1. unit1
Project
Giving an oral report

2. Teenagers’ friendships

3. Lead-in Survey: Are you a boy or a girl? Boy Girl
Tick the answer which most applies to you.
How many best friends do you have?
A lot A few None

4. 2. How often do you have a long conversation
with your friends?
More than three times a week
Once a week Seldom Never

5. What topics do you mostly talk about with
your friends?
Hobbies and interests Families and friends
School ad study Emotions and feelings
Future planes and dreams

6. Do you share your secrets with your best friends?
Always Sometimes Never
Do you think boys and girls have the same
attitudes towards friendship?
Yes No

7. If you choose No to Question 5, what different
attitudes do they have?
Girls seem to have a lot to talk about with their
best friends than boys.
Friendships between girls and boys are
usually based on shared emotions and support.
However Friendships between boys are usually
based on shared activities or interests.
Girls have more friendships than boys.

8. Reading skimming Read the passage fast,and find the
answers to these questions:
1. What puzzles Robert?
He can’t understand how girls
can talk for so long.

9. Scanning T or F questions: F T F T T
Both boys and girls have a lot to talk about with
their best friends.
Girls have more friends than boys, according to studies.
Boys can easily name a best friend when asked.
If a boy is said to have a best friend ,
it seems that they share little about their feelings.
A girl’s best friend might be the first to tell her about
something good or bad that has happened in her life. F T F T T

10. Reading in detail:
Read the passage and answer the following questions:
What did Amanda reply when asked
what she and her friend talked about?
They talked about everything: film stars, pop songs
Horoscopes, everything.
2. Why can’t boys name a single best friend?
Because they are busy with homework and have so
many friends that it is hard for them to choose.

11. 3. Can girls name their best friend?
Yes, they can answer without hesitation.
4. What are friendships between girls based on?
They are based on shared feelings and support.
5. What are friendships between boys based on?
They are based on shared activities or interests.

12. Further Thinking Actually you are reading an oral
Report about the differences between the teenage boys and teenage girls. What is presented in the first paragraph? And what is discussed in the body of the passage? Also what is included in the concluding paragraph?

13. Structure of an oral report
The leading para: put forward the topic of the report.
The body: state the details of a discussion or a debate. For instance, 30% of the students…,
50% of the students…,the rest of the students…
3. The ending para(s): voice the writer’s opinions or present the writer’s summary.

14. Finish project (group work)
An oral report
Planning
In the group of four, choose a certain topic
on the different attitudes between boys and
boys. Make sure different groups have
Different topics.
Preparing
Write survey questions
Conduct the survey and calculate the results
Write the report
Present the oral report

15. Producing
Members write the survey questions in
the form of multiple-choice questions
which is easy and agreed on.
Presenting
Proofread the report at first
Present an oral report to the whole class
Each group post a copy of their survey
And the result on the display wall.

16. Homework Finish the exercises on WB 93.
Finish the group work---An oral report