Before watching the DVD

Volunteering

Tell students to imagine that the school is organizing a

'good-deed day' where each student has to volunteer to
do one good deed to help someone or something. Give
them one minute to think of what they can do, then ask
them to tell the class their idea and write the ideas on
the board.

While watching the DVD

Answer key
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- -1__T___2___
F ___3__T____
4__T____
5 __
F _______

Go over the list of the students' ideas, and leave it on

the board while you play the first three parts of the DVD
(until Alex says on the environment or landscapes)
for students to listen for any ideas that they did not
think of themselves.

Do you do any volunteer work?

Give students a minute to read the question then

play the first part of the film again (until Alex says
I don't, but I'd like to) for students to match the
names to the activities. Go through the answers w ith
the class.

Answer key
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1e

2c

3b

4a

5d

Do you think all teenagers should be

volunteers?

Ask students what they think about this question.

Give them a minute to read the question and the
ideas and then play the next part of the film (until
Alex says it's up to them) for students to identify
who fits each description. Go through the answers
with the class.

Answer key
1 Alex

2 Poppy

3 Sabrina

What kind of volunteer work would you

like to do?

Ask students to read the statements. Ask if they

can remember what goes in the gaps from their
first viewing. Play the third part of the Unit (until
Alex says on the environment or landscapes)
for students to complete the gaps. Go through the
answers with the class.

Answer key
1
2
3
4
5
6

community
animals
children
elderly
homeless
environment... landscapes

Give students time to read the statements. If

students ask what nurdle means, explain that it is
an unusual word and it will be explained in the film.
Play the whole of the report for students to decide if
the statements true or false. Go through the answers
with the class.

Put students into pairs to read the questions and

try to write the answers before watching the report
again. Play the whole report again for them to check
or complete their answers. Go through the answers
with the class.

Answer key
1 Diving and snorkelling
2 Over 33,000 volunteers help the organization
every year.
4 Birds and animals eat them.
5 They collect over five tons of rubbish each year.
6 It advertises in local papers or on the Internet.
7 Volunteers can clean the beach and do snorkel
surveys.

After watching the DVD

Activity A
Divide students into two teams, a 'B' team and
an 'S' team. Explain that you are going to show
the film again and each team has to make a list of
things they see that begin with their letter, 'B' or
'S'. Play the whole report again but without sound.
Play again to check the words listed. The team
with the most correct words wins.

Activity B
Students write a letter to a friend about a
volunteering activity they have participated in .
They may choose to write about something they
have done, they would like to do, or they can
imagine they took part on the beach cleaning
activity shown in the film. They should mention:
what they did

when they did it

where they did it

if they enjoyed it and why I why not