Week 17 "Kids Can Be Big Helpers” April 25th

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by Reema Shaker3 views·Updated Apr 14, 2021

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  1. Hello everyone today in English, we're going to be reading
  2. the story.
  3. The title of the story for this week's is kids
  4. can be big helpers.
  5. Now look at the title of the story.
  6. What do you think the story is about?
  7. Well, you think that it's talking about Children which are
  8. kids and what can kids do, they can help And
  9. they're not just any sort of helpers, but they can
  10. really help out a lot.
  11. They are big helpers.
  12. Now when we're looking at this text, what do you
  13. think the author is trying to do is trying to
  14. persuade the reader?
  15. It's using facts and opinions to convince the reader to
  16. believe that Children are big helpers.
  17. So persuasive text gets readers to understand and respect the
  18. author's view of points.
  19. Now, the author supports his or her viewpoint by using
  20. facts and opinions.
  21. Now, as you know, the fact is what can be
  22. proved and an opinion is what the author believes as
  23. the reader.
  24. You get to decide if you agree or not.
  25. So you get to decide if you like the story
  26. or not if you agree with the author.
  27. Do you think the authors correct or he's not?
  28. He could be wrong right now, before we get into
  29. the text, let's look at some important vocabulary words that
  30. are going to be in the story.
  31. Now, the first word is volunteer or volunteers.
  32. Do you know the meaning of this word?
  33. Well, it's people who do jobs without getting paid.
  34. So you're helping out without getting a salary or without
  35. getting any sort of something in return.
  36. You're just doing this for free.
  37. You're doing this to help out others and you don't
  38. want anything back from them.
  39. The next vocabulary word is skill.
  40. Can you think of the word skill?
  41. What does it mean?
  42. Well, something a person does well, something that you're really
  43. good at.
  44. So let's say for example, you're a really good type
  45. er, then that's your skill, let's say you're a good
  46. artist, then you have skills in becoming a good painter
  47. or drawer.
  48. So I believe everyone has a skill, something that you
  49. do very well organizing.
  50. The word organizing is planning, so things run smoothly to
  51. sort out things to make sure that everything is proper,
  52. it's organized, it's what its needs, it's clean.
  53. Okay, um, let's say you're planning an event, you're going
  54. to do it in steps, so nothing can go wrong
  55. or if something does go wrong, there won't be so
  56. many mistakes.
  57. How about participate?
  58. The word participate is to join, To take part, to
  59. be with someone and to volunteer, right to take part
  60. of to join.
  61. So participation counts.
  62. When you're in class and you're participating, you are giving
  63. in information, you are giving your answers, so this is
  64. all part of participation.
  65. Shelter shelter is a home.
  66. Now a shelter can be for a long time or
  67. it could be for a short time, it depends on
  68. this shelter that you're in.
  69. Now looking at the text, you need to understand the
  70. structure now for you to understand the information, you need
  71. to know what the author is trying to persuade you,
  72. The author is trying to make you believe in something.
  73. So when you read this text there are more than
  74. 320 million people living in the United States.
  75. How can some, I'm sorry, how can so many people
  76. get along one way is by helping each other every
  77. day, millions of americans help other americans.
  78. Many of these helpers are students, kids can be big
  79. helpers. So what is the author trying to tell you
  80. Besides americans help each other out.
  81. But the most important thing is can you guess kids
  82. can be big helpers.
  83. So you know that the author is not just focusing
  84. about americans but it's focusing about the Children in the
  85. US. That Children can be big helpers now.
  86. Do you believe that Children only in the U.
  87. S. Can be big helpers or Children all around the
  88. world can help?
  89. Well that's your opinion.
  90. So the author is trying to persuade you to believe
  91. that kids can be a big help.
  92. It is up to you if you believe it or
  93. not. I hope you enjoyed this lesson and I hope
  94. to see you guys soon.
  95. Goodbye.