Unit 1 Friendship（I）

para. three:having been kept indoors for so long, anne grew so crazy about everything to do with nature.

3. language focus

next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. copy them to your notebook after class as homework.

laugh at, go through, make/call + o +noun (as o.c.), hide away, set down, grow crazy about, do with…, there was a time when…, keep sb. spellbound, on purpose, in order to do sth., far too +adj./adv, happen to do sth., it was the first/second time that …, face to face

v. closing down

closing down by doing exercises

to end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises 1 and 2.

closing down by discussion of ideas

work in groups of four. discuss the ideas put forward in the reading passage. it does not matter whether you agree or disagree. what is important is that you should have a reason for what you say. also you can put forward your own ideas, either criticising the text or using it as a support:

★ what would you do if your family were going to be killed just because they did something the emperor did not like?

★ where would you plan to hide?

★ how would you arrange to get food given to you every day?

what would you do to pass the time?

language chunks from unit 1 friendship

add up, get sth. done, calm sb. done, have got to, go on holiday, talk care of, walk the dog, get loose, pay for sth, cheat in the exam, should have done, someone else’s, laugh at, go through, hide away, set down, a series of, a hiding place, i wonder if…, grow/be/become crazy about, could have done, keep sb.spellbound, keep doing, stay awake, on purpose, in order to, by oneself, far too much, it was(is) the first time that…, face to face, feel lonely/sit alone, save one’s life, be concerned about, with so many clothes on, have trouble with sb, at the moment, get along (well) with sb./ sth, enjoy doing, be/become/make friends with, be/fall in love (with), try sth. out on sb. ask for advice, give sb. some advice on…, make an effort to do sth., join in sth., show one’s interest in, far and wide, pay attention to, look to one’s own concern, share one’s thoughts and feelings with sb, come to a conclusion, be prepared to do sth., a heart-to-heart talk, hurt one’s feelings, change one’s mind, live in peace, go on a picnic, get away with, feel at home, in need

unit 1 friendship（ii）

period 2: a sample lesson plan for learning about language

(direct & indirect speech(ⅰ) statements & questions)