Unit1FriendsLanguagefunctionsandfocus1.Useanadjectivebeforeanounorafteralinkingverbtodescribesomeone/somethinge.g.:Shehasshorthair.Herhairisshort.2.Usecomparativestocomparetwopeople/thingse.g.:Sandy’shairislongerthanMillie’shair.3.Usesuperlativestocomparethreeormorepeoplethingse.g.:Heisthetallestboyinmyclass.4.Use‘as’+adjective+‘as’tocomparepeople/thingse.g.:MillieisastallasKitty.5.Useadjectivestodescribesomeone’sphysicalfeaturesandappearancee.g.:Sandyistallandhaslonghair.LanguageskillsListening1.Identifymainideastoobtaininformationaboutafriend2.Interpretinformationtoobtainageneralunderstandingofthepeopleinaconversation3.Identifyspecificandrelevantinformationtocompletelettersaboutteenagers’futureplansSpeaking1.Usequestionsandanswerstotalkaboutpeople’sappearanceandpersonality2.UseeverydayexpressionstoshowagreementandconfirminformationReading1.Guessgeneralmeaningfromkeywordsandcontext2.Skimtextforoverallmeaningandscanfordetails3.Identifyspecificinformationaboutdifferentpeoplefromtheirfriends’descriptionsWriting1.Collectinformationandorganizeideastodescribetheappearanceandpersonalityofafriend2.Produceaparticulartext-typeforanaudienceusingagivenmodelStudyskillsLookformainpointsandkeywordstohelpunderstandandrememberapassagemoreeasilyBackgroundinformationBook8AcontinuesthestoryaboutthelivesandexperiencesofthesixcentralcharactersintroducedinBook7A.Here,thecharactersareGrade8students.Yourstudentswillbeabletoidentifywiththedifferentsituationsandcontexts.Languageispresentedthroughreal-lifeexperiences,exposingstudentstorealcommunication.OverviewoftheunitThemaintopicofthisunitisdescribingtheappearanceandthequalitiesofagoodfriend.Studentslearntotalkabouttheirfriendsandtheirfutureplans.UnitopeningBackgroundinformationTheopeningpagearousesstudents’interestinthetopicoftheunitthroughthefunnyinteractionsoftwocartooncharacters(EddieandHobo).Thisopeningpageintroducestheideaoffriendshipandsharing.Warm-upactivities1.ReadtheconversationbetweenEddieandHobo.Checkunderstandingof‘kind’and‘share’.Ask,e.g.:WhatdoesEddiegiveHobo?(Hegiveshimsomecakeandmilk.)Isthereanythingelseinthefridge?(No,thereisn’t.)WhatdoesHobowant?(HewantstoshareEddie’spizzainthebowl