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PROJECT
A social awareness campaign
Work in groups. Your class is starting a campaign to raise people's awareness about different social issues in your community. Each group is responsible for planning activities for one social issue.
Give a group presentation. Use these questions as cues.
• What is the social issue? How does it affect the community?
• Who will participate in your campaign? Who can help to fix this issue?
• What activities do you plan to include in your campaign? What are their goals?
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| • use rising and falling intonation in choice questions. • understand and use words and phrases related to social issues. • use linking words and phrases to connect ideas, clauses, or sentences. • read for main ideas and specific information in an article about peer pressure. • talk about experiences of peer pressure and respond to peer pressure situations. • listen for specific information in a conversation about types of bullying. • write a proposal for a school campaign against cyberbullying. • express disappointment and sympathy. • understand some of the social problems facing teens in the US today. • plan activities for a campaign to raise people's awareness about a social issue and give a group presentation about it. |
