Unit 1 Friendship UsingLanguage

Unit 1 Friendship
Using Language
（A letter from Lisa to Miss Wang）
Introduction
Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, expressions, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit.
Objectives
■To help the students read, listen and write about “friendship”.
■To help students design and speak on a questionnaire about friendship.
■To help students describe a friend by writing based on the given example.
Procedures
1．Warming up by talking about youth problems
What is the biggest problem facing our youth today and what can we do to help fix it? Could someone offer his opinion?
2．Learning to design a survey
Work in groups of four. Design a survey to find out what kind of friends your classmates are. You can use the survey in the Warming Up as an example.
Step 1：In your group, come up with four situations among friends. Design four questions accordingly with three possible answers.
Step 2：Put the four questions together and form a questionnaire.
Step 3：Check the questionnaire through and try it out on your own group.
Step 4：Share your questionnaire with another group and try each other’s questionnaires.
3．Doing a guided writing task
Go to page 6 to read, listen and talk about the letter Lisa wrote to Wang. Think about what advice you can give to Lisa. And then write to Lisa as if you were Wang the editor.
4．Assessing your task
Is your letter well developed? Are your ideas well organized to the point? Do you have a good choice of words and idioms in your writing? Do you get a good mastery of the sentence structure? What kind of mistakes have you made in your writing? What can you do to avoid such mistakes?
5．Closing down by studying proverbs
Here are some proverbs about friends and friendship. Read them carefully and pay attention to the sentence stress and intonation. As you read think if you agree or disagree with them.。