Cao Lanh City High school
The group of English subject
UNIT 4: FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED – Who needs our help?
Subject: English; Class: 10A10
Period: 17
I. Objectives
1. Knowledge: By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Identify the specific information about the topic “For a better community”.
- Make simple dialogues using the given expressions.
* Language:
- Vocabulary: words and phrases related about volunteers and volunteer work.
2. Competence: Develop collaborative, problem-solving and communicative competence.
3. Attitude:
- To help Ss get started for Unit 4 with the topic "volunteer work".
- To provide Ss some motivation.
II. Teaching aids and materials:
- Teacher: Online classroom, Powerpoint lecture, textbook, lesson plan.
- Students: Textbook, notebook.
III. Procedures
Activities
I. WARM-UP (5’)

Contents
Warm-up: Answer the questions

* Aim: To outline background in the
topic and lead students to the new
lesson.
* Tool: Powerpoint
* Steps:

- T requires Ss to look at the picture page 1. What is the picture about?
2. What are the people in the picture doing?
38 then answer some questions.
- Ss work individually for 2 minutes.

3. What do you think about their activities?


- When finish, T asks some Ss to share Expected answers:
1. It's about a special class.
their ideas.
2. The boy in blue is teaching some
* Learning outcome: Ss can visualize

children.

the topic lesson they are studying.
Pre- teach vocabulary: (12’)

3. (the answer may vary).
Pre- teach vocabulary:
1. volunteer /ˌvɑː.lənˈtɪr/ (n, v): tình nguyện
viên, làm tình nguyện.
-> do volunteer work: làm cơng việc tình
nguyện.

* Aim: To teach students new
vocabulary about the topic.
* Tool: Powerpoint
* Steps:

- T elicits new words on screen one by
one.
- T asks Ss to listen and pronounces new

2. by chance (noun phrase) = by accident:
tình cờ, ngẫu nhiên. (synonym)
3. (be) hopeless /ˈhəʊpləs/ (adj): tuyệt vọng,
vô vọng.

words 3 times.
- T calls 2 Ss to repeat.
- T asks Ss about part of speech and
stress.
4. balance /ˈbæləns/ (v): làm cho cân bằng.
* Learning outcomes: Ss can more
absorb:

(translation)

5. advertisement /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/ (n) : quảng
cáo, rao vặt. (picture)

- Vocabulary related to the main topic.
- Correct pronunciation.
6. disadvantaged /ˌdɪs.ədˈvæn.tt̬ɪdʒd/
thiệt thòi. (translation)

Activity 1: Listen and repeat: (7’)
* Aim: To enhance Ss’ listening skill.
* Tool: Powerpoint


(adj):

Activity 1a: Listen and repeat: (Student
book/ page 38)
Quan: Hi, Hieu. I called you yesterday afternoon,
but you didn’t answer.
Hieu: Oh, really? What time?
Quan: At about 2 p.m. What were you doing then?


Hieu: Oh, when you called, I was working. I

* Steps:
- T plays the recording twice.
- Ss listen and read the conversation at
the same time.
- T asks 2 students to role play the
conversation.
* Learning outcomes: Ss can improve:
- Listening skill.
- Correct pronunciation.

volunteer every Tuesday afternoon at the Happy
Mind Charity Centre. I teach children.
Quan: Really? Why?
Hieu: Because these children are disadvantaged.
They have many problems and they need our help.
Quan: What subjects do you teach them?
Hieu: Vietnamese and Maths.

Quan: It sounds interesting. How did you get the
job?
Hieu: Just by chance. I was interested in doing
volunteer work, so when I saw the advertisement
for volunteer positions in the newspaper last
summer, I applied and was chosen.
Quan: Oh, I see. Was the job easy at first?
Hieu: Not really. When I worked with them for the
first time, many of them couldn’t read or write.
Some of them were hopeless at Maths!
Quan: What did you do then?
Hieu: I got some useful advice from my teacher. It
was really helpful. All of the children can read and
write now.
Quan: Your job is very meaningful. I also want to
do something useful for our society.
Hieu: Well, if you are interested in this kind of
work,
I will introduce you to my team leader.
Quan: That sounds great! Thanks for your
suggestion! I’m very excited!

