You need 1 photocopied sheet per student1 piece of note paper per student1 large piece of blank paper, for a poster coloured pencils etc. to make a poster

Exercise 1• Givethestudentstimetostudythepicture,theninviteindividualstodescribewhat’shappening.Supplyusefulwords(e.g.bucket,pour,icy)asnecessary.

Exercise 2• Youcoulddothisexercisewiththewholeclass,oraskthemtoworkinpairs.

• Checkanswers,thendiscussthequestionin therubric(thepicturesshowa fundraisingactivityinaidofa medicalresearchcharity).

• Answers:1research2charity3raise(money)4 donate 5 fund

Exercise 3• Readoutthetitleofthefactfile,ifnecessarychecktheword‘bucket’,thenallowtimeforthestudents to complete the task.

• Goroundandmonitor,thencheckanswers.• Answers:1raise3research3donate4 charity5fund

• YoucouldsuggestthatthestudentssearchonlinefortheIceBucketChallengeandwatchsomeofthemanyvideos.

Exercise 4• Readoutthequestionandinviteinitial

responses from the class.• Putthestudentsinpairstodiscussthebulletpointsfurther.Encouragea wholeclassdiscussion.Askstudentstoaddsomemore points for and against. If no ideas are

forthcoming,divideeachgroupinhalf.Askeach half to take one side of the discussion, andmakenotes(explainthatisdoesnothavetobetheirrealopinion).Tellthemtonotedownideas.

Some ideas for:Itraiseslotsofmoneyfora goodcause.Iteducatespeopleaboutotherpeople’sproblems.Itgetspeopleinterestedincharitywork.It’sfun.It makes us think!

Some ideas against:Celebritiesuseitasfreepublicity.It makes fun of something that is serious.Peopledoitwithoutthinkingaboutthereason.It’sbadforyourhealth.Peopleoftendon’tdonateanything.

Exercise 5• Askthestudentstolookatthebeginningofthetextandinvitethemtoanswerthequestionintherubric(the‘charitycommittee’wroteit,i.e. Julie,Tom,MayaandPete,andthereadersarethewholeschool).

• Allowtimeforthestudentstoreadthetext.Go roundandofferhelpwhereneeded.

• Checkthemeaningofthesewords:

support(=help),hostel(=a cheapplacetostay),foodbank(=a collectionoffoodwhichthepublicdonatestohelppeoplewhoarepoor),sponsored events(=whenpeoplepayyoutotakepartinanactivity,e.g.youwalk20 kmandpeoplepayyou10pperkm)

• Pointouttheuseof‘the’+adjectivetodescribe a set of people, e.g. the blind, the homeless, the poor.

Lesson title:

What’s a good cause?

teacher’s notes and key

Lesson written by Liz Kilbey, the author of Pearson’s new course for teenagers coming in 2015.

Exercise 6• Askthestudentstodiscussthesequestionsinpairs.Goroundandmonitor.

• Answers:1tosupportjustonecharityin20152whichcharitytosupport,andhowtoraisethemoney3makesuggestionsand comments.

Exercise 7• Allowtimeforthestudentstodiscusstheirownideasinpairsandthentowritetheircommentson their sheets of paper.

• Youcouldaskstudentstoputtheirpiecesofpaperononedeskas‘posts’onthewebsitesothat all the students can see all the posts.

Exercise 8• Putthestudentsinnewpairsorgroups.• Eachgroupchoosesonecharityandthendiscussesandplansaneventorevents.

• Goroundandmonitor,offeringsuggestionsif necessary.

Exercise 9• Giveeachgroupa largepieceofpaperfortheirposters.Tellthemtoplanitfirst(theycanusetheirnotepaperforthis).

• Goroundandmonitor,offeringsuggestionsandcomments.Makesurethepostersexplainwhatthecharitydoes,andclearlydescribestheeventorevents.

• Invitethegroupstoshowtheirposterstotheclassandexplaintheirideas.

• Youcouldhavea classvoteforthebestideas.

Suggestions for writing tasks (in the lesson or as homework):

Write a paragraph (three to five sentences) about one of the following:

• thecharityyouchoseandwhyyouchoseit• yourfavouritefundraisingidea

Background informationThereisa strong‘charityculture’intheUK.Inparticular, there are regular national fund raising eventswhichinvolvepeopleofallagesalloverthecountryandwhichalwaysraisemillionsofpoundsfora varietyofgoodcauses.ComicRelief(‘RedNoseDay’)andSportReliefarecharitiespromotedbytheBBConalternateyears.TheBBCrunsannual‘telethons’,i.e.showsthatlastforanentireevening.Variouscelebritiespresenttheshowsandencouragepeopletodonatemoney.Thismoneyisraisedina varietyofdifferentways.OnRedNoseDaypeoplebuy,andwear,plasticrednoses(anddoallkindsof‘funny’thingstoraisemoney)whileforSportRelieftheeventsaresportrelated.TheBBCalsoproduces‘ChildrenInNeed’,whichisheldeveryNovemberandraisesmoneyina similarway,thistimeforchildren’scharitiesboth national and international. Students could search online to find out more about these charities.In addition, most schools encourage students tosupportcharitiesindifferentways,includingvoluntarywork.Outofschool,manyyoungpeoplebelongtovoluntaryorganisations,e.g.St ohn’sAmbulance(organisationwhoseunpaidmembersaretrainedtogivefirstaid.Theyoftenattendpublicevents),theGuidesandScouts,theRoyalSocietyfortheProtectionofBirds(animalcharitiesareverypopularintheUK).

Lesson written by Liz Kilbey, the author of Pearson’s new course for teenagers coming in 2015.