Teaching aims and demands:

a. Achieve language skills and related knowledge about the topic of friends and friendship;

b. Learn to express likes and dislikes and make apologies:

c. Vocabulary in this unit:

the words and expressions listed on the teacher’s book

d. Grammar:

Direct and indirect speech

Lesson 1

Step 1 Presentation and discussion (warm-up)

Put some new words on the blackboard and tell them something about a friend.

Kind honest brave loyal happy wise strong

beautiful handsome rich smart funny

Then ask some questions around the class and discuss with them.

What should a good friend be like?

What qualities should a good friend have?

Should they be funny, smart and strong?

Step 2 Reading

Ask the students to read the dialogue in the part SPEAKING. Ask some questions:

1.What doesn’t John like?

2.What does Joe think of music and skiing?

And then fill in the form on page 3.

Then ask the students to express their ideas freely. Encourage the students to say more about friends.

Step 3 Listening

Ask the students to listen to the tape and fill in the blanks in the listening part.

Step 4 Talking/Practice

Ask the students to page 85. Make a similar dialogue as in exercise 2.

Some useful expressions :

Why did you…? Why didn’t you…? You said that you would…

Please forgive me. You promised to … I’m very sorry… It won’t happen again. I forgot.

Step 5 Homework

Finish Exercise 3 in the workbook.

Lesson2

Step1 Revision

Ask several students to present a speech about friends as a revision.

Step 2 Pre-reading

Present the students a picture to illustrate the situation on a lonely island. Ask them to list three items in the box and ask them to give the reasons using the sentences listed on page3.

Step 3 Reading

Before asking the students to read the text, first give the students a brief introduction about Tom Hanks, his films and the film Cast Away.

Then students read the text, and answer the following questions.

1.How does Chuck Noland come to a deserted island?

2. In order to survive on the island alone, what does he need to learn?

3. What does he understand at last?

4. For us, what lesson we can learn from Chuck?

At the same time explain the language points if necessary.

Step 4 Post-reading

Discuss the following questions in the Part POST-READING.

Step 5 Homework

Prepare a talk about Tom Hanks or something about one of his film.

Lesson3

Step 1 Revision

Get the students to give a talk about Tom Hanks or something about one of his films.

Step 2 Language Study

Ask the students fill in the blanks with proper words.

Step 3 Grammar

Illustrate to the students the use of Direct and Indirect Speech.

Then ask the students to do the exercise in the Part Grammar on P5.

Step 4 Practice

Ask the students to act the exercise2 in the part Grammar out.

Step 5 Homework

Ask the students to finish the exercise2 in their workbook.

Lesson4

Step 1 Revision

Check the homework.

Step 2 Presentation

Present simples of e-mail to get the students a general idea of e-mail.

Step 3 Explanation

Tell the students some tips of writing an e-mail by learn the above e-mail simple.

Step 4 Writing

Ask the students to write an e-mail message.

Step 5 Homework

Ask the students to try to write an e-mail to their e-pal.