Unit 1 Friendship（I）

iii. discovering words and expressions

do exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 on page 4 and 5. check your work with your partner’s.

iv. discovering structures

do exercise 1 and 2. check your work with your partner’s.

unit 1 friendship（iii）

period 3: a sample lesson plan for using language

(a letter from a student to the editor of the 21st century)

aims

to listen to a letter about friendship

to speak about a questionnaire about friendship

to write advice about friendship

to write a few lines describing a friend

procedures

i. warming up

1. read the letter to miss wang and find out what was upsetting lisa.

2. listen to what miss wang says, and then answer the questions in exercise 2.

3. listen to the tape again and try to spell out the missing words in ex 3.

ii. talking about designing a questionnaire

work in groups of four. design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friends your classmates are. ask the students to use the quiz in the warming up as an example.

note: the students should be talking while they are doing the task. this provides the students with the opportunity to practise expressing thought and concern in matters of immediate concern and interest. tell the students to follow these steps:

step1: in your group, come up with four situations among friends. design four questions accordingly with three possible answers.

step2: put the four questions together and form a questionnaire.

step3: check the questionnaire through and try it out on your own group.

step4: share your questionnaire with another group and try each other’s questionnaires.

sample questionnaire:

this questionnaire has four questions, and each question is followed by a set of possible answers. please read the questions, and then consider which response fits you best.

1.why am i close friends with this person now?

a.          because being friends with him/her helps me feel important.

b.          because my friend would be upset if i ended the relationship.

c.          because he/she is someone i really enjoy sharing emotions and special events with.

2. why do i spend time with my friend?

a.          because my friend would get mad at me if i didn’t.

b.          because it is fun spending time with him/her.

c.          because i think it is what friends are supposed to do.