【正文】 to be a person? What else can be a friend? 4. Do you think a diary can bee your friend? Why or why not? Instructions: The teacher can give each group one of these questions above to talk about. Then let the class share their ideas. It?s better to stimulate the students to challenge their classmates? opinions about these questions. Possible answers Q1: Reasons I need friends: ※ to cope with stressful situations in life ※ to share my worries and secrets in my inner world ※ to show my concern for other people ※ to let other people share my happiness ※ to unfold to other people the secrets in my heart (to name but few.) Q2: A good friend should: ※ tell me the truth (honest) ※ be good to me (friendly) ※ be willing to consider or accept others’ ideas or opinions (openminded) ※ be willing to help others (generous or helpful) ※ be goodtempered ※ think about what others need and try to help them (caring) ※ be loyal to their responsibility (responsible) ※ not easily upset (easygoing) ※ be outgoing (like to meet and talk to new people) ※ be tolerant (allow other people to have different opinions or do something in a different way) ※ be selfless (to name but few) Q3: What else can be a friend? Answers can be various. (omitted) Q4: Students? answers may vary but must include a reason. Yes. I think it can be, because I can set down how I feel every day in my diary, and let other people read it to share my feelings some time later. Above all, it feels good to write down my thoughts and feeling on paper when I am sad or lonely. IV. Reading 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? 2. Reading to summarise the main idea of each paragraph. Skim the text and summarise the main idea of each paragraph in one sentence. Para. One: Anne made her diary her best friend whom she could tell everything. Para. Two: Anne?s diary acted as her true friend during the time she and her family had to hide away for a long time. Para. Three: Having been kept indoors for so long, Anne grew so crazy about everything to do with nature. 3. Language focus Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. laugh at, go through, make/call + O +Noun (as .), hide away, set down, grow crazy about, do with…, there was a time when…, keep sb. spellbound, on purpose, in order to do sth., far too +adj./adv, happen to do sth., it was the first/second time that …, face to face V. Closing down Closing down by doing exercises To end the lesson you are to do the prehending Exercises 1 and 2. Closing down by discussion of ideas Work in groups of four. Discuss the ideas put forward in the reading passage. It does not matter whether you agree or disagree. What is important is that you should have a reason for what you say. Also you can put forward your own ideas, either criticising the text or using it as a support: ★ What would you do if your family were going to be killed just because they did something the Emperor did not like? ★ Where would you plan to hide? ★ How would you arrange to get food given to you every day? What would you do to pass the time? Language chunks from Unit 1 Friendship add up, get sth. done, calm sb. done, have got to, go on holiday, talk care of, walk the dog, get loose, pay for sth, cheat in the exam, should have done, someone else?s, laugh at, go through, hide away, set down, a series of, a hiding place, I wonder if…, grow/be/bee crazy about, could have done, keep , keep doing, stay awake, on purpose, in order to, by oneself, far too much, it was(is) the first time that…, face to face, feel lonely/sit alone, save one?s life, be concerned about, with so many clothes on, have trouble with sb, at the moment, get along (well) with sb./ sth, enjoy doing, be/bee/make friends with, be/fall in love (with), try sth. out on sb. ask for advice, give sb. some advice on…, make an effort to do sth., join in sth., show one?s interest in, far and wide, pay attention to, look to one?s own concern, share one?s thoughts and feelings with sb, e to a conclusion, be prepared to do sth., a hearttoheart talk, hurt one?s feelings, change one?s mind, live in peace, go on a piic, get away with, feel at home, in need Period 2: A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language (Direct amp。t feel she needs to cheat 3. If your friend tells you a secret and it may cause his or her death, you will________. A. tell a trusted adult B. keep it a secret C. tell your friends You may print this sheet and answer the questions. Then discuss the answers with your friends. A true friendship should: ☉ encourage you to live your dream. ☉ support you toward your goals. ☉ sympathize for your losses and help you find a silver lining. ☉ build your selfesteem. If happiness and lifesatisfaction are your goals, your friends should be chosen on the basis of how well they can acplish those four goals. Happiness is a personal choice that es from within. But, as the friendship poem says, it surely doesn?t hurt to have supportive friendships that help us achieve our goals. IV. Selfreflection upon friendship Read the following statements and then tick Yes (√ ) or No( ) to show your opinions upon friendship. 1. Friendship is very important to me. 2. I have a lot of friends. 3. There can be true friendship betwe