Getting along with others Reading

What is the song about? What is the song about?

Lead-in  Do you keep in touch with your friends?  Have you ever argued with a very good friend?  How would you mend a broken friendship?

What may lead to a broken friendship? ---having little in common ---lacking trust ---there being conflict of interest ---being jealous of each other ---being indifferent to each other ---being hostile to each other …

Go through the two letters quickly and answer questions in Part A. 1. Are the writers of the two letters feeling happy or sad? They are feeling sad. Fast reading

2. What did Sarah get for the surprise Maths test? She got a D. 3. Is Matthew usually a quiet boy? No, he is usually cheerful and outgoing.

Careful reading Read the first letter carefully and answer the following questions. 1. Why other children say we are no fun? 2. What did Sarah think about the surprise Maths test? Secrets and lies

3. What did Hannah sense? 4. What did Sarah tell Hannah in the girls’ toilets? 5. Why did Sarah tell Hannah that they weren’t going to be friends any more?

1. Why other children say we are no fun? Because we are both very academic and like to study. 2. What did Sarah think about the surprise Maths test? She thought it was quite easy. Read the letter Secrets and lies carefully and answer the following questions.

3. What did Hannah sense? She sensed something was wrong. 4. What did Sarah tell Hannah in the girls’ toilets? She told Hannah how badly she had done in the test.

5. Why did Sarah tell Hannah that they weren’t going to be friends any more? Because she thought that Hannah had told everyone how badly she had done in the Maths tests.

She felt … betrayedashamed Careful reading The reasons… She thought her best friend Hannah didn’t keep her secret. She scored the lowest mark in her class.

upsetangry She felt …The reasons… She found a piece of paper on her desk that said “stupid Sarah got a D”. She thought Sarah didn’t keep her word.

Careful reading Read the second letter carefully and answer the following questions. 1.Why did Andrew shout at Mathew after the match? A friendship in trouble

2. What did Matthew think about losing the match? 3. How did Andrew think of football? 4. What kind boy is Matthew? 5. How is Matthew recently?

1. Why did Andrew shout at Mathew after the match? He thought Mathew played badly and did not try hard enough, as a result they lost the game. A friendship in trouble Careful reading

2. What did Matthew think about losing the match? He thought it wasn’t his fault. 3. How did Andrew think of football? Football is very important to him.

4. What kind boy is Matthew? He is usually cheerful and outgoing. 5. How is Matthew recently? He has been really quiet and looks sad.

Careful reading How Andrew feltWhy she felt so? His best friend Matthew has stopped talking to him. He had a dilemma. Reading strategy

He said some really cruel things to Matthew. They lost the game because of Matthew’s carelessness. He felt really guilty. He was angry with Matthew.

Consolidation Agony Aunt wrote back to the two students. Complete her responses with the proper words. determined apologize proud mean betrayed friendship secrets guilty mark match Dear Sarah, You have every right to feel _______ by betrayed

your friend if she did tell your secret to others, but it seems unlikely that she did. You say that you are best friends; well, best friends talk about their problems and try to solve them. If she is a good friend, you should ________ for blaming her. apologize

If you still have doubts, you should think about why you don’t believe her. Was it because you were ashamed of your _____or your behavior? Did you feel jealous of your friend’s mark? If so, the problem lies with you, not her. mark

Try not to sound too _____ of yourself when discussing your marks in front of others. However, if you feel that she is very bad at keeping ______ and likes to embarrass you in public, you had better find a new friend. proud secrets

Dear Andrew, It seems you need to apologize quickly to avoid losing a good friend! Don’t forget that some things are important to people, even when they don’t shout about them.

The ______ was probably very important to Matthew and he felt _____ about losing, and bad about not being as gifted at football as you are. match guilty

A football team needs all the players to work together and help each other. Each player should play to their strengths. Shouting at your teammate was unfair and just make him feel worse. Although you both said _____ things to each other, one of you has to be first to say sorry. Don’t be stubborn! mean

You say that your _________ is as important as football. Well, then you should be __________ to get your friendship back. Don’t let a small disagreement ruin your friendship. Do not delay. Talk to your friend and I’m sure that before long, you’ll be back playing football together. friendship determined

If you were Sarah or Andrew, would you try to fix the broken friendship with your friend? What would you do to fix it? Post-reading

If you had a problem with your friend, would you write to an agony aunt? If not, who would you talk to? If you were the agony aunt from the magazine, what advice would you give to Sarah?

Student A : Agony Aunt Annie Student B : Sarah Student C : Hannah Student A : Agony Aunt Annie Student B : Andrew Student C : Matthew Role-play Form a group of three

Presentation

What is a friendship? Discussion

A Friend... (A) ccepts you as you are (B) elieves in "you" (C) alls you just to say "HI" (D) oesn't give up on you

(E) nvisions the whole of you (F) orgives your mistakes (G) ives unconditionally (H) elps you (I) nvites you over (J) ust "be" with you (K) eeps you close at heart (L) oves you for who you are

(M) akes a difference in your life (N) ever Judges (O) ffers support (P) icks you up (Q) uiets your fears (R) aises your spirits (S) ays nice things about you

(T) ells you the truth when you need to hear it (U) nderstands you (V) alues you (W) alks beside you (X) -plain things you don't understand (Y) ells when you won't listen and (Z) aps you back to reality

1. Retell the two letters. 2. Finish the relevant exercises in the work book. Homework