2. Read fast and find out more ways to show friendship in Hawaii to fill in the form.

1. It is said that Hawaii is a place where the East truly meets the west. Consider how people show their friendship in Hawaii.

　 Show a picture and find the information from the textbook.　 ( by giving “leis” to one another.)

　 Explain what is a “lei”.

3. Ask students if they can think of any place in the world where Chinese and Western cultures live side by side. They may think of Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore. And the teacher will add one more -------Hawaii.

Step2　 Fast reading

2. Compare Chinese ways of showing friendship with Western ways. And discuss why there is a big difference. Therefore, show the sentence: Every culture has its own ways to show friendship.

1. Talk about different ways of showing friendship of minority groups in China.

2. Teaching procedures:

Step1　 Lead-in

1. Teaching objectives:

To learn about ways of showing friendship in Hawaii and share their opinions on friendship. Because it is a lesson of integrating skills, Ss are also asked to write sentences on friendship.

10.　 Mother asked Anne why she had gone to bed so late the night before.

Step4 Correcting mistakes

T analyses the common mistakes Ss have made during the practice.

T: Now let’s look at the screen and pay attention to these sentences. Choose the right sentence and tell me why the other one is wrong.

Step5 A game

Play a guessing game “who is my secret friend?” One student comes to the front with his partner.

The rest students ask him questions while his partner changes them into indirect speech. In the end, the person who has guessed the right answer can come to the front to take the place of the first student .So the game goes on.

Suggested sentences:

Can your friend speak?

What does he/she wear today?

Is he/she tall or short?

What do you and your friend do in your free time?

Do you quarrel with each other?...

Step6　 Homework

Do Exercise1 on Page 42. Here is another page of Anne’s diary. Read it through and then use indirect speech to retell the story.

Period 4

Integrating skills　　 “Friendship in Hawaii”

9.　　　 Anne asked her sister how she could see her friends.

8.　　　 Anne asked her father when they would go back home.