Activity 1b: Read the conversation in
Activity 1b: (5’)

GETTING STARTED again. Find the
adjectives ending with the following

* Aim: To assist students how to find the
suffixes:

adjective in a sentence by looking at the
suffixes.
• -ed:……………
* Tool: Powerpoint
• -ing:…………..
* Steps:
• -ful:……………
- T asks Ss to read the instruction


carefully.

• -less:…………..

- T explains the instruction.

Expected answers:

- Ss do the task individually.

• -ed: disadvantage, interested, excited

- T calls some Ss to check their answers.
- T then give feedbacks.
* Learning outcome:

• -ing: interesting
• -ful: useful, helpful, meaningful
• -less: hopeless


- Ss can recognize which is/ (an)
adjective(s) in a sentence by looking at
the words’ suffixes.
Activity 2: (8’)
* Aim: To help student:

Activity 2: Read the conversation again
and answer the questions:

- Understand more about the previous
conversation

1. When did Quan call Hieu?

- Practice reading skill (particularly
scanning sub-skill).

called?

* Tool: Powerpoint

teacher there?

* Steps:
- T runs through 5 questions and elicits
key words.
- T requires Ss scan the text for the
answer individually.
- T then asks Ss work in group and
divides class into 8 break-out rooms

(room of 5).
- When Ss finish discussing, T calls
some of them to read the questions and
answers.
- T finally checks answers and gives
feedback.

2. What was Hieu doing when Quan
3. Was Hieu successful as a volunteer
4. What do you think about Hieu’s
volunteer work?
5. Have you ever done anything to help
other people? If yes, what did you do to
help them?
Expected answers:
1. He called Hieu at 2 p.m. yesterday
afternoon.
2. Hieu was teaching chirdren at the Happy
Mind Charity Centre.
3. Yes, he was. At first, many of his
students couldn’t read or write. Now all of
them can read and write.
4. It is very meaningful.
5. I have participated in a volunteer


* Learning outcomes: Ss can:

organization that helps provide the meals to
the poor in a slum.


- Understand more about the context.
- Practice and improve reading skill
(particularly scanning skill).

Activity 3: Use the words in brackets
with appropriate endings from activity 1
to complete the following sentences.
1. If people spend most of their time doing

Activity 3: (7’)
* Aim: To help Ss:

nothing, they will find their lives ______.
(mean)
2. I am ______ in doing charity work.

- Review vocabulary in the previous
lesson.

(interest)

- How to use the suitable adjective in
different context.

English. She couldn’t even say a word in

* Tool: Powerpoint

(hope)


* Steps:
- T runs through 6 sentences.

3. Last year, she was really _____ at
English. Now her English is much better.
4. The new teacher’s advice was very
______. His students could learn English
vocabulary faster. (use)

5. They were ______ to know that their
- T requires Ss to scan for the
contributions were ______ to the poor
appropriate words in the text.
people in that area. (excite, mean)
- T calls some Ss to give their answers.
6. Our school volunteer activities are very
- T checks answers and gives feedback ______ . (excite)
Expected answers:
as a class.
1. meaningless.
* Learning outcomes: Ss can:
2. interested.
- Comprehend more the previous learned
vocabulary.
- Get to know how to put the suitable

3. hopeless.
4. useful.
5. excited / meaningful.

6. exciting.

word in each sentence.
IV. HOMEWORK (1’)
T gives the homework and ask Ss to do
at home.

- Learn by heart the new words.
- Prepare for the next lesson.
Cao Lanh, November 25th, 2021


Instructor

Student

Tran Thu Thao

Phan Khanh Ngoc