Unit 1 Friends Comic strip & Welcome to the unit Teaching Objectives:To identify the words and phrases to describe the appearance and personality of a personTo talk about the important qualities of a good friend Teaching contents:Words: honest, joy, sad, believe, teenager, good-looking, musicalPhrases: have something to drink, make somebody happy/special, keep secrets, share ones joy, believe what somebody says, talk to somebody about anything, clean and tidySentences: Do you want some?Can I have something to drink? What about some milk?Can I have some more food too? Theres nothing else in the fridge. Teaching preparations:Tape recorderComputer Pictures Teaching procedures:Step1 Warm-up T: Hello everyone, glad to see you again! Did you have a nice summer holiday? Are you happy to be back to school and see all your friends?Ss talk about their summer holidays.T: This summer holiday I went to Australia with some of your classmates and friends. We took a lot of photos. Would you like to have a look?Show the pictures and introduce some places of interest and animals in Australia.T: Look, we took a photo with this famous man- Batman. Hes a hero and peoples good friend because he helps people in danger. Do you agree? What do you think of him?Ss talk about Batman with the adjectives describing appearance and personality, such as friendly, helpful, kind, polite, clever, brave, etc. Step 2 Presentation T: There are some more words to describe people. For example, we can say Batman is good-looking. But we never say hes beautiful! We dont use beautiful to describe a boy or a man. If someone likes music or is good at music, we say he or she is musical. Teach “good-looking” and “musical”. Step 3 Practice 1. Play a guessing game. Ss describe their best friends in the class and guess who are talked about.2. T: Just now we heard some of the students talk about their best friends. Could you tell me which words are used most often?Ss: friendly, helpful, politeT: So these are very important qualities of a best friend, do you think so? What other qualities are important to you? Ss complete the table in Part B, P7. Then work in pairs to exchange their ideas and have a debate. Sentences may be used:I think my good friend should be very becauseI agree. / I dont agree with you because Its quite important for a friend to be ? Do you think so? I dont think my good friend must be very 3. T: Why do you think he/she is your best friend? What makes him/her so special to you? Can you talk to him/her about anything? Do you talk to him/her when you have problems? Do you believe what he/she says? When you are happy or sad, do you talk to him/her? Why?Teach “sad”, “believe”, “honest” and “joy”.Ss complete Part A, P7 and report individually.4. T explains some language points. Step 4 Presentation1. T: How old is your best friend? What about you?Ss: 15/16 T: So you are teenagers. We call children between 13 and 19 teenagers.Teach “teenager”.T: We have a good friend, Eddie. Is he a teenager?Ss: No.2. T: Whos Eddies good friend? Why?T plays the tape of the Comic strip and Ss try to find out the answer to the question.(Hobo is Eddies good friend because they always share things with each other.)3. Ss read the Comic strip and answer the questions:(1) What does Eddie give Hobo?(2) What does Hobo want?(3) Do you think Eddie is a true friend? Why?4. Ss read the dialogue in pairs.5. T explains some language points. Step 5 Practice1. Ss act out the dialogue and they are encouraged to add in something they like.2. Discuss: Who do you like better as a friend, Eddie or Hobo? Why?3. Ss work in pairs to ask and answer about their good friends.A model dialogue:A: Whos your good friend?B: A: Whats he/she like?B: A: What do you think of your friend?B: A: What makes him/her so special to you?B: Can you tell me something about your good friend? Step 6 SummarizeT: Today we have learned some important qualities about a good friend. It seems that we all think appearance is not so important, but a friend should be helpful and honest. And I hope everyone can be like that and you will have more friends.Step 7 Homework1. Describe a good friend of yours with the words and phrases learnt in this lesson.2. Finish the Workbook exercises.