international day of charity

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3,4

September 5th 

- Introduction

- Listening practice

- Exercise

- End of lesson

Lesson aims

- You know what kind of volunteer work someone can do

- You can express your thoughts on volunteer work

- You practise listening to an English conversation

What kind of volunteer work could you do?

01:28

What is NOT considered volunteering?

1. Help building schools
2. Clean up oceans or beaches with trash
3. Working at the supermarket
4. Take a dog for a walk from the dog shelter

02:47

Who of Andrew and Kassy are volunteering right now?

1. Andrew
2. Kassy
3. Both of them
4. Neither of them

04:47

Why can it be kind of scary to get the dogs out of their cage?

05:25

Andrew would like to have a pet dog. Why doesn't he have one?

05:53

What is the meaning of the word 'cliche' in this context?

1. Volunteering in soup kitchens
2. Something you see a lot in movies

06:51

Why are people generally more willing to volunteer around Christmas?

1. They want to spread the good cheer
2. They are Christians
3. Homeless people need some company around Christmas
4. Soup kitchens is easy for volunteer work

08:18

Volunteering has to always be something big

1. True
2. False

10:39

Why are Andrew and Kassy cynical about sending young youth to build houses in Central America?

1. The children do not know how to build houses
2. The children see this as a holiday trip instead of volunteer work
3. The money spent on travel could have been spent more usefully
4. The children spent more money for themselves then they would have spent on the community

12:22

What is the difference between Peace Corps and regular volunteering?

1. Being a doctor, teacher or lawyer
2. Going away for a period of time to do volunteer work
3. Being part of an organisation from the USA
4. Immersion in culture and bring change from inside the community

13:26

Why do some people join the Peace Corps?

1. To advance in their career
2. To be part of a big organisation
3. Just to do some volunteer work

14:01

Would you like to apply for the Peace Corps? Why or why not?

Discuss in pairs

Imagine you could volunteer anywhere in the world. 

Which country would you choose and what would you do? 

And why?

In pairs

- Pick one of your choices for volunteer work (or one of the choices mentioned in the listening clip. 

- Write a daily routine for your volunteer work (about 100-150 words) Hand it in via itslearning. 

What did we do today?

- What kind of volunteer work can someone do?

- You have expressed your thoughts on volunteer work

- You practised for the listening test :)