I/ Get Ready 

:
1/ Label the pictures.
Help repair buildings/ organize sales for charity/ serve food in a homeless shelter/ organize a food drive/
beautify a school or other buildings/plant trees or flowers in your community/ help the elderly/ clean up a park

1__________________ 2__________________ 3__________________ 4___________________

5__________________ 6_________________ 7__________________ 8__________________

Look at the pictures. What do you notice? ______________________________________________

Can you think of other voluntary work, kids can take part in?
At what age do you think kids can volunteer?_____________________________________________
At what age do you think children can volunteer?
II/ Let’s Discover: Listening
Listen to find out when Melissa started volunteering and what type of voluntary work she engaged
in.
1/ complete the table with the right information
Founder Organization Place Aims ( what it wanted
to achieve)
__________________ __________________ __________________ ___________________

 How old was Melissa when she started her club?

 What do the club members do? Listen and complete the spider gram on page 166(A.B)
 Now listen and complete the paragraph on page 166.
 FACE is an organization by kids and for kids. What about adults? How can they help?
- By encouraging children to join
- By giving money to help
- By campaigning for a better environment
- Vocabulary: Activity 1 page 167 ( A.B)
Function: In the listening passage, there are two expressions used for offering help. Pick them
out.
1. _______________________________
2. _______________________________
There are other ways to offer help. Do Step 2 page 130 ( S.B) to find them out.
3. ______________________________ 4. ________________________________

Practice: complete the following conversation with the right expressions

A: Good morning, Avondale Animal Shelter._____________________________________?
B: Hell, I’m interested in volunteering for the shelter.______________________________?
A: Well, we are always looking for new volunteers. When are you available?
B: I’m free on Saturday afternoons.
A: Fantastic. We could use someone to walk the dogs. We are also looking for someone to help
with fundraising. ___________________________________?
B: Yes! I can definitely walk the dogs. As for fundraising, I can help to collect donations.
A: Great! You can start on Saturday if you like. Just come in at around 2 pm and ask for Maria.
B: OK. I will be there. Goodbye.

III/ Let’s Produce: Speaking

You want to help out in a homeless shelter/ home for the elderly. Take roles and act out a similar
dialogue. Use the plan below and make sure to:
 Say the reason you’re calling and offer to volunteer,
 Say the days/times you are available and ask how you could help,
 Say what you can do,
 Agree on suggested day to start.