1、Describing the qualities of a good friend Integrated skills Lead-in Can you guess whats happening? A friend in need is a friend indeed. What makes them play like a team? Do you think theyre true friends? Tim is complaining to his friend Patrick about his problems. Listen to the conversation. Find ou
2、t whether Patrick is a good friend. Why or why not? Listening Is Patrick a good friend in your view? Why or why not? After this conversation, Patrick thinks a lot about friendship and writes a diary entry about his idea of what makes a good friend. Reading Read Patricks diary entry fast. Fill in the
3、 blanks with the best answers. Find out his idea of the qualities of a good friend. Part 1 Introduction Part 2 Body Supporting parts Structure In Patricks opinion, a good friend is someone who _. needs to be supportive. needs to be selfless. brings out the best in a person. selfless honest and open
4、trustworthy supportive optimistic and cheerful humorous and fun considerate Qualities generous helpful What other qualities can you think of to describe a good friend? Further thinking A good friend needs to be _. Is he a true friend in your mind? Why? Which boy do you agree with more, the one who r
5、efused her or the one who helped her to cheat in the exam? Giving examples For example/instance, Take my experience as an example. Let me give you a few examples of . is/provides a good example. Presenting the topic sentence In my opinion, a true friend should be A true friend shouldnt do . matters
6、a lot to me. is important in a friend. Have a discussion about what makes a true friend in groups of four. Discussion Write a diary entry about what makes a true friend. A diary entry is a record of a persons experiences, _, feelings or plans. Write the date in the _ of the page and begin with “Dear
7、 Diary”. Try to use _, as if you were talking to a close friend. Writing text type language format top left-hand corner informal English thoughts 2 November Dear Diary, My teammates and I talked about friendship, and it left me thinking about what it really means to be a “true friend”. In my opinion, a true friend should be _ _ _ _ _ text type format language Forgiving Reliable Interesting Nice Encouraging Devoted Sincere Helpful Independent Patient FRIENDSHIP Read more diary entries of your classmates and help them polish up their writing. Homework
