Unit 1 Good Friends

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. Encour