World Kindness Day
Intermediate level
Task 1: Warm-up
Read the quotes about kindness. Do you agree with them? What is
kindness for you? How do you personally feel when you help others?
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Task 2: Quiz
Do the quiz and find out how kind you are.
Do you agree with the result of the test?
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Task 3: Discussion
Discuss the questions in pairs.
1. Do you agree that kindness is closely connected with
charity? If so, how are they connected?
2. Do you give money to homeless people? Do you think people
should give money to homeless people?
3. Who do you think needs charity the most?
4. Should rich people and corporations be forced to give
money to charity?
5. Is it easier for you to give your time by volunteering or
donate some money?
6. Do you know any charity organizations?
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Task 4: Watching a video
A) Look at the pictures and guess what these organisations deal
with. Match the pictures with the names of the organizations
they represent.
1 2 3
a) Room to Read b) Compassion International c) Best Friends Animal Society
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Pictures taken from Compassion International Best Friends Animal Society
Room to Read
B) Watch the video (till 03:24) and check your guesses.
Which organization is the most important one in your
opinion? Explain your choice.
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Task 5: Watching a video.
Watch the video (till 03:24) again and choose the correct option.
1. Compassion International helps 4. Shelters don’t always
a) to raise money for clothes, food and survival. a) treat animals with respect.
b) to find rich families for poor children. b) feed them.
c) to raise money for education. c) find new homes for them.
2. Sponsors of the organization 5. Room to Read focuses on
a) make annual contributions. a) improving kids’ reading skills.
b) give money to kids and interact with them. b) kids’ higher education.
c) provide kids’ free education. c) literacy and gender equality in education.
3. Best Friends Animal Society is aimed at 6. In many countries
a) finding shelters for animals. a) children don’t get a chance to have even
b) making commercials for animals to be adopted. secondary education.
c) helping end the euthanasia in America's animal b) secondary education is not compulsory.
shelters, treating animals well. c) higher education is free.
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Task 6: Vocabulary presentation
A) Match the words to make up the expressions from the video.
1) make a) money
2) to have a higher chance of b) community programs
3) raise c) on literacy and gender equality
4) build d) the bank
5) work e) a contribution
6) focus f) in collaboration with
7) break g) with respect
8) to treat sb h) living a good and healthy life
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B) Match the phrases with the meanings.
1. raise money a) To use up all one's money
2. build community programs b) To behave towards someone with respect
c) Collect money
3. make a contribution
d) Act jointly, together with
4. focus on e) To make a gift or payment to a common
5. work in collaboration with fund
6. break the bank f) Make special programs for people living
7. treat sb with respect in a particular area
8. have a higher chance of living a good g) Concentrate on
h) Have a better opportunity to live a good
and healthy life and healthy life
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Task 7: Vocabulary practice
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words changing the forms if necessary (build community
programs, make contributions, focus on (literacy and gender equality in education), work in
collaboration with, break the bank, raise money, treat sb with respect, to have a higher chance of living a
good and healthy life).
1. You can bake or draw to ___ for charity.
2. These organizations are doing their best to help homeless children so that they ___.
3. “Best Friends Animal Society” is helping end the euthanasia in America's animal shelters through ___
and partnerships all across the nation.
4. “Room to read” organization is not acting alone, it is ___ .
5. Unfortunately, not all animal shelters care about the homeless animals and many don’t ___.
6. Taking into consideration the low level of life and poverty in these countries, the program ___ thus
making sure that all children get primary knowledge.
7. The company doesn’t ask for big donations, sponsors can ___ quite small ___ so that they don’t ___
of the people.
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Task 8: Follow-up discussion
Discuss the questions.
1. What charity organizations do you think are most necessary for your country? Why?
2. Do you make your own contributions to such organizations?
3. What are the most widely spread ways of raising money for charity
organizations?
4. What community programs can be built for ending ill-treatment towards
animals?
5. Will you break the bank if you make annual contributions to charity
organizations?
6. Are there any institutions or charitable organizations in your country that focus on
literacy and gender equality in education? If so, what is their main aim?
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Task 9: Freer practice
Choose a suitable option and introduce your own charity following the
plan and using new words.
Charity: Plan:
1. Education for all 1. General information
2. Shelter for homeless adults 1. Who the organisation helps
3. Mentors for orphans 2. The main activities and projects
4. Fighting cancer 3. Results
5. Water for all 4. Future plans and strategies
Words to use: raise money, build community programs, make contributions, focus on, work in
collaboration with, break the bank, treat sb with respect, to have a higher chance of living a good and healthy
life
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Keys
Task 4 Task 6 Task 7
A) B) 1 - raise money
1-b 1-e 1-c 2 - have a higher chance of living a good and
2-c 2-h 2-f healthy life
3-a 3-a 3-e 3 - building community programs
4-b 4-g 4. - working in collaboration with local
5-f 5-d communities and government
Task 5 6-c 6-a 5 - treat them with respect
1-a 7-d 7-b 6 - focuses on literacy and gender equality in
2-b 8-g 8-h education
3-c 7 - make contributions, break the bank
4-a
5-c
6-a
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