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Project 2
A group presentation: design a social initiative
or a charity
Do your research
a Work in groups of three or four. You are
going to invent and plan a social initiative/
charity. First decide on who or what your
group should support. Brainstorm ideas.
Do you want to help people, animals, or the
environment? Decide whether your group
is local, national or international.
b When you have agreed on an area, think
about what your group’s aim will be. What
sort of help will you offer? Make a list of
your aims.
c Think of a name for your initiative/charity,
and of a short slogan that people will
remember and that describes quickly, in no
more than ten words, what your initiative
is all about. You could also design an eyecatching
logo.
d Discuss how your group will work. Think
about the following:
How will you get other people to help you?
Will you ask for money or for volunteers,
or for both?
How will you raise money? What sort of
fund-raising events will you organise?
What will you do with the money? Will you
be able to give it all to the people you want
to help or will you need to keep some for
operating costs or for buying equipment?
2 Prepare the
presentation
a Design a poster (or a website) to advertise
your charity. It should clearly show your
initiative’s/charity’s name, its logo and
slogan. Then it should show, both through
words and pictures, who you’re going to
help and what you’re going to do. If you
have time, you could also make small
leaflets to hand out to people telling
them about your charity.
b Prepare your presentation. Decide who
is going to talk on each aspect of the
charity. Make short notes of the key
points you are going to talk about. In your
groups, rehearse the presentation and
give each other feedback. Use the phrases
from Project 1 to help you.
3 The presentation
a Groups take turns to give their
presentation to the rest of the class. At
the end of each presentation, give other
students the chance to ask questions.
b Now it’s time to put your charity idea into
action. Good luck!
4 Closin up
Choose the charity idea that you like best.
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