爱华网Unit1 friendship
Period 2 Reading “Anne’s Best Friend”
1. Teaching objectives:
1) To develop the students’ reading ability, learn to use somereading strategies such as guessing, key sentences, skimming and soon;
2). To learn to use some important phrases and sentences
3). To get the students to realize the importance of friends andfriendship, and to tell what are true friends
2. Teaching method: Task-based teaching
3). Teaching procedure:
Step 1.Pre-reading
1. Please enjoy three pieces of music and find out what they areabout.
2 .Now you just get to a new school, do you need make friends?Why do you think friends are important to you? With your partnersto make a discussion.
3. What do you think a good friend should be like?
4. Have you ever make friends with animals, plants or even anobject? Why or why not?
学生活动设计：小组做个人自我介绍，展开交友。在进而体会Anne内心。各组回答展示3题答案。
Step 2.Reading
1. Try to guess what Anne’s friend is and what the passage isabout by reading the title and having a quick at the pictures inthis passage without reading it.
2. Skimming the first two paragraphs to confirm yourguessing.
1) What was Anne’s best friend? Why did she make friends withit?
2) Did she have any other true friends then? Why?
3) What is the difference between Anne’s diary and those of mostpeople?
4) Do you keep a diary? What do you think most people set downin their diaries?
5) We are going to read one of Anne’s diaries .but beforereading ,can you tell me what the diary is about with the help ofone key sentence in the 2nd paragraph?
3. Reading of Anne’s diary
How she felt in the hiding place
Two examples to show her feelings then
Step 3.Post-reading
1. What would you miss most if you went into hiding like Anneand her family? Give your reasons.
2. Discovering useful words and expressions
Complete the following sentences, using words and expressionsfrom Reading
1) She has grown _______ about computer games.
2) Was it an accident or did David do it on _______?
3) From the beginning ,Paul made it clear that he would be______ (完全地)in control.
4) He used to work _______ even in the middle of winter.
5) Just the _______ of more food made her feel sick.
6) You had better have a _________ talk with him.
7) Born in a poor family, the manager _________lots of hardships in his childhood.
8) A diary is often kept to ________ what happens in people’sdaily lives.
学生活动：各组写出答案并得分。
Step 4.Talking about friends and friendship
1. There are many proverbs about friends and friendship. Choosethe one you agree with and explain why, then choose one youdisagree with and explain why.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Friends are like wine; the older, the better.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
The same man cannot be both friend andflatterer(阿谀奉承者).
False friends are worse than open enemies.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walkingalone in the light.
2. We have talked about friends and friendship today, can youwrite one or two sentences to express your understanding of friendsand friendship.
Step 5.Homework:
1. Interview a high school student, a businessman, a policeofficer and a housewife to find out their opinions about friendsand friendship. Write a report to share it with the wholeclass.
2. Describe one of your best friends following the writing styleof this passage.
Ending: Let’s sing this song about friends together
