Unit 1 Friendship

--Period one

PartⅠ The analysis of the teaching material

1. Analysis of the position of the lesson

The lesson is the first period of unit one Friendship which is taken from New Senior English for China Students Book1. This unit focuses on friendship and it tells us that a friend can not only be a human being but other things. In today's lesson we will discus the WARMING UP and PRE-READING. This unit begins with a survey which examines whether the students are good friends and make them consider what qualities and behaviors make a good friend. The pre-reading activity focus students' attention on the main topic of the reading passage and prepare them to think critically about the topic and provides them with the opportunity to connect some aspect of the topic to their own lives. The purpose of this part is to introduce the topic to the students in an interesting way. In addition, we do a bit of preparation for a large learning task. It can help the students have a better understanding on friendship.

2. Teaching objectives

① To arose students' interests in learning English.

② To help the students to realize what true friendship is and what a good friend should be.

③ To cultivate students' ability to cooperate with each other

3. Teaching focuses and difficulties

To help the students to realize what true friendship is and what a good friend

should be.

PartⅡ Teaching methods and teaching aids

The modern teaching demands the teacher improve the students' ability. A good

teaching method requires that the teacher should guide the students rather than pour the knowledge to them so this class is a student-centre class. The following teaching methods and aids help to achieve it.

Teaching methods:

Task-based teaching approach,

Communicative approach,

Situational language teaching approach

Teaching aids:

CAI, books, blackboard, etc.

PartⅢ Learning methods