CORE MATERIAL WEEK 2

MODULE # 1(UNIT 1)

Theme: Active Citizenship

Topic: “Volunteering”

Objective: Analyse problems in our communities and discuss the

implications of becoming volunteers to be active participants in the
solutions for such problems.

WARM-UP / GRAMMAR REVIEW- IMPERATIVE TENSE

You can use the imperative form to give an order, to give a warning or advice, and (if
you use “please”) to make a request.

To make the imperative, use the infinitive of the verb without ‘to’:

(to come) = “Come here!” (to sit) = “Sit down!”

To make a negative imperative, put “do not” or “don’t” before the verb:

(to not go) = “Don’t go!” (to not walk) = “Do not walk on the grass.”

VOCABULARY: GIVING HELP

Active Citizenship

What does it mean to be a good citizen?

Use the imperative to create 2 suggestions for what people

should do to be good citizens:

Example: -GO out and VOTE on election day.

-DON’T THROW trash in the street.

VOCABULARY: GIVING HELP

Go to your E-book on page 14: Complete the following sentences with
the correct vocabulary word

1. Even small acts of kindness can (take care of /

make a difference to) people's lives.

2. When friends go through difficult times, it's

important to (be there for / make an impact on)
them.

3. The work of great people, like Nelson Mandela,

(helps out / makes an impact on) millions of people's lives.

4. Doctors and nurses (inspire / take care of) sick and injured people.

5. Scientists can (be there for / inspire) positive changes in the world
through their work.

6. Charities often need volunteers to (help out at / inspire) their events.

GRAMMAR: MIXED TENSES

Identify the tense:

(simple past – simple present – past continuous – present continuous –

present perfect)

TENSE EXAMPLE
Charles was working on a campaign in favor of stray dogs last year

Charles is volunteering in a non-profit organization to help orphan

children
Charles bought a lot of toys for orphan children

Charles´ organization has helped more than 100 orphan children

Charles visits orphan children on Saturdays

Using target Vocabulary: Now write 5 sentences using some of the

following verbs:
 TENSE EXAMPLE
simple present

simple past

past continuous

present
continuous
present perfect

Now complete the following chart using the negative and

interrogative forms of the sentences:

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

Past Charles was working on a
coni campaign in favor of stray
dogs last year.
Charles is volunteering in a
Pres
ent non-profit organization to
con help orphan children.
sim Charles bought a lot of
ple toys for orphan children.
past
presen Charles´ organization has
t helped more than 100
perfect orphan children.
Charle wasn´t working on a campaing
in favor of stray dogs last year.
Charles isn´t volunteering in a
non-profit organization to help orphan
children
Charle didn´t buy a lot of toys fot orphan
children
Charle´s organization hasn´t help more
than 100 orphan childen.
was charles working on a
campaing in favor of stray dogs
last year?
Is charles volunteering in
non-profit organization to
help orphan children
Did charles buy a lot of toys for
orphan children?
has Charle´s organization help
more than 100 orphan childen?

sim Charles visits orphan Charles doesn´t visit orphan children on Does charles visit orphan
ple children on Saturdays. children on saturdays?
saturdays
pas
t

GRAMMAR. MIXED TENSES IN A PARAGRAPH

Complete the information using the correct form of the words in

parentheses. Use different tenses practiced in the previous
exercise:

TEDDY BEARS FOR HAITI

There __________(be)
are lots of small things

we can do to make a difference in people's

lives. In 2010, 12-year-old Blare Gooch

was watching
(watch) ___________ TV when

saw
he(see)____________a news program about
can en pasado
the Haiti earthquake. On it, a young boy was crying. Blare (can't)__________ stop

thinking about what he had seen and wanted to help in some way. He thought of an

idea to collect teddy bears for the children in Haiti. He(start)___________

started a project

called Blare's Bears for Haiti. Through Facebook, he got many schools

donated
to(donate)_____________ bears. Blare managed to collect 25,000 bears for Haiti. "It

doesn't really matter how small or old you are," he says. "If you're young and think

you can't make a big difference in the world, well, you actually can."

A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter

LISTENING. Watch the following video https://youtu.be/sAQfzHBpRsc
and answer the questions below
Identifying Supporting Details
PART 1.
1. Who fights fires in Mark
Bezos’s town?
a. professionals only
b. volunteers only
c. volunteers and professionals
2. When did the fire Bezos is
describing happen?
a. He doesn't say.
b. the second time he
volunteered
c. the first time he volunteered
3. What was Mark Bezos hoping
for when he went to help at the
fire?
PART 2.
Supporting Details: Details are
statements that support the main
idea by:
- Describing
- Adding information
- Giving examples
- Who, what, where, when,
why, how
a. to watch the professionals work
b. to stay safe
c. to do something exciting
4. How does he describe the
scene?
a. It was a rainy night.
b. It was a snowy morning.
c. It was a sunny day.
5. Who was the captain talking
to?
a. the person who lived in the house
b. another volunteer
c. a journalist
 1. What was the other
volunteer’s assignment?
a. to put out the fire
b. to save the woman's dog
c. to save the woman's family
member
2. How did Bezos feel about
the other volunteer?
a. He was jealous.
b. He was happy.
c. He wanted to help.
3. What was Bezos’s
assignment?
a. to get the woman's shoes
b. to help the captain
c. to talk to the woman
1. What acts of kindness does
Mark Bezos say he sees in his
life?
a. both big and small ones
b. big ones
c. small ones
2. When does Bezos think
people should begin making a
difference?
a. after they have finished their
education
b. when they have achieved success
c. at this moment
3. Which example of helping out
does Bezos NOT give?
a. volunteering at a soup kitchen
b. help elderly people
4. What did the woman do
after the fire?
a. invite the volunteer
firefighters to her house
b. visit the fire department to
say thank you
c. write a letter to the fire
department about her
experience
5. What point did she
highlight in her letter?
a. Someone rescued her dog.
b. Someone brought her a pair
of shoes.
c. The firefighters were quick in
putting out the fire.
PART 3 (View section 3)
c. clean up a park
4. What does Bezos say people
can do every day?
a. save someone's life
b. make a difference in someone's
life
c. join a game
 Main idea: It is the
primary concept or point
PART 4 that the author wants to
communicate to the reader
Identifying main idea about a topic.

What is the main idea of the talk?

a. You don’t need to have to do something huge to make an impact on the

world.
b. Small things can´t make a difference.
c. Great efforts are necessary to change the world
Identifying purpose:

Identifying purpose To inform: To provide

factual information about
What’s the main purpose of the talk? a topic
To Persuade: To
a. To inform convince the reader about
b. To persuade a position
To entertain: To make
c. to entertain
the reader have fun.

Intended audience: It is
Identifying intended audience who the writer expects to
read the text.
a. Novice firefighters or people Good writers write with a
who want to become firefighters specific reader in mind
The audience affects the
b. People who are part of charities complexity of language as
or volunteering programs well as type of details and
c. People interested in inspiring examples.
talks or social topics

Making inferences: It is
reading beyond the lines,
understanding the implicit
Making Inferences meaning of a message.

Read the following quote and use your own words to explain what
Mark Bezos mean:

“Not every day is going to offer us a chance to save someone’s life, but every
day offers us an opportunity to affect one”

PROJECT 1 – INTRODUCTION AND STEP 1