UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP
PART A: READING
I. AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON
1. Language focus: To provide Ss with new words and phrases related to the
topic friendship.
2. Skills: To help Ss develop their reading skills: skimming for general ideas
and scanning for specific information.
3. Attitudes: To encourage Ss work in pairs and groups
II. PREPARATION
1. Teacher: - Teaching aids: Lesson plan, text book, pieces of paper with
words - Teaching method: Communicative language teaching
2. Students: Read Unit 1 – reading at home
III. PROCEDURE
1. Class organization (1 minute)
2. Check – up (Omitted)
3. New lesson (40 minutes)
TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
1. Warm up: Asks Ss to arrange the words in
two columns adj and noun
friendly, selfishness, loyal, constancy,
sympathy, trustworthy
Do as appointed
friend – friendly/ selfishness - selfish
loyalty – loyal/ constancy – constant
sympathetic - sympathy
trust – trustworthy
enthusiasm – enthusiastic
suspicion - suspicious
2. Before you read:
Plays the tape and lets Ss listen to the poem
Asks Ss to read the poem again
What do you think of the friend in the poem?
Introduces the topic of the reading passage.
Introduces some new words
Do as appointed
a good/ true friend/ acquaintance – friend
pursuit
lasting/lifelong friendship
special qualities/ two-sided affair
rumor and gossip/ give-and-take
mutual trust/ be (in) capable of
be concerned with st
be concerned about st
be influenced
3. While you read: (25mins)
Asks Ss to read the passage individually for the
first time and pick out some new words and
phrases
Asks Ss to guess the meaning of the words,
explains if necessary
Task 1
Ask Ss to do task 1 individually then compare
the answer with their partner.
Checks the answer
Explains some lexical items if necessary
Task 2
Ask Ss to read the passage again and do task 2
individually
Task 3
Asks Ss to work in pairs to answer the
Do as appointed
1 mutual
2 incapable of
3 unselfish
4 acquaintance, friend
5 give and take
6 loyal to
7 suspicious
B Conditions of true friendship