Feb. 21: Charity Appeals

Activity: "Charity Appeals"

Hello people. This is the description of our last activity:

Pick one of the following charities and discuss why do you think people should donate to them.

1) A charity that helps elderly (old) people with food and housing

2) A hospice for people who are dying of an incurable disease

3) An organization that provides emergency supplies and medicine for disaster victims

4) A charity that helps homeless people

5) Cance research

6) A charity that helps people with AIDS

7) Animal shelters

In other words, try to give as much reasons as possible to convince people on why should they support a particular charity. THIS WAS A CLASS ACTIVITY THAT WE WILL FINISH AS AN INDIVIDUALHOMEWORK.

Due date: 28-Feb

Vocabulary:

wealthy: adj. having a lot of money: Milton Petrie and Hetty Green were wealthy people, they have a lot of money.

charity: refers to the kindness, especially in giving money to the poor people: Petrie was a generous businessman. Her widow, Carroll, said his charity was a result of the poverty of his early years.

widow: A woman whose husband is dead: After he died, his widow, agreed to share the money with the poor people.

widower: A man whose wife is dead.

ragged: torn pieces of clothing: At school, she was asked to change her clothing because she wore ragged jeans.

heritage: wealth passed on from generation to another.

Wall Street: a street in lower Manhattan, N.Y. where major U.S. financial institutions are located.

spoil: 1. to damage or ruin; to make something bad or useless: You will spoil our dinner if you touch it with your dirty hands. 2. to give children too much of what they want and make they characters worse by doing so: Don't give your children so many presents, otherwise you'll spoil them.

ESTIMADOS PAPAS:

SE LES PIDE A LOS ALUMNOS QUE PERMANEZCAN AL TANTO DE LAS TAREAS Y/O AVISOS QUE PUEDAN SURGIR ENTRE SEMANA. NO DESCARTAMOS REALIZAR ALGUN CAMBIO AL PROGRAMA DE LA CLASE SIGUIENTE CUANDO ASI LO CREEMOS CONVENIENTE. POR LO CUAL, EN ALGÚN MOMENTO SE LES PUEDE LLEGAR A PEDIR EN LA SEMANA QUE REALICEN ALGUNA ACTIVIDAD ADICIONAL O SE PREPAREN PARA ALGUN EXAMEN.

SE ESPERA DE ELLOS QUE SEAN RESPONSABLES Y SE TOMEN EL DEBIDO TIEMPO PARA AVERIGUAR CUALQUIER PENDIENTE DE LA CLASE DE INGLES.

DEJO MIS DATOS PARA CUALQUIER DUDA O ACLARACIÓN:

Lic. Luis Jaime Guerra

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