Getting along with others

Reading

What is the

song about?

What is the

song about?

Lead-inDo you keep in touch with your friends?

Have you ever argued with a very good friend?

How would you mend a broken friendship?

What may lead to a broken friendship?

---having little in common

---lacking trust

---there being conflict of interest

---being jealous of each other

---being indifferent to each other

---being hostile to each other

…

Go through the two letters quickly

and answer questions in Part A.

1. Are the writers of the two letters

feeling happy or sad?

They are feeling sad.

Fast reading

2. What did Sarah get for the

surprise Maths test?

She got a D.

3. Is Matthew usually a quiet boy?

No, he is usually cheerful and

outgoing.

Careful reading

Read the first letter carefully

and answer the following questions.

1. Why other children say we are no

fun?

2. What did Sarah think about the

surprise Maths test?

Secrets and lies

3. What did Hannah sense?

4. What did Sarah tell Hannah in

the girls’ toilets?

5. Why did Sarah tell Hannah that

they weren’t going to be friends

any more?

1. Why other children say we are no

fun?

Because we are both very academic and

like to study.

2. What did Sarah think about the

surprise Maths test?

She thought it was quite easy.

Read the letter Secrets and lies carefully

and answer the following questions.

3. What did Hannah sense?

She sensed something was

wrong.

4. What did Sarah tell Hannah in

the girls’ toilets?

She told Hannah how badly she

had done in the test.

5. Why did Sarah tell Hannah that

they weren’t going to be friends

any more?

Because she thought that Hannah

had told everyone how badly she

had done in the Maths tests.

She felt …

betrayed

ashamed

Careful reading

The reasons…

She thought her best

friend Hannah

didn’t keep her secret.

She scored the lowest

mark in her class.

upset

angry

She felt … The reasons…

She found a piece of paper on her desk that said “stupid Sarah got a D”.

She thought Sarah didn’t keep her word.

Careful reading

Read the second letter carefully

and answer the following questions.

1. Why did Andrew shout at Mathew

after the match?

A friendship in trouble

2. What did Matthew think about

losing the match?

3. How did Andrew think of football?

4. What kind boy is Matthew?

5. How is Matthew recently?

1. Why did Andrew shout at Mathew

after the match?

He thought Mathew played badly

and did not try hard enough, as a

result they lost the game.

A friendship in trouble

Careful reading

2. What did Matthew think about

losing the match?

He thought it wasn’t his fault.

3. How did Andrew think of football?

Football is very important to him.

4. What kind boy is Matthew?

He is usually cheerful and

outgoing.

5. How is Matthew recently?

He has been really quiet and looks

sad.

Careful reading

How Andrew felt Why she felt so?

His best friend Matthew has stopped talking to him.

He had a dilemma.

Reading strategy

He said some really

cruel things to

Matthew.

They lost the game

because of Matthew’s

carelessness.

He felt really

guilty.

He was angry

with Matthew.

Consolidation

Agony Aunt wrote back to the two students. Complete her responses with the proper words.

determined apologize proud mean betrayed friendship secrets guilty mark match Dear Sarah, You have every right to feel _______ bybetrayed

your friend if she did tell your secret to

others, but it seems unlikely that she

did. You say that you are best friends;

well, best friends talk about their

problems and try to solve them. If she is

a good friend, you should ________ for

blaming her.

apologize

If you still have doubts, you should

think about why you don’t believe

her. Was it because you were ashamed

of your _____or your behavior? Did

you feel jealous of your friend’s

mark? If so, the problem lies with

you, not her.

mark

Try not to sound too _____ of yourself

when discussing your marks in front

of others.

However, if you feel that she is very

bad at keeping ______ and likes to

embarrass you in public, you had

better find a new friend.

proud

secrets

Dear Andrew,

It seems you need to apologize quickly

to avoid losing a good friend! Don’t

forget that some things are important

to people, even when they don’t shout

about them.

The ______ was probably very

important to Matthew and he felt

_____ about losing, and bad about

not being as gifted at football as you

are.

match

guilty

A football team needs all the players to work together and help each other. Each player should play to their strengths. Shouting at your teammate was unfair and just make him feel worse. Although you both said _____ things to each other, one of you has to be first to say sorry. Don’t be stubborn!

mean

You say that your _________ is as

important as football. Well, then you

should be __________ to get your

friendship back. Don’t let a small

disagreement ruin your friendship. Do

not delay. Talk to your friend and I’m

sure that before long, you’ll be back

playing football together.

friendship

determined

If you were Sarah or Andrew, would

you try to fix the broken friendship

with your friend? What would you

do to fix it?

Post-reading

If you had a problem with your friend,

would you write to an agony aunt? If

not, who would you talk to?

If you were the agony aunt from the

magazine, what advice would you give

to Sarah?

Student A : Agony Aunt Annie

Student B : Sarah

Student C : Hannah

Student A : Agony Aunt Annie

Student B : Andrew

Student C : Matthew

Role-play

Form a group of three

Presentation

What is a friendship?

Discussion

A Friend...

  (A) ccepts you as you are

  (B) elieves in "you"

  (C) alls you just to say "HI"

  (D) oesn't give up on you

(E) nvisions the whole of you

(F) orgives your mistakes

(G) ives unconditionally

(H) elps you

(I) nvites you over

(J) ust "be" with you

(K) eeps you close at heart

(L) oves you for who you are 

(M) akes a difference in your life

(N) ever Judges

(O) ffers support

(P) icks you up

(Q) uiets your fears

(R) aises your spirits

(S) ays nice things about you

(T) ells you the truth when you need to

hear it

(U) nderstands you

(V) alues you

(W) alks beside you

(X) -plain things you don't understand

(Y) ells when you won't listen and

(Z) aps you back to reality

1. Retell the two letters.

2. Finish the relevant exercises

in the work book.

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