Book1 Unit1 Friendship
Period 1-2 Warming-up and Speaking
1. Teaching objectives:
1) Target language
I (don’t) think…… I (don’t) think so. I (don’t) agree.
I believe…… That’s correct. In my opinion …
2) Ability goals
Describe your friends in English
Figure out the problems between friends and then find different ways to solve the problems.
Learning ability goals
To encourage students to think and talk about friends and friendship by using some phrases and structures.
To learn to solve problems that may occur between friends.
c. To cultivate the students to form the good habit of learning English in Senior Middle School.
2. Teaching important points:
Use the given adjectives and sentence structures to describe one of your friends. Learn to evaluate friends and friendship.
3. Teaching difficult points:
Work together with partners and describe one of your good friends.
Discuss with partners and find out ways to solve the problems.
4. Teaching methods
Task-based teaching and learning
Cooperative learning
Discussion
5. Teaching aids:
CAI
6. Teaching procedures and ways:
Step 1 Lead-in and Warming-up
Before the lesson, the teacher can arouse the students’ interests by showing a video of Auld Lang Syne .
At the beginning of the first class, we can get the students to talk about their summer holidays. The students can talk freely as they like.
How did you spend your summer holidays? How did you feel? What did you do in your summer holidays? What did you do in your spare time?
What do you think of our new school? Do you like it? Could you say something about it?
Do you like making friends? How do get in touch with your friends? Do you have many friends? Where are they now? Do you have any old friends in our school? Have you made any new friends in our class?
Step 2 Think it over
1. Give a brief description of one of your friends. The following phrases and structures may be helpful:
His/Her name is ……
He /She is …… years old.
He /She likes …… and dislikes ……
He /She enjoys …… and hates……
He /She is very kind/friendly/……
When /Where we got to know each other.
2. What types of friendship do you have? Please tick them out. Then fill in the blanks. girl friends boy friends pen friends
long -distance friends friends of the same age
e-friends (friends over the internet) friends across generations
unusual friends like animals, books……
1).______ is /are most important to you.
2). You spend most of your free time with ____.
3). You will share your secrets with _____.
4). When in trouble, you will first turn to _____.
Step 3 Make a survey
1. List some qualities of a good friend or your ideal friend. Have the students get into groups of four to find out what each has listed.
Tell your partner your standards of good friends by using the following structure:
I think a good friend should (not) be……
In my opinion, a good friend is someone who……
Have a member of each group report on what their lists have in common and list them on the board.
Ask the class whether or not they agree with all the qualities listed.
Then have the students do the survey in the textbook.
Have the students score their survey according to the scoring sheet on page 8.
The teacher ask some students how many points they got for the survey and assess their values of friendship:
★ 4~7 points: You are not a good friend. You either neglect your friend’s needs or just do what he/she wants you to do. You should think more about what a good friend needs to do.
★ 8~12 points: You are a good friend but you sometimes let your friendship become too important, or you fail to show enough concern for your friend’s needs and feelings. Try to strike a balance between your friend’s needs and your own responsibilities.
★ 13+ points: You are an excellent friend who recognizes that to be a good friend you need balance your needs and your friend’s. Well done.
(You may also show your students the results above and let themselves self-reflect upon their own values of friendship)
Step 4 Talking and sharing( work in pairs)
1. If your best friend does something wrong, what will you do?
Try to use the following phrases:
I (don’t) think…… I (don’t) think so.
I (don’t) agree. I believe……
That’s correct. In my opinion, ……
2. What is a friend?
A British newspaper once offered a prize for the best definition(定义) of a friend. If you were the editor, choose the best one from the following entries(条目), and explain why.
One who understands my silence.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Friends are just the people who share your happiness and sorrow. When you look at your watch at 4 am, but still know you can call them and wake them up, and they’ll still want to talk to you ,tha t’s friendship. To have a friend, you need to be a good friend.
Step 5 Group work (output)
The teacher can give each group one of these questions below to talk about. Then let
the class share their ideas. It’s better to stimulate the students to express their own opinions about these questions.
Do you think it is a good idea to borrow money from your friend?
Why and Why not?
2. What factors may cause the breakdown of a good friendship?
3. What can be your unusual friend besides human beings? And why?
Step 6 Homework
Write down a short passage about your ideas /the factors/your unusual friends. Prepare for the new lesson.
Period3-4 Reading
Aims:
1. to master the new words and some useful expressions.
2. to understand the text and finish the exercises in Comprehending.
Step 1. Looking and guessing
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and the heading and guess what the text might be about.
1). Imagine what it might be like if you had to stay in your bedroom for a whole year. You could not leave it even to go to the WC or to get a cup of tea. How would you feel?
2). What would you choose if you are only allowed to have five things with you in the hiding place because there is very little room?
Step 2
Reading to summarise the main idea of each paragraph.
Skim the text and summarise the main idea of each paragraph in one sentence.
Step 3 Language points
add (to) v. 1) to put together with something else so as to increase the number, size, or importance; 2) to join (numbers or amounts ) so as to find the total.
eg: The fire is going out; will you add some wood?
The snowstorm added to our difficulties.
Add up these figures for me, please.
ignore v. to take no notice of; refuse to pay attention to
eg: His letters were ignored.
Even the best of men ignored that simple rule.
My advice was completely ignored.
3. concern v. 使担心;使不安(+about/for); 涉及,关系到;影响到
eg: The boy's poor health concerned his parents.
He is concerned for her safety.
The news concerns your brother.
He was very concerned about her.
4. loose adj. not firmly or tightly fixed.
She wore loose garments in the summer.
I have got a loose tooth.
Some loose pages fell out of the book.
5. purpose n. [C] an intention or plan; a person’s reason for an action.
What is the purpose of his visit?
The purpose of a trap is to catch and hold animals.
Did you come to London to see your family, or for business purpose?
6. series n. (of) a group of things of the same kind or related in some way, coming one after another or in order.
Then began a series of wet days that spoiled our vacation.
This publishing firm is planning a new series of school textbooks.
They carried out a series of experiments to test the new drug.
7. cheat. 1) v. to behave in a dishonest way in order to win an advantage;
2) n. a person who cheats; dishonest persons
They cheated the old woman of her house and money.
The salesman cheated me into buying a fake.
He never cheated in exams.
I see you drop that card, you cheat!
I never thought that Sam is a cheat.
8. share 1) vt.&vi. (in\with\ amount\between) to have, use or take part in something with others or among a group.
2) n. (in\of) the part belongs to, owed to or done by a particular person. The money was shared out between them.
Sam and I share a room.
We shared in his joy.
They always share their happiness and sorrow.
I have done my share of the work.
9. crazy adj. 1) mad ; foolish 2) [+about] wildly excited; very interested
You're crazy to go out in this stormy weather.
John's crazy about that girl.
She is just crazy about dancing.
10. dare v.& v.aux.. 1) + to do; 2) + v
to be brave enough or rude enough (to do sth. dangerous, difficult or unpleasant).
How dare you accuse me of lying!
How dare you ask me such a question?
My younger sister dare not go out alone.
He did not dare to leave his car there.
11. trust 1) n. [U] (in) form believe in the honesty, goodness or worth etc, of someone or something
2) v. to believe in the honesty and worth of someone or something; have confidence in
I have no trust in him.
I don’t place any trust in the government’s promises.
Why do you trust a guy like him?
I trust your wife will soon get well.
12. suffer v. (for) to experience pain, difficulty or loss