内容正文:
Unit 8 Making a Difference
Start a volunteer group
第6课时
(Project &Reading Plus)
Lesson Objectives:
In this lesson, we will be able to:
1. Master key vocabulary for volunteer work (e.g., elderly, donations,
therapy, valuable) and use the present perfect tense with since and
for to talk about volunteer experiences.
2. Design a poster to attract volunteers for a specific cause and
present it clearly to the class.
3. Understand the importance of volunteering and develop empathy
for those in need, realizing that small actions can have a big impact.
目
录
CONTENTS
01
Lead in
02
Project
03
Reading plus
04
Exercise
05
Homework
Lead in
Review and say
What volunteer work did we learn in this unit?
give directions
visit the elderly
plant trees
guide visitors
clean up
sort waste
Lead in
Review and say
What volunteer work did we learn in this unit?
look after animals at an animal shelter
service in a sports organization
Which volunteer work would you like to do? Why?
Start a volunteer group
成立一个志愿者小组
✱Project
Today you will start a volunteer group with your classmates. Follow the steps. Here we go!
Step 1
Step 1: Determine the goals.
Step 2
Step 2: Design a volunteer poster.
Step 3
Step 3: Introduce your group to the class.
Start a volunteer group with some classmates. In groups, tick one goal that you all agree with. You can also choose something else.
4a
help elderly people guide visitors at museums
help people in hospital collect donations for the poor
take care of animals teach children life skills
clean up natural areas ________________________
Step 1
Step 1: Determine the goals.
teach children about different sports
Design a poster to attract volunteers to your group. Use the questions and
the example to help you.
4b
What does your volunteer group do?
Who are you helping?
What work will the volunteers do?
What skills or abilities should the volunteers have?
How often will the volunteers work?
What information do the
volunteers need to know?
Step 2
Step 2: Design a volunteer poster.
What are the key elements of a volunteer poster?
Title 服务名称
Time 服务时间
Place 服务地点
Contact 联系方式
Service content
服务内容
Requirements
志愿者要求
Design a poster to attract volunteers to your group. Use the questions and
the example to help you.
4b
What does your volunteer group do?
Who are you helping?
What work will the volunteers do?
What skills or abilities should the volunteers have?
How often will the volunteers work?
What information do the
volunteers need to know?
→ We visit the elderly every Sunday.
→ We are helping the elderly at Happy Nursing Home.
→Volunteers will chat with the elderly, clean their rooms, teach them
how to use a mobile phone, and organize activities to make them active.
→Volunteers should be willing to help the elderly
and be good at communication.
→Volunteers will work every Sunday, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
→Volunteers need to know the time (2 p.m.–5 p.m., Sundays), the place (Happy Nursing Home), and the contact person (Lily Brown on 888-1234).
An example
Design a poster to attract volunteers to your group. Use the questions and
the example to help you.
4b
Step 2
Step 2: Design a volunteer poster.
An example
Volunteer at a nursing home!
WHEN
2 p.m. — 5 p.m., Sundays
WHERE
Happy Nursing Home
Lily Brown on 888-1234.
We visit the elderly every Sunday. Our work is to chat with them, clean their rooms, teach them how to use a mobile phone and organize activities to make them active.
WHO TO CONTACT
If you are willing to help the elderly and good at communication, please join us as a volunteer!
Present your poster in class. Vote for the volunteer group you want to join.
4c
Step 3
Step 3: Introduce your group to the class.
Volunteer at a nursing home!
WHEN
2 p.m. — 5 p.m., Sundays
WHERE
Happy Nursing Home
Lily Brown on 888-1234.
We visit the elderly every Sunday. Our work is to chat with them, clean their rooms, teach them how to use a mobile phone and organize activities to make them active.
WHO TO CONTACT
If you are willing to help the elderly and good at communication, please join us as a volunteer!
Reflecting
1. What kinds of volunteer work can people do?
2. Can you use the present perfect tense with since and for to express
duration?
3. What features can you identify in a speech?
4. Can you explain why volunteering is important?
5. What have you done to help others? Can you talk about it?
人们可以做哪些种类的志愿者工作?
