Helping out - Hello! Beyond Words Term 2 - أول اعدادي

UNIT 2 Helping out 8 Lesson objectives: Read and understand blog posts about helping out • Use the past simple and past continuous Read and listen to three blog posts about students helping out at different places. Match who or what they helped (1-3) to the blog posts (a-c). 18 1 the environment 2 children 3 animals < > X This week we are sharing our volunteering experiences. Tell us about your experience! b Last summer, I volunteered at the zoo every weekend, through our school volunteer program. I was so excited because I love animals, but I was also nervous about meeting new people. Everyone was friendly though. I started by feeding the monkeys. They were very playful! Here's a photo I took of them. I also helped clean the lions' enclosure. The lions were usually lying in the sun. By the end of the summer, I felt proud. Not only did I get to help the animals, but I also learned a lot about animal care, and made new friends. Saying goodbye to my new friends was hard, but we promised to keep in touch and do it again next year. Elias, Salzburg, Austria Last week, I volunteered at the museum with my school history club. I love history and helping people, so I was excited! On Saturday, we arrived at 8:00 a.m. before the museum opened, and helped make some museum displays. Then the museum opened! Not long after that, I saw a group of younger kids who needed some help. I helped them draw pictures of their favorite artifacts. Some kids were shy at first, but when they started coloring, they became more confident. By the end of the day, I realized how much I loved helping others discover history. I can't wait to volunteer again! Lamees, Egypt Last term, our class spent an amazing day volunteering at a national park. On Saturday, we left really early. The sun was still rising! We drove to the park in our school bus and met the park organizers. Our first job was to clean up the hiking path. There was so much to do, we were still picking up trash at lunchtime! All the trash made me sad, but it also felt great to do something to keep the park beautiful. I learned that our park is home to some important birds, and in the afternoon, we built birdhouses. At the end of the day, the park organizers told us that our work helps protect the wildlife and the environment. Alex, Canada 2 Read the blog posts again and the sentences below. Write the correct names: Elias, Lamees, or Alex. 1 I made something. 2 I volunteered with other people from school. 3 I helped other people feel better. 4 I learned a lot. 5 I helped other people learn new things. 6 3 I want to volunteer again. Work in pairs. Which place from Exercise 1 would you like to volunteer in?

4 Read the Language box and complete the examples with the correct form of the verbs from the blog posts. Past simple or past continuous? A We use the past simple to talk about actions that started and ended in the past: We¹ to the park and met the park organizers. B We use the past continuous to say that someone was in the middle of doing something at a particular time: ... we² trash at lunchtime! C We use the past simple for main events and the past continuous for background events: On Saturday, we 3 The sun 4 really early. ! D We use the past simple NOT the past continuous with some verbs e.g. (want, like, need, hate, see, etc.): 15 a group of younger kids who needed some help. E We use the past simple, NOT the past continuous for past habits and repeated actions: Last year, 16 at our local zoo every weekend. UNIT 8 ⑤ Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences. Write the correct sentences in your notebook. 6 1 I watch movies on TV all day yesterday. 2 Mariam was having a cat called Felix when she was a child. 3 We stay at my uncle's farm in the countryside during the vacation, but now we're back at school. 4 The tennis tournament lasted a week, so my dad was driving me to the court every morning. 5 On Saturday morning, the volunteers arrived at the park. It was rained hard. 6 We went to the mall and were buying a present for our mom's birthday, then we came home. Work in pairs. Take turns to ask questions about your volunteer experiences, or a day out at the zoo, a museum, or a park. Remember to use the past simple and the past continuous. Tell me about the last time you volunteered. It was last Saturday morning and it was raining... 19