UNIT 3 - OUR WORLD: RICH OR POOR?

STUDENT'S WORKSHEETS

 


SESSION 1: RICH PEOPLE, POOR PEOPLE

  By the end of the lesson you should be able to:
  • understand ways in which you are rich and poor and that there is value in things apart from money and materialism
  • express positive thoughts about yourselves
  • value friends and families as a source of love and mutual support, to feel positive about yourselves
  • appreciate things in life that we take for granted: a nice sunset, a smile, meeting friends
  • increase your self-esteem

 

 

This quote is attributed to the Native American Cree as a comment on the environment and materialism.

 

 

 

EXERCISE 1

Try to translate it into Catalan and comment on its meaning with your partner and later with the teacher and the whole class.

EXERCISE 2

Think of words related to the adjectives RICH and POOR. Do not only focus on money and material wealth but also refer to aspects that make a person rich in their hearts and minds, that is to say, things that make you rich in happiness. For example, having good friends, enjoying the sunshine, etc.

The teacher is going to write on the board all the ideas you have thought of. Copy the two lists in your notebook.

RICH                                                                          POOR

___________________                                            _____________________
___________________                                            _____________________
___________________                                            _____________________
___________________                                            _____________________
___________________                                            _____________________
___________________                                            _____________________
………                                                                        ………

EXERCISE 3
Describe in 3 lines the situation of a person that is very rich in possessions but very poor in happiness. Can you think of anybody that you know directly or indirectly?

 

 

Describe in 3 lines the situation of a person that is very poor in possessions but rich in happiness. Can you think of anybody that you know directly or indirectly?

 

 

 

 In what aspects do you think you are a rich person?

 

EXERCISE 4
Now make groups for 4 people. As we said before, every person is rich in many aspects of their lives, not only because of their economic status. Each one of you should write his/her name on a piece of paper. The teacher will collect all the names and put them in a bag. After that, she will go round the tables and will give each group 4 pieces of paper with the names of other classmates written on them. As a class group you have been together for a few months now and each of you should be able to write a paragraph about one of your classmates starting like this one:

We think that Marta is extremely rich because………..she is very intelligent, friendly and responsible. Her family loves her very much because she always tries to help with the house chores. She is very generous and always visits old people that live alone and have no family.