你能用含有since和for的现在完成时表示持续的时间吗?
你能从演讲中识别出哪些特点?
你能解释为什么志愿服务重要吗?
The essence of life is to serve others and to do good.
生命的本质是服务他人、行善于世。
你做过哪些帮助他人的事情?你能谈谈吗?
Reading plus
Look and predict
Look at this picture: A dog stays with a sick grandma in hospital.
Is this dog a pet, a guard dog or a volunteer?
A. house pet
B. guard dog
C. therapy volunteer dog
Read and answer
What’s the main idea of the post?
Linda shares the volunteer experience of Anna’s therapy dog, Banjo.
Read the post carefully.
HOME ABOUT POSTS CONTACT
Unusual Volunteers
“Come here! What a good boy!” Those were words
I never expected to hear from my mum when I visited her in hospital. Mum has been sick for a long time now, and she often seemed sad and tired. I didn’t expect to hear her laughing. It has been a long time since I heard my mum sounding so happy! But when I rounded the corner, I understood everything.
19:03 PM
Linda
expect to do sth 期待/预料做某事
主句(主系表结构)
省略关系词that/which的定语从句, 修饰words
时间状语从句
hear sb doing sth 听见某人正在做某事
(强调看见动作正在发生)
round v. 绕行;绕过
Read the post carefully.
Mum had a very unusual visitor—a dog!
A regular volunteer at the hospital, Anna, was there with her therapy dog, Banjo. Anna was kind enough to share her story with me. An animal lover from an early age, Anna has always had a dog or two at home since she was young.
Often, just playing with them was enough
to help her feel happy and relaxed after
a long day. But one day, Anna realized
that not everyone was lucky enough to
have a pet. She started thinking: What could she do?
Could she work with her own dogs to help others?
therapy /'θerəpi/ n. 治疗;疗法
share... with... 把……与……分享
from an early age 从小
Read the post carefully.
Before long, she found the answer. Today, Anna and Banjo often visit places like hospitals and nursing homes to bring a moment of joy to people who are sick, sad, lonely, or disabled. Banjo has worked as a therapy dog for almost three years. When people are stressed, it often takes them longer to get better. A therapy dog helps people feel better and be less stressed, often just by being there! At the hospital, Mum petted Banjo, gave him a snack, and even threw a small ball for him to catch. This made her forget that she was sick, if only for a moment.
before long 不久之后; 很快
介词短语作后置定语,修饰places
动词不定式作目的状语,说明“visit”的目的
who引导的定语从句,修饰people
work as 从事……工作
pet v. 抚弄, 抚摸
if only 即便仅仅;哪怕只是
Read the post carefully.
For people like my mum, moments like this are very valuable. She always looks forward to my visits, but now she also looks forward to seeing Anna and Banjo again. If I’m lucky enough to have a dog of my own in the future, I’ll try to volunteer just like Anna and Banjo!
look forward to sth 盼望某事
look forward to doing sth 盼望做某事
of one’s own 属于某人自己的
Read again and choose.
1. Why did Anna start to work as a therapy dog volunteer? ( )
A. Her mum was sick in hospital
B. She realized many people have no pets to stay with them
C. Banjo didn’t have anything to do at home .
2. How long has Banjo worked as a therapy dog? ( )
A. For nearly three years
B. Since Anna was young
C. For one month
B
A
Read again and choose.
3. How do therapy dogs help sick people reduce stress? ( )
A. They bring delicious snacks for patients
B. Staying beside patients makes them relaxed and forget pain temporarily
C. They help doctors check patients’ bodies
4. What will Linda do if she has a dog in the future? ( )
A. Keep it only as her family pet
B. Send it to animal shelter
C. Volunteer with it just like Anna and Banjo
B
C
Read Linda’s post. Who is likely to have said these things? Write the correct names. Some names can be used more than once.
1
Linda Mum Mum’s doctor Anna
Who What they said
“I’m so happy Banjo and Anna visited my mum!”
