Discuss in groups of four. Collect your advice to Xiaodong and your attitude. Useful expressions:
In my opinion, you should…
My advice is…
I think/ believe…
I’m afraid that…
I advise you to…
I don’t think…
Don’t worry…
I agree/ I don’t agree.
I think so./ I don’t think so.
Step 3 While-writing
This activity enables students to express their feelings and to help others．In other words, it gives students a better understanding of how to deal with this mon situation．This is as much a role play as a writing activity, so it is important for students to discuss their ideas first．In this way they can collect their ideas, sort them out and prepare to write．
Ask the Ss to write a letter to Xiaodong as an editor and give him some advice.
1. Ss make a list about the important information that they need.
Unit 1 Friendship
1.Teaching aims and demands
1. Suggested teaching notes
1). Analyses of the teaching contents
This unit is about friendship, and nearly all the teaching materials center on it. Warming up---The questionnaire leads students to think and talk about
friendship, get to know the problems between friends
and seek solutions, which makes preparations for the
further teaching in topics, background and vocabulary.
Pre-reading---The questions prompt students to think critically about
friends and friendship in reality, alerting them to the fact that besides people, a diary can be a friend, too.
Reading--- The diary by the Jewish girl Anne gave a glimpse of her life
during her family’s shelter in Amsterdam from the German
Nazis’ killing in world war 2. she treats the diary as her best friend, and
in it reveals her longing for a normal life and close contact with nature,
which helps her get through the days.
Comprehending---It helps students further understand the text by doing multiple
choices, questions and answers, and matching.
Learning about language---It teaches the important expressions and structures and
grammar: direct and indirect speeches.
Using language---The two letters, listening, questionnaire design, letter writing and
