor them to do homework …
Example:
5.Share the ideas for volunteer activities.
A : How can we help …....………..……..?
B : We can help them …………………….
C : We can ……………………………...
the old people
across the street.
donate some money.
poor students
disabled people
The elderly people
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HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart all the new words
-Do exercises- D1, 2, 3 (WB)
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