Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 11 Unit 1: Friendship - Lesson 1

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

1. Warm up: Asks Ss to arrange the words in two columns adj and noun

friendly, selfishness, loyal, constancy, sympathy, trustworthy

Do as appointed

friend – friendly/ selfishness - selfish

loyalty – loyal/ constancy – constant

sympathetic - sympathy

trust – trustworthy

enthusiasm – enthusiastic

suspicion - suspicious

2. Before you read:

Plays the tape and lets Ss listen to the poem

Asks Ss to read the poem again

What do you think of the friend in the poem?

Introduces the topic of the reading passage.

Introduces some new words

Do as appointed

a good/ true friend/ acquaintance – friend

pursuit

lasting/lifelong friendship

special qualities/ two-sided affair

rumor and gossip/ give-and-take

mutual trust/ be (in) capable of

be concerned with st

be concerned about st

be influenced

3. While you read: (25mins)

Asks Ss to read the passage individually for the first time and pick out some new words and phrases

Asks Ss to guess the meaning of the words, explains if necessary

Task 1

Ask Ss to do task 1 individually then compare the answer with their partner.

Checks the answer

Explains some lexical items if necessary

Task 2

Ask Ss to read the passage again and do task 2 individually

Task 3

Asks Ss to work in pairs to answer the questions

Checks the answer.

Do as appointed

1 mutual

2 incapable of

3 unselfish

4 acquaintance, friend

5 give and take

6 loyal to

7 suspicious

B Conditions of true friendship

4. After you read: (8mins)

Asks Ss to work in pairs and discuss the question

Why do we need to have friends?

Asks Ss to report the results of discussion to the class.

Friends mean sharing: both happiness and sorrow

Friends mean give and take: love

Friends mean a helping hand

Without friends, we live lonely

Without friends, our life is meaningless…