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Today's Lesson

Task

Cause and Effect

Vocabulary

initiative, curriculum, go-getter, abandon

Grammar

Infinitives or Gerunds

Newspaper Article

Reading

Level 7 Unit 9 Lesson 6

PersuasiveProposals

Get Thinking!

What can you do if nobody likes your ideas?

Go to bat forDo you remember what this idiom means? Thanks for going to bat for me. I thought everyone hated my ideas.

Idioms

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Reading

What would you need in order to help the elderly?

Prereading

Reading

initiative

Rock Glen Care Centre was the site of an innovative new initiative created by local senior Jerra Hamal. On Monday, during the hours of 4 to 6pm, the senior high school students who enrolled in the Generous Generations visited the senior centre. For two hours, they shared stories and activities with the residents at the centre for seniors aged 65 and up.

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Reading

curriculum

“It’s a really great project,” Jerra told this reporter. “The idea is that the seniors suggest activities they want to do. Some have chosen card games, others cooking or painting. I think a few chose to do aerobics and another wanted to learn how to crochet. Then the students pair up with them and they design the curriculum together. The best thing about it is that anyone is invited. If other students, or family members or anyone from the community want to come one day and participate, that is totally fine.

Reading

go-getter

Jenna is also involved in planning the afterschool program for young primary students who otherwise might go home to empty houses. She has been working with Mr. Handstuck to get other teachers and students who are interested in volunteering for the program. “She’s a really hard worker and has shown that she is dedicated to the people in the community. She’s a real problem solver and go-getter,” says the teacher.

Reading

abandon

“I didn’t get elected for student council, but that didn’t mean I was going to abandon all of my ideas. I saw a real need in the community and I worked to fill that need. I think in the end, these projects will help deal with the problems of loneliness and bullying in the high school as well. I hope my peers will realise the importance of personal relationships in this digital world.”

Comprehension

How long do the students stay at the Care Centre?

How does the teacher describe Jenna?

What do the students do at the Care Centre?

Matching

abandon

curriculum

initiative

go-getter

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Make a Sentence

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• black
• 20
• gauche
• avec
• 1000
• 1

• initiative
• curriculum
• go-getter
• abandon
• strewn
• distributed
• install
• imagine

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They design a curriculum together.

Some have chosen card games, others cooking or painting.

For two hours, they shared stories and activities with the residents at the centre for seniors aged 65 and up.

Relevance

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I want to be a speed-eater, so I am going to volunteer to bring food to the elderly.

I want to be a biologist, so I am going to volunteer to clean the river, so that I can do tests on the water.

Relevance

Grammar

forgetremember

She forgot living in this city. When we asked, she remembered visiting it.

forget toremember to

Infinitive and Gerund!

I forgot to buy groceries, but I remembered to buy the soap.

stopquit

She stopped dancing when she was tired.

stop toquit to

Infinitive and Gerund!

I stopped to smell the flowers.I stopped (walking) to smell the flowers.

I stopped reading to change my shirt and answer the phone.

Continuing

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Practice

I like cooking.

I want to be a doctor.

I want to be a biologist.

Cause and Effect

I love painting

Effect

Cause

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Why does speaker A want to volunteer?

Listening

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Listen to the podcast12:00 - 15:00Be prepared to tell what the second challenge is.

Extension

What volunteer work would be relevant to your life?

Exit Interview

Goodbye!