PeriodOneWelcometotheunit

Teachingaims:

TodeepenSs’understandingoffriendship

TopracticeSs’oralEnglishbygettingtheminvolvedinthediscussionoffriendsandfriendship

Tolearnthewaytodescribethecharacteristicsofatruefriend

Teachingprocedures:

Ⅰ.Lead-in

1.ListentothesongcalledAuldLangSyne(友谊地久天长)

2.Showstudentssomepicturesaboutfriends

3.Brainstormingquestions:

1)Haveyouenjoyedthesong?Cansomeonenamethesong?

2)Canyouguesstherelationshipbetweentheonesinthepictures?

3)Doyouhaveanygoodfriends?Howmanyarethey?

4)Doyouthinkitisimportanttohaveagoodrelationshipwithothers?Why?

5)Doyouknowtheconceptof“friendship”?Trytoexplain.

6)Inyouropinion,whatdoesarealfriendshipconsistof?

Ⅱ.Picturetalking:

Talkaboutthepicturesandproverbswithyourpartner.Trytodiscussthefollowingquestions:

Picture1,

1)Wherearethetwogirls?

2)Whataretheydoing?

3)Howlongtheyspendspeakingtoeachother?

4)Doyouthinktheyenjoyeachother’scompany?

5)Whatdoyouthink‘Friendsarethievesoftime.’mean?

Picture2,

1)Whatdoyouuseamirrorfor?

2)Whatarethetwogirlsdoing?

3)Doyouthinkthegirlontherightisagoodfriend?Why?

4)Doyouhaveagoodfriend?Doeshe/sheoftengiveyouadvice?

5)Whatdoyouthinktheproverb‘Thebestmirrorisanoldfriend’mean?

Picture3,

1)Whatisthetallerboydoing?

2)Whydoeshedoso?

3)Doyouthinkitpossibleforapersontobuyfriendship?

4)Inyouropinion,whatisthebaseofagoodfriendship?

Picture4,

1)Doyouthinkfriendsshouldbethesameageandsharethesamehobbiesandinterests?

2)Whatdoestheproverb‘Truefriendshaveheartsthatbeatasone.’

Ⅲ.Story-telling

Tellastoryhappenedbetweenyouandyourbestfriend.

Ⅳ.Discussion

1)Whatatruefriendshouldbelike?

Afriendissomeonewho

---yourespectandwhorespectsyou

---sharesyourhappinessandsorrow

---istrustworthy

---ishonest,loving

---isdevotedandloyaltoyou

---isselfless

2)Trytothinkofmoreproverbsrelatedtofriendship.

Forexample,

Alifewithoutafriendisalifewithoutasun.

Amanwhohasfriendsmustshowhimselffriendly.

……

Ⅴ.Extending

Moreproverbsaboutfriendship

Ⅵ.Conclusion

Whatelsecanbeourfriendsbesideshumanbeings?

Therearemanyanswerstothisquestion.e.g.adog,acat,adictionary,acomputer,atoycar,amobilephone,aTVset…

Aslongaswehavelove

Ⅷ.Homework

Smiletoyourfriends.FinishthepassageinPartB.onpage95inWorkbook..Previewthereadingpart.