Unit1 Good Friends

answers to exercise 1
problem: friends get angry with each other when they try to talk about something difficult.
solution: try to understand your friend/try to talk about the problem in a different way.
problem: friends don’t know how to apologize.
solution: start by telling each other that you are sorry and take it from there. a simple apology is often enough.
problem: some friends don’t know how to keep secrets.
 solution: keep your secrets to yourself.
step 3 speaking
the students will use the information about the people on sb page 2 to talk about likes and dislikes and to practice giving reasons for their opinions. tell the students to work in pairs. ask the students to complete the chart on page sb page 3 and then use the answers to talk about who could be friends and what they like or dislike. ask each pair to decide who could be friends and give reasons for their decisions. when they have made their decision, ask them to compare and debate their ideas with other pairs. encourage different answers, including strange ones.
p3  work in pairs
name john steve peter ann sarah joe
age 15 14 15 16 14  
gender boy boy boy girl girl boy
likes football/ reading singing skiing reading rock music computer singing computers rock music dancing reading novels football singing rock music skiing surfing the internet
dislikes singing rock music computer hiking football rock music football classical music dancing hiking classical music reading rock music dancing computers football hiking
extension  the students  are asked to make a list of famous people or people they know. the students then use the list to identify likes and dislikes and characteristics and try to determine who could be friends. step 4. talking  workbook p85
the students are given role cards based on three situations where friends are having problems. they are asked to act out the situations with the “useful expressions”. they are also asked to think of a fourth situation, prepare role cards for it, and act it out. let the students role-play in pairs. remind them that they should not write down a dialogue and then simply read the dialogue. instead, they should try to act out the situation without rehearsing it. if they find it difficult to get started, you can let them prepare by practising part of a situation. you can also help by modeling part of a situation.