Portfolio Activities & Guidelines Unit 1 Making a Difference

Dear Students,
These are the activities / questions from Unit 1 that will be evaluated for your 1rst
portfolio.

Part B from the Vocabulary on Page 14

1. What are some jobs or professions in which people others? What so they
involve? Would you like to do any of them?
Doctors: Your duty is help people with serious injuries or
diseases
Paramedics: his job is to assist people in disasters and accidents to take them to
a hospital
Police: its duty is the safety of the people
Firefighters: they get to help people involved in a fire
Social workers: are volunteers who carry out work for society

2. When was the last time you helped take care of someone? What did you do?
In high school, doing social work for a community in extreme poverty, we ran
into a homeless man with a broken leg, proceeded to stabilize him, and called an
ambulance. It was the first time I was worried about a stranger and I feel good.

3. Is there someone who inspires or has inspired you?

I suppose that a teacher in primary, at that age was a role mode and today it still is

The Critical Thinking from the Listening (Part C) from Page 15

How does Peter Draw feel his work is helping to make a difference in the world?
He is a cartoonist that a make short stories from children, he understands that a
reached the hearts of many people with his story and so it helps people
The Answers from the Speaking questions on page 17. You will need the infographic from
page 16.
1. Which ideas would you like to try? WHY?
Teach a skill: personally I prefer teach to other people and help with his
education

2. Which ideas do you think are the most helpful?

 Recycle, volunteer your time, teach a skill, listen to someone

3. Can you think of other ideas to add to the list?

respect traffic rules, volunteers cleaned, help disabled

The Critical Thinking from the Building Vocabulary (Part C) from Page 20. You will need the
infographic form page 19.
How do you think so much food gets wasted?
Normally food that does not last at home is frequently wasted since people usually
buy a lot of little perishable food, even so much more food is wasted by food
factories that prefer to vote for a lot of food that is not sold
The Critical Thinking from page 22
Why do you Bezos refers to the other firefighter as Lex Luthor? How do you think
he really feels about the other volunteer?
He says that when they go to an emergency the other firefighters become their
rivals since they must get the victims out as soon as possible, so they turn him into
a competition.
Part C from the Presentation Skills Page 23.
1. the problem of food wastage around the world
The great profitability that helps many people from factories to charity
organizations, some European companies have pursued this idea for problems
in Africa

2. a group of people in our society who need care but are often overlooked
The use of school and university volunteers in social programs have changed
the perspective that these young people had as well as raising awareness of the
problems of the elderly

3. how someone has helped make a difference in other people live

Show people that society goes through many social problems and that the
smallest action can mean for many people who live daily

4. how recycling trash is good for the environment

Pollution is a problem that not many people take seriously, so recycling is
necessary to help avoid contaminating forests and rivers that are currently in
danger.
The Writing (Essay of 10 lines) from page 24
We usually focus so much on our lives that we forget that we live in a society with
neighbors and family, and we tend to believe that this society is so dangerous that
it will take everything away from us but have we ever considered other people?
unfortunately, we tend to think a lot about ourselves, a world full of complacency,
slaves to their instincts and fueled by anger and hatred a rocket propellant as
volatile as it is potent and frighteningly self-sustaining but besides that we feel very
little by ignoring the needy, we can make a difference in our society by ourselves
simply by not being indifferent to problems. all the people we consider to be
heroes were ordinary people who took action when necessary so that society
changed many times and it’s time for you too.