Unit1 Good Friends

deserted context the text tells me that chuck lands on a deserted island. the text also tells me that there are no people on the island, so i can guess that a deserted place means a place where there are no people.
challenge context the text tells me that there are different challenges in chuck’s life — he has to collect water, hunt for food, and learn to survive without friends. i can guess that a challenge is something difficult that you have to do.
share context +
lookup i know that i like to talk to my friends when i am happy or sad. if i am sad, talking to a friend makes me feel better. i can guess that “to share” happiness or sorrow means something like “tell others about how i feel” or “make others understand how i feel”. the dictionary says that share means to have the same interest or feeling as someone else.
unusual form i know that usual means “something that happens all the time” or “normal.” if i know that the prefix “un-“ means not, i can guess that unusual means not normal or strange.
such as context a lucky pen and a diary are examples of favourite objects, so i can guess that such as means for example or “like.”
summary     ask them to look at the picture and ask one student to point to the picture and retell the main idea of the text.
1    chuck noland, a successful businessman, lands on a deserted island after a plane crash.
2    chuck has to learn basic survival skills on the island. in order to cope with his loneliness, chuck develops a friendship with a volleyball he calls wilson.
3   five years’ life on the island teaches chuck the importance of having friends and being a good friend. wilson may just be a volleyball, but their friendship is real and in some ways better than chuck’s friendships in the past.
4   human friends and unusual friends are important in our life. friends and friendship help us understand who we are and how we should behave.
step 5 post-reading  exercise on page 4    ask the students to answer questions about the story. e.g. how can a volleyball become chuck’s friend? what does chuck learn about himself when he is alone on the island?
suggested answers to the questions
1  he has to learn how to collect water, hunt for food, and make fire. more importantly, he has to learn to live without friends.
2  he has learnt a lot about himself when he is alone on the island. for example, he has come to realize that friendship is important in his life, that he hasn’t been a good friend, and that he should care more about his friends. (the students may also use present tense, e.g. he learns a lot about himself. he realizes that…)