Roco Silva Pastn EFL Teacher-2013

Because I know I can contribute, I therefore believe I can volunteer

my contribution. Preston Tulay, former peace corps and UN
Volunteer.
Volunteering gives you an opportunity to make a difference to
peoples lives in your community. You can use your skills and
experience to help and enrich the local and why not the national
community.
Nowadays, our schools and cities are needed of love and basic
things to live a normal life. We have a lack of commitment and
volunteerism. Indeed, our individualism has leaded us to live our
lives and to think about our problems, without carrying about the
person that is next to us. Based on this information:

Design a project to
help needy in our
community.
1. Recognize and describe the needs in our
community.
2. Create an action plan to be implemented in
our community which aim is: Improve
peoples lives.

1. Work in teams:

7 teams of 5, 1 team of 4 and 1 of

3 students.
2. Complete: What does it mean volunteer work? Activity.
Worksheet 1.

3. Complete: Finding the issue worksheet Activity. Worksheet 2

4. Planning of the project: Designing the action plan Activity.
Worksheet 3.

5. Say what you need to say - Fair presentation. Activity.

6.

Worksheet

Going Green- Fair presentation

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Objective:
A. Recognize the meaning of a slogan and its purpose.
B. Explain the meaning of Volunteering in the oral and written
forms.
I.
Part 1: What do I know?
In your teams, each of you folds a paper in half. On the left-hand side, write
what comes to your mind when you hear the word: Volunteering
II.

Part 2: Slogans
1) Whats a slogan?
_____________________________________________________________________________
2) Whats the aim of the slogan?
_____________________________________________________________________________

III.

What I want to know? Volunteering meaning activity.

1) Listen and watch de videos and write some ideas or clues that might
help you confirm what it means to volunteer. Then share it with the
class.
2) Individually answer the following questions. Then share it with
the rest of your group:
a) Whats the reward that volunteers get from volunteerism?
___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
b) Whats volunteering?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
c) Whats the impact of volunteerism in peoples lives?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
d) What do you think those who came up with the slogan: Because
kindness keeps the world afloat life vest inside want us
remember?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

IV.

What I learned?

Individually, write and respond on the right side of the paper the meaning of
Volunteerism. Create a slogan as the one you watched on the presentation
and share it with the rest of your group.

Activity adapted from: elmersgluecrew.com.

Worksheet
Objective:
A. Discuss our community needs. Whats
wrong?
B. Consider the future possibilities of a world
without volunteering organizations.

Roco Silva Pastn EFL Teacher-2013

I.

Part 1: What do I know?

Make a list of the needs you see in the school or in our community. Create a
list on the board.
Ex: Happiness, proper meals or clothing.

1._______________________________
2._______________________________
3._______________________________
4._______________________________
5._______________________________

II.

I.

Part 2: What I want to know? Discussion

A. On your team choose ONE of the problems and answer and
discuss the following questions. What do you think?
Part 1: What do I know? Class discussion

1) Whats the problem

Whats an action plan?
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
2) Why is it happening?
What do we need to include in projects like this? (Elements)
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
3) How does it affect peoples lives?
_____________________________________________________________________________
II.
Part 2: What I want to know? Development and project brainstorming.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Answer the questions in complete sentence.
4) Do you think is an important problem?
_____________________________________________________________________________
1) What do we want to change? And why?
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
5) Do you think something needs to be changed? Why?
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
How changes
are we going
to change
situation?
6)2)What
could
people that
make
to help (Actions)
fix the problem?
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
7)3) What
learned?
WhereIare
we going to do it?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Individually,
write and respond on the space below, how the world could be
____________________________________________________________________________________
in____________________________________________________________________________________
the future if we dont take do volunteer work.
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
4) What do we need? (Materials, people, etc).
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
5) What do we expect from this project?
____________________________________________________________________________________

III. Workshee
Part 3: Divide the tasks. (Important part of the project).
1. Leader of the team: Person in charge of coordinating classmates to complete the task on the
estimated time. Make sure classmates and him/herself bring the required materials. Provide a
clean copy of the working Package of the project (worksheet and in-class work). Every time the
teacher asks for it.
Name: _______________________________________________
2. Fair - Visuals (2 classmates): People in charge of creating the visual aids for the Fair. Poster
and general art craft you will need for that day.
Names: ________________________________________________
3. Brochure creation (2 classmates): Create a brochure with your project description (all the
Objective:
details) and print some copies for the Fair day.
Names:
A. Work ________________________________________________
as a team and respect opinions and ideas to create

Convince them with your ideas!!!

a project
B. Create an action plan to be implemented in our school or
community to improve needy peoples lives.

Roco Silva Pastn EFL Teacher-2013