What does the word charity mean? Is there a charity near you? Do you know someone who is in a charity? Think about it.
2 Check these words
Before reading, check the meaning of these words. It's good to keep your vocabulary.
charitable
donate money to charity
regularly
improve reading and literary skills
provide supplies
summer camps for kids with disabilities
hometown
raise money
encourage
support
treat equally and fairly
Learning to learn vocabulary:
write new words in a special notebook
write translations of new words
write words with similar meanings
create your own flashcards - connect words with pictures
create a list of family words
use new words in a sentence
3 Charitable athletes
Read the text about famous athletes who donate their money to help others.
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Christiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is one of the biggest footballers of all time but also one with the biggest heart. He helps building schools and regularly donates money to charities that take care of ill children but also to Red Cross and he doesn't have any tattoos so he can more often donate blood. He's an ambassador for three major charities, Save the Children, Unicef and World Vision.
Kristi Yamaguchi, an American ice-skater, is a founder of Always Dream Foundation. The foundation gives money to after school programmes that help children to improve their reading and literary skills. The organisation also provides supplies and help to poor children and summer camps for kids with disabilities. Always Dream also partners with Raising a Reader to use technology.
LeBron James, one of the most generous NBA stars, leads The LeBron James Family Foundation. He helps children in his hometown Akron with "Wheels For Education” raising money to keep kids in school and encourage them to graduate. They help children with reading and maths. He also supports The Children’s Defence Fund. Its purpose is to be a voice for children’s rights and make sure that all children are treated equally and fairly.
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All charities support education.
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The three athletes play basketball, football and hockey.
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Kristie Yamaguchi is from Japan.
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All charities take care of children.
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People who help others are helpful and generous.
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4 Triathlon
Which sports are in a triathlon?
Triathlon is:
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5 Extreme sports
Watch the video to learn about extreme sports. Match the sports and photos.
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How can you make these sports extreme? You can choose one or more sports and make them extreme with your ideas. Everything is possible. Share your ideas with your class.
football
handball
bowling
9 Sport For Charity
Click on this link and find the longest and the shortest triathlon. You should choose from triathlons with the given distance and calculate the distance of all three sports together in metres. Write the information and check.
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THE SHORTEST TRIATHLON
THE LONGEST TRIATHLON
10 You can help
Think about children and people that need help. What can you and your friends do to help? Can you organise a charity? What kind of charity could it be? You can do this task in pairs, groups or individually.
Your poster must include:
who is the charity event for
who can take part in the event
what can people do to help
when is the charity event
where is the charity event
a motivational message
To present your charity idea you can use some of these online tools: