Use this lesson with secondary learners at CEFR Level B1 and above to develop speaking skills.

A donation box for charity

Introduction

In this lesson learners imagine the class has a sum of money to donate to a charity. They work in groups to decide which of four charities they should give the money to.

Learners first work in a group, reading about one of the charities and preparing their arguments for why their charity should receive the money. Then they separate into new groups with representatives speaking on behalf of the four different charities. They take turns to present their arguments and try to convince others in the group that their charity deserves the donation. At the end of the discussion learners vote for the most deserving charity.

Learning outcomes:

  • Use vocabulary related to the topic of charities
  • Develop skills of persuasion in spoken English
  • Develop speaking skills for fluency

Age and level:

13-17, Adults (B1+)

Time:

Approximately 55-70 minutes 

Materials:

The materials can be downloaded below in PDF format. 

  • Lesson plan
  • Worksheets A, B, C, D
Downloads
Lesson plan276.09 KB
Worksheet A139.28 KB
Worksheet B141.63 KB
Worksheet C139.55 KB
Worksheet D137.96 KB
Language Level

Comments

Submitted by yanfengxue on Mon, 05/22/2017 - 09:20

How can I find the text files for these stories that I can download for students to read? I usually can find activities or audio files but can't find the text boos.

Submitted by Cath McLellan on Tue, 05/23/2017 - 13:44

In reply to by yanfengxue

Hi Thanks for your comment. All the texts that you need for this lesson can be found on the worksheets (PDF files above). If you click on them you can print or save them for use in the class. Thanks Cath TE Team

Submitted by annabadler on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 01:44

I tried to download the files, I also tried with other lesson plans but did not succeed. It said the file is not available. Does anyone know how I could solve the problem? Kind regards, A

Submitted by Derek Spafford on Thu, 02/16/2017 - 08:39

In reply to by annabadler

Hi Anna Thanks for the comment. We are experiencing some issues as you say and the team is looking into it. Please check back soon Best wishes Del

Submitted by Lee in Espana on Tue, 02/23/2016 - 14:15

An excellent way to get the students to interact and form opinions and reasoning. Much appreciated!

Submitted by samreddi on Wed, 12/09/2015 - 13:58

Congratulations! This is a wonderful activity. I tried it in an adult EFL class in India. The participants were not able to arrive at consensus for a long time. I give 5 stars to this.

Submitted by canital on Fri, 12/04/2015 - 17:12

What a wonderful idea!

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