The best of friends

I. the contents:
- Helping students consolidate and understand more how to say about their friendship; describe the body (appearance,character …) of their relatives, friends, famous people and favorite activities.
- Saying the same and the difference from them.
II. Skill:
* Starter:
- Getting used to communicative situations and knowledgeable language, vocabulary, structure sentences.
* Speaking:
- Describing appearance and character of other people and their favorite activities.
- Saying the same and the difference from them.
* Listening:
- Listening to descriptions of famous people.
- Listening information and filling the gaps, completing the missing words of the paragraph.
* Reading:
- Reading about people’s descriptions (match the paragraphs to the headings, answer questions).
- Reading comprehension (True/False statements).
* Project (Writing).
- Guided writing about oneself, relatives, friends and famous people.
- Write the paragraph about people who they like best or famous people.
* Test yourself:
- Doing a test.
III. Grammar and vocabulary:
* Grammar:
- Present simple tense to talk about general truths.
- Simple past tense.
- Comparasions of adjectives: short adjectives and long adjectives.
- Attributive, predicative and descriptive adjectives.
- Relative pronoun: “Who”
- Structures of advice with “ Should”
* Vocabulary:
- Adjective about body, appearance and character.
- Descriptive and characteristic nouns.
- Verbs of interest: “Like, dislike, love, hate …”
IV. Unit allocation:
Lesson 1: Starter. Lesson 4: Listening.
Lesson 2: Reading. Lesson 5: Project/ Writing.
Lesson 3: Speaking. Lesson 6: Test.


The best of friends
Lesson 1: STARTER

Task I: Fill the opposite adjectives with the following words:
Example: Tall short
a. attractive f. big k. noisy
b. light g. dull l. strong
c. slim h. short m. sociable
d. old i. curly n. mean
e. shy j. exciting o. thick
* Divide the class into eight groups and ask them to find the opposite adjectives.
* Ask Ss to say before the class. (Ss give the opposite adjectives).
Answer keys:
a. ugly f. small k quiet
b. dark g. lively l. weak
c. fat h. long/ tall m. unfriendly.
d. young i. straight n. generous
e. outgoing j. boring o. thin
* Ask Ss to make up sentences (using above adjectives).
Example: Tall short
1. His brother is tall but his sister is short.
2. She looks weak but she is strong enough to carry the heavy box.
* Oder Ss to play “ Who is faster; more intelligent”.
* Divide the class into 8 groups and ask Ss to go to the board and write sentences. Who writes more sentences exactly will be winner.
* Hang on some pictures about famous people ( singers, footballers, leaders, teachers, students) ask SS to describe.
Task II: Friendship.
* Ask Ss to work inpair and discuss about friendship.
“ A friend is someone who………………………………….………”
* Call on some Ss to give their opinions.
+ Possible answers:
A friend is someone who helps you in your study.
A friend is someone who understands you and loves you.
A friend is someone who always pays attention you.
A friend is someone who shares your sadness and happiness.
A friend is someone who never tell alie with you.
A friend is someone who always say you the truths.
A friend is someone who ………………………….
* Ask Ss to discuss the questions.
+ Do you and your close friends have the same or difference characters?.
+ which characters do you like a friends/ a famous person, singer/ musician)…has? Why?
* Call on some Ss to give their opinions.
Task III: Agree or Disagree.
- How similar do people need to be to become good friends?
- Do you agree with the statements in this list. Add more statements pf your own.
- Let Ss give some opinion, then tick (v) in