Professional Documents
Culture Documents
LEVEL 4
UNIT 9
Giving
Theme:
Active citizenship
Topic:
“Charity”
- This document is the study guide for you to work on the contents of the course
during the week between the 30th of March and the 2nd of April.
- We will use google classroom for you to send your evidences of having done the
jevillanueva@uninorte.edu.co.
Pages 97 - 100
LISTENING
SLO 5. Identify the main idea and specific details from written texts, conversations
and talks
Watch part of Joy Sun’s TED Talk. Answer the questions. (Minute 0:00 to
0:40)
TedTalk unit 9
According to Sun, what do many aid workers want to do?
Throw money from a plane at the poorest towns
1. Why do you think they might feel this way?
To see that the state when many people live is for lack of many
Listen to Neil Glover talking about a time he raised money for charity. Choose the correct
answer.
Neil Glover's speech
What did he do to raise money? (Highlight the correct answer)
a. He walked 100 km.
b. He sailed across an ocean.
c. He drove around a country.
After making the collocations write one sentence with each one of them
1. I want to donate money to a foundation fold children with cancer.
2. I plan to donate millions to charity.
3. We must raise awareness about the current situation.
4. My aunt is raise an event for the elderly.
5. He wants make a different in his city to help people.
6. My family will make a donation to help dog s that are on the streets.
7. They support a fundraiser for street people
8. We can all support a cause to create difference.
9. Your hold time is over, you can enter.
READING
Read the information on page 100. Answer these questions. You can also
listen to the information here. GIVING ONLINE
1. What two benefits of online fundraising does the infographic show?
Online donations save time and money.
2. According to the infographic, which online platform is the most
effective way of raising money?
The best platform is Twitter because what was collected on average
exceeds what was expected.
Every day after work, Paul took his muddy boots off on the steps of the front porch. Alice
would have a fit if the boots made it so far as the welcome mat. He then took off his dusty
overalls and threw them into a plastic garbage bag; Alice left a new garbage bag tied to the
porch railing for him every morning. On his way in the house, he dropped the garbage bag
off at the washing machine and went straight up the stairs to the shower as he was
instructed. He would eat dinner with her after he was “presentable,” as Alice had often said.
Describe Alice
Alicia is very organized woman and she likes to keep everything clean.
In the text she says that she would not like the dirty boots to touch the carpets and also
leaves a bag for him to take off his dusty overalls before entering the house.
Crack! Thunderstruck and rain poured. Max stared blankly out the window, trying to
contain his emotions that raged like the weather. He was beginning to lose it. Dropping the
kite from his hand, Max broke out into full sobs. His mother comforted him, “There, there,
Max. We’ll just find something else to do.” She began to unpack the picnic basket that was
on the counter and offered him a sandwich. Max snapped, “I don’t wanna sand-mich!” A
flash from the sky lit up the living room. Boom! Mom sighed.
Because he broke out into full sobs when he saw that there was storm.
Because she started to unpack the picnic basket when she saw that it was raining.
Your professor will meet you synchronously (Blackboard
collaborate/hangouts / Google Meet or zoom) to check on
your progress and verify that SLO 3 is understood. This
will be on the fourth hour of class.