5. Teaching aids:

CAI

4. Teaching methods

a.　　　　 Task-based teaching and learning

b.　　　　 Cooperative learning

c.　　　　 Discussion

3. Teaching difficult points:

a.　　　　　　　　　 Work together with partners and describe one of your good friends.

b.　　　　　　　　 Discuss with partners and find out ways to solve the problems.

2. Teaching important points:

a.　　　　　　　 Use the given adjectives and sentence structures to describe one of your friends.

b.　　　　　　 Learn to evaluate friends and friendship.

1. Teaching objectives:

1) Target language

I (don’t) think……　　　 I (don’t) think so.　　 I (don’t) agree.　　　　　　

　I believe……　　　　　 That’s correct.　　　 In my opinion, ……

2) Ability goals

a.　　　　 Describe your friends in English

b.　　　　 Figure out the problems between friends and then find different ways to solve the problems.

3)　　　 Learning ability goals

a.　　　　　 To encourage students to think and talk about friends and friendship by using some phrases and structures.

b.　　　　　 To learn to solve problems that may occur between friends.

c.　 To cultivate the students to form the good habit of learning English in Senior Middle School.

3. Teaching plans for each period

Period 1　 Warming-up and Speaking

2.　 Suggested teaching notes

1). Analyses of the teaching contents

This unit is about friendship, and nearly all the teaching materials center on it.

Warming up---The questionnaire leads students to think and talk about

　　　　　　　 friendship, get to know the problems between friends

　　　　　　　 and seek solutions, which makes preparations for the

　　　　　　 　　further teaching in topics, background and vocabulary.

Pre-reading---The questions prompt students to think critically about

　　　　　　　 friends and friendship in reality, alerting them to the fact

　　　　　　　 that besides people, a diary can be a friend, too.

Reading--- The diary by the Jewish girl Anne gave a glimpse of her life

　　　　　 during her family’s shelter in Amsterdam from the German

　　　　　 Nazis’ killing in world war 2. she treats the diary as her best friend, and in it reveals her longing for a normal life and close contact with nature, which helps her get through the days.

Comprehending---It helps students further understand the text by doing

　　　　　　　　　 multiple choices, questions and answers, and

　　　　　　　　　 matching.

Learning about language---It teaches the important expressions and

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 structures and grammar: direct and indirect

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 speeches.

Using language---The two letters, listening, questionnaire design, letter

　　　　　　　　　 writing and fun writing prepares students to further

　　　　　　　　　 talk about friendship, especially the problems with

　　　　　　　　　 misunderstanding, and unfriendliness, thus

　　　　　　　　　 strengthening students’ abilities to practice

　　　　　　　　　 language, discover, and solve problems.

Summing up---It summarizes the whole contents of this unit from the

　　　　　　　 aspects of topics, vocabulary and grammar.

Learning tip--- This part encourages students to form the habit of writing

　　　　　　　 a diary.

Integrating skills--- The text introduces the way Hawaiians express

　　　　　　　　　 friendship, to get students to realize the cultural

　　　　　　　　　 differences in the values of friendship in addition

　　　　　　　　　 its importance in all cultures.

2) Making of the teaching plan

This unit centers on friends and friendship, exploring different types of

friendship with particular attention to that one can develop with oneself,

i.e., the comfort and support one seeks from an imaginary friend.

Students are expected to come to be truly aware of the qualities and

conducts that make a good friend, display and develop the ability to

cope with misunderstanding, conflicts and problems related to

friendship, and give advice on it. The concept that even an ordinary

thing can be a friend should break down the traditional belief in the

interpersonal nature of friendship. Also, the comparison of similarities

dissimilarities in friendship comprehension between the East and the

West leads students to know better the values of friendship in Westerns’

eyes. All in all, this unit promises to unveil the true essence of friendship

and helps students to lead a more friendly and harmonious life.

Thus, based on the theme, contents and teaching objectives, the whole

teaching procedures can fall into five periods as follows:

1. Teaching aims and demands

3.　　　 Show some Ss’ writings in class.

Step 5.Assignment

　Do Wb writing task on page 46.

Period seven

　Teachers can use this period freely.

Suggestion: 　Teachers can use this period to let Ss sum up what they have learned and explain what Ss couldn’t understand very well in this unit. Teachers can also add more practice in this period to consolidate what the Ss have learned. Finally, ask the Ss to finish checking yourself on page 47. It is very important to improve their learning.

2.　　　 Ss try to write a few lines to describe their best friends or a person they know.