Date: August 10, 2009
Period 2
Unit 1 FRIENDSHIP
Lesson: READING

I. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Read and understand the meanings of words related to friendship.
Scan the reading and take notes the information.
Summarize the reading by speaking or writing.
II. Language Focus:
Grammar: revision
New words: acquaintance, mutual, selfish, give-and-take, incapable of, suspicious . . .
III. Teaching Aids: Pictures, extra board, transparent sheet, overhead projector, cassette player,
textbook . . .
IV. Procedures:

Stages/Time
Teacher’s Activities
Students’ Activities




Warm-up
(3 minutes)
-T writes the following sentence on the board and asks Ss to complete by filling the gaps with the suitable words.
A …………… in need is a …………… indeed.
* Suggested answer:
A friend in need is a friend indeed.


-Ss work individually and complete the sentence.





Pre-reading
10 minutes
Describing picture
-T asks Ss to have a look at the picture in the text book and describe it.
-T leads Ss to read the poem and answer the questions “What do you think of the friend in the poem?”
-T elicits/teaches some adjectives showing good characters of a friend.
+ understanding (a)
+ caring (a)
+ easygoing (a)
+ honest (a)
+ reliable (a)
+ sympathetic (a)
+ tolerant (a)


-Ss look at the pictures, and describe it.

-Ss take note of new adjectives given by T.

While-reading


22 minutes
Task 1
-T asks Ss to read the text in silence for the first time and helps Ss to understand some more difficult words.
-T requires Ss to do Task 1 in pairs and then check the answers with another pairs.
-T goes around the class and helps Ss correct mistakes.
* Suggested answers:

1. mutual
2. incapable of

3. unselfishness
4. acquaintance /friend

5. give-and-take
6. loyal to

7. suspicious



Task 2
-T asks Ss to scan the text.
-Teachers asks Ss to discuss in pairs to find out the correct choice that most adequately sums up the ideas of the whole passage.
-T goes around the class and give a help.
-T asks Ss to compare their answer with others.
-T gives out the correct answer
* Suggested answer:
B. Conditions of true friendship
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Task 3 (Handout)
-T asks Ss to go through the reading text and find:
a.The reason why a selfish person can’t have a true friendship.
b. Qualities which can spoil a true friendship.
-T asks Ss to work in groups of four and discuss the above information.
-T check their answers in front of the class.
-T gives the correct answers.
* Suggested answers:
a. Because friendship is two-sided affair: it lives by give-and-take. A friendship which is all give on side and all take on the other cannot last long.
b. Changeable, suspicious, talkative . . .

-Ss work in pairs and do Task 1.


-Ss check answers with their partners.



-Ss take note of the correct answers.



-Ss read the reading again & do Task 2 in pairs.



-Ss compare their answers with each other.
-Ss take note the correct answer
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-Ss read the passage silently.

-Ss discuss the matters in groups.

-Ss present their answers.


-Ss take note of the correct answers.

Post- reading

7 minutes
-T asks Ss to work in groups to discuss the following question.:
“What does the text tell you about a true friendship?”
-T goes around the class and helps Ss.
-T asks a representative of each groups to present in front of the class.


-Ss discuss in groups and then present their ideas.

Homework

3 minutes
-T asks Ss to write short paragraphs about their close friend.

-Ss listen and take notes.



Date: August 12, 2009
Period: 3
Unit 1(cont.) FRIENDSHIP
Lesson: