Unit 1 Friendship（I）

unit 1 friendship（i）

part one: teaching design (第一部分：教學設計)

period 1: a sample lesson plan for reading

(anne’s best friend)

aims

to talk about friendship

to read about friendship

procedures

i. warming up

1. warming up by assessing

a lot of people have only few possibilities of getting feedback about their own personality. in this exercise you will have the opportunity to get some feedback and to discuss it with a partner. while comparing your mutual judgements, certain prejudices or misunderstandings may appear, as people often do not know each other thoroughly enough to judge others correctly. try to be honest!

self assessment

of the following characteristics choose 5 that are particularly applicable to you personally.

sociable, honest, friendly, easygoing, nervous, open-minded, anxious, careful, talented, talkative, nosy, thoughtful, generous, carefree, pessimistic, peaceful, optimistic, interesting, reliable, helpful, active, careless, caring, exact, adventurous, imaginative, hot-blooded, well-organised, trustworthy, patient, responsible, outgoing, kind, brave, warm-hearted, selfless, tolerant

partner assessment

now choose 5 characteristic features which you think are especially applicable to your partner.

sociable, honest, friendly, easygoing, nervous, open-minded, anxious, careful, talented, talkative, nosy, thoughtful, generous, carefree, pessimistic, peaceful, optimistic, interesting, reliable, helpful, active, careless, caring, exact, adventurous, imaginative, hot-blooded, well-organised, trustworthy, patient, responsible, outgoing, kind, brave, warm-hearted, selfless, tolerant

2. warming up by describing

have the students get into groups of four to describe their own ideal friend. individual students must decide on top 5 character adjectives that could be used to describe the ideal friend and insist they have good reasons for their choice. then let the group leader give the class a description of their ideal friend.

3. further applying

you may also have the students do the survey in the textbook, following the steps below.

1.           get the students to make a list of three qualities a good friend should have.

2.           have the students get into groups of four to find out what each has listed.

3.           have a member of each group report on what their lists have in common and list them on the board.