Unit 1 Friendship

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out . ---Walter Winchell Friendship Quotes: True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. - -----Charles Caleb Colton A friend is one who walks in when others walk out . ---Walter Winchell A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself. - ----Lysha A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Questions : Do you need friends? 2. Do you think friendship is important in your life? Why do you think so? 3.  Do you have any good friends? What do you think of them?

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

Words about friends: lovely helpful quick-minded （思维活跃的） Brainstorming-I----words (3m) Words about friends: lovely helpful quick-minded （思维活跃的） honest brave wise loyal smart handsome pretty kindhearted talkative（爱说话的） silent careful generous（大方的） unselfish （不自私的） diligent （勤奋的） active creative thoughtful humorous responsible open-minded funny kind ….

Make a list of the qualities a good friend should be…... funny brave strong beautiful rich

Are you a good friend? Let’s do a survey. The qualities of a good friend honest humorous kind loyal Good friend friendly responsible helpful patient Are you a good friend? Let’s do a survey.

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.

Values of friendship  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.

Values of friendship  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.

Help him/her when he/she is in trouble. As a good friend, what should you do? Help him/her when he/she is in trouble. Share each other’s good mood and bad mood. Often play and meet together. Respect each other.

Pre-reading-I----questions (2m) Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be your friend? Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or why not?

Reading Anne’s Best Friend

Join the correct parts of the sentences. Scanning: Join the correct parts of the sentences. She couldn’t meet her friends. Jews were caught by Nazis and put away. She could tell everything to it. D. She wanted it to be her best friend. Anne kept a diary because She felt very lonely because They have to hide because Anne named her diary Kitty because

Read the passage again and fill the following form: Skimming: Read the passage again and fill the following form: Time Nature Feeling Before hiding After hiding Blue sky, songs of birds, moonlight, flowers Never felt spellbound Darkness, rain, wind, thundering clouds Grew crazy

Careful reading: 1.About how long had her family been in the hiding place when she wrote this part of her diary? 2.Why do you think her feelings changed towards nature?

Answers: 1.About two years. 2.Her feelings have changed because she was no longer able to go out as she pleased because she is in hiding. Losing freedom has mad her feel more excited about good and beautiful things around her.

Activity: discussion What will you take? Why? Suppose you and your partners have to hide yourselves for 3 months. During the three months, you will be offered the basic food, water and clothes. Your group can take 5 things with you. What will you take? Why? How will you spend the 3 months? How will you treat each other and make friends ?

Write a few lines to describe your best friend or a person you know. Homework Write a few lines to describe your best friend or a person you know.