“I think therapy dogs are good for my patients.”
“I’m taking Banjo to the hospital today.”
“I can’t wait to see Banjo again next week!”
“I wish everyone was lucky enough to have a dog!”
Linda
Mum’s doctor
Anna
Mum
Anna
Discuss the questions.
2
1. How can therapy dogs help people to feel less stressed?
2. What qualities do you think a therapy dog should have?
3. Can you think of any other ways to help people in hospital?
Therapy dogs help people feel less stressed by bringing them comfort and joy.
A therapy dog should be gentle, calm and friendly.
We can read stories to patients, or just sit and chat to cheer them up.
Exercises
I. 阅读短文, 从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空。
Museums play 1. ____________ important role in our society. During holidays, lots of people 2. ___________ their spare time to work as guides in Yancheng Museum. Since 2013, Yancheng Museum
3. ____________ out more than 100 public training activities for volunteer guides.
In July, 2021, I chose 4. __________ a volunteer guide in Yancheng Museum. 5. ____________ it was my first time to serve there, I didn’t know what to do.
carry because successful help and
lose donate include be a(n)
an
donate
has carried
to be
Because
Exercises
I. 阅读短文, 从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空。
Luckily, the teachers there gave many interesting training classes,
6. ____________ “Public Places and Manners”, “Red History and Red Culture” and so on. I was deeply touched by the stories of pioneers
(先驱). I was impressed that they had risked 7. ____________ their lives to create a new China.
In the following month, I guided hundreds of tourists and did my job
8. ____________. This experience had a great influence on me. I know more about my hometown 9. ____________ the meaning of life. I feel proud of being a volunteer guide 10. __________ more people learn about Yancheng.
carry because successful help and
lose donate include be a(n)
including
losing
successfully
and
to help
Exercises
II. 阅读理解(关键词定位法)。
(2025湖北中考节选)Would you rather live where it snows in winter or enjoy warm sunshine all year round? Some people prefer sunny weather. They think cold winters can be hard—short days make them sleepy and sad. The cold makes them stay inside, exercise less, and get sick easily. However, people in cold places find fun ways to enjoy winter!
In Harhin, China, the International Ice and Snow Festival starts in January and lasts about a month. Artists cut ice from the Songhua River and build tall sculptures(雕塑) that are lit with colourful lights. By late December, visitors come to see this icy world filled with ice artworks and shining buildings. The beauty surprises them although it's very cold!
In Quebec, Canada, there's an amazing ice hotel that is made of 2,300 ice blocks and 15,000 tons of snow! People love staying in its icy rooms for a special winter experience.
Even kids in Sweden can enjoy making snow lanterns called Snölykia. They first make large snowballs, and then put candles inside to create warm lights. These simple lanterns light up the dark winter nights.
47-49. Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
Places Activities
Harbin, China Artists: 47(不超过6词)
Visitors: see the icy world
Quebec, 48 (仅填1词) People: stay in the ice hotel
Sweden Kids: 49(不超过5词)
47. cut ice and
build tall sculptures
48. Canada
49. enjoy making snow
lanterns
We learn:
1. Vocabulary: Volunteer work nouns; key phrases: take care of, clean up,
collect donations, organize activities; reading log words: title, character...
2. Sentence Patterns: Standard volunteer poster writing structure (WHEN /
WHERE / CONTACT / work content / skill requirements); present perfect
tense with for and since to talk about duration.
3. Reading & Project Skills: How to discuss and decide volunteer group goals;
design a complete volunteer recruitment poster; extract details from blog
articles and finish comprehension exercises.
We can:
1. Cooperate with classmates to set volunteer group goals and finish a full
recruitment poster independently.
2. Read and understand articles about special volunteers (therapy dogs).
Summary
Homework
1. 基础层:抄写本课所有志愿类短语、核心谚语各 2 遍。
2. 提高层:写 60 词左右小短文:你想参与什么志愿活动,理由
是什么。
3. 拓展层:手绘一张全新志愿者迷你海报(课堂两套范例之外
的主题),配图并完善全部招募信息。
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