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UNIT 1: “DON’T ASK WHAT YOUR
COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU; ASK
WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR
COUNTRY."
WEEK 01 – LET’S UNITE TO FIGHT POVERTY AND
INDECISIVENESS
 Theme : Social Organization

Unit : 01
Topic : Social engagement
and volunteering
Week : 01
Grade : 5th

DAY 1:
Purpose: To explain possible causes of poverty
and discuss how it can be eradicated.

Learning Evidence: A paragraph.

 EYES ON ME
Activity 1: You will be divided into two big groups. Observe the
photographs. Discuss and answer:
Group 1: What are some factors
that make people become poor?
Is it possible for a poor person to
improve his situation? Why or
why not?

Group 2: What do you feel about

the situation reflected in the
photographs? What are possible
ways to eradicate poverty?
Let’s observe & read
Activity 2: Read the following
text. What is it about?

Activity 3: Discuss in groups of

3, what are the causes of
poverty?
Write your ideas on your
notebook, then share.
 Let’s understand
Activity 4: Analyze the following words. Make sure you understand them all.
Use your dictionary in case of new words. Practice pronunciation
with your teacher.

Activity 5: Answer, when can you use the words presented above? Choose 3
words and create sentences connected to the topic today.
 Let’s practice
Activity 6: Match the definitions and descriptions a-f below with the six correct
words from activity 4.

Fair trade

Developing nations

Child mortality rate

Exploit
Aid

Scarcity mentality
Let’s practice
Activity 7: Answer the following questions with your personal opinion.
Let’s reflect
Activity 9: Think about your process in class and answer these questions.
 DAY 2

Purpose: To use subject and object questions in a

dialogue related to social problems.

Learning Evidence: A written dialogue.

 EYES ON ME
Activity 1: You will listen to a song. What is it about? Get a phrase from it
that calls your attention and comment it with a classmate.

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about….
A p hr ase that
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attention
that
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means…
 Let’s observe & listen
Activity 2: Listen to an audio about poverty. Listen to it and complete these
sentences with the missing verbs.
promotes transparency
described
has been

have doubled
spread awareness

see

go back
 Let’s understand
Activity 3: Look at the following examples. Match the questions to the correct
type.

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 Let’s understand
Activity 4: Look at the following examples. Match the questions to the correct
type.

In English, there are two different types of questions using

question words.

1. Object questions: When we want to know information about

how, when, where, why… the subject performs an action.

2. Object questions: When we want to know who or what

performs the action.
Let’s understand
 Let’s practice
Activity 5: Read the statements below. Write a SUBJECT or OBJECT question
according to the underlined information. Analyze the examples given.
 What does Stefan like to play?
1. Stefan likes to play tennis. ________________________________
Who are in the garden now?
2. We are in the garden now. ________________________________
Where is Mark repairing his bike?
3. Mark is repairing his bike in the yard. ________________________________
What is Ron eating?
4. Ron is eating pizza.
Who are making a sandcastle?
________________________________
When does Harold read newspapers?
5. The children are making a sandcastle. ________________________________
How does Deborah do her projects?
6. Harold reads newspapers in the morning.
Who do not observe the instructions?
________________________________
Who is at the office at the moment?
7. Deborah does her projects successfully. ________________________________
Who chase this cat every day?
8. They don’t observe the instructions. ________________________________
Who is Julian helping now?
9. Riley is at the office at the moment. ________________________________
What are Anglea and Sabrina doing now?
10. The dogs chase this cat every day. ________________________________
Who does many different things every day?
11. Julian is helping Lily now.
________________________________
Let’s create and share
Activity 6:

Work in groups of 3 and create a dialogue

speaking about poverty and how this
problem could be solved in society. Use
at least 3 subject and 3 object questions
in this dialogue.
Let’s reflect
Activity 7: Think about your process in class and answer these questions.
 DAY 3
Purpose: To discuss about causes and
possible solutions poverty has.
Learning Evidence: A dialogue.
Introduzca su logotipo o su 20
nombre aquí
 EYES ON ME
Activity 1: Work with your classmates with whom you created the dialogue
the previous class. Discuss and take notes:

Activity 2: Choose a representative to report your group’s answers.

Introduzca su logotipo o su
nombre aquí
Let’s observe & read
Activity 3: Read the following
excerpt from the book
THE GIVER by Louis
Lowry and explain what
it is about.
Let’s understand
Activity 4: Look at the following literary figures from the book.

Simile: It’s a phrase that uses a comparison to describe using like and as.

E.g: "And he has funny eyes like yours, Jonas!" – p. 20.

(This is saying that someone has different eyes than anyone else.)

Hyperbole: It’s an extravagant exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

E.g: "Jonas thought Larissa had drifted into sleep." – p. 31.

(This means she has fallen asleep little by little)
Let’s understand
Activity 4: Look at the following literary figures from the book.

Onomatopoeia: It’s a sentence in which a word is used to represent a

sound.

E.g: "He could hear the crack of the bone." – p.108.

(The crack indicates the sound the bone makes)

Idiom: It’s a saying or expression containing a figurative meaning that differs

from the phrase's literal meaning.

E.g: "He killed it, my father killed it." – p. 150.

(He destroyed the innocence of the child)
 Let’s practice
Activity 5: Read the text from activity 3 again and answer these questions.

Jonas, Fiona and their friends (classmates).

You might find at least one.

Answers may vary.

Let’s create and share
Activity 6:

TIME TO PRESENT YOUR DIALOGUE!

Let’s reflect
Activity 7: Think about your process in class and answer these questions.