Unit1 Getting along with others Period 5 Task Writing a letter to a friend Objectives:1. Discuss friendship and practise agreeing and disagreeing.2. Write a letter to a friend. 3. Learn and practise language skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing.Focus and difficulties:1. The way to show agreeing and disagreeing.2. Write a letter to a friend. 3. Learn to use some useful words and expressions.Procedures:Skills building 1:Writing down the answers1. Brainstorming:What do you do when you have a personal problem?Would you talk to your parents or your friends and ask them for advice?Have you ever called a radio programme for advice?2. Read the leaflet about Teen Talk and do the exercise in Part ASkills building 2: Agreeing and disagreeing1. Go through the expressions. I agree with you on/that… I am of the same opinion (as…).Exactly. That’s a good point.That’s how I feel (about…) too. That’s right.You’ve got a point. Yes. And another reason is that…I don’t agree. What about…? I’m not sure that’s true.I see things slightly differently. On the other hand, …Perhaps you are mistaken. Really? I don’t think that…I take your point, but… That’s true, but…3. Group work:Have a talk with your partner about friendship, using at least 4 kinds of expressions of both agreeing and disagreeingSkills building 3: Proofreading1. What is proofreading? (Finding careless mistakes that you have made.)2. What should we check for?3. Your friend Rebecca wrote about her twin brother in her diary. She asked you to check it for mistakes. There is one mistake in each line.WritingWrite a letter to your two friends who don’t like each other. Please include the following ideas:your feelings about friendship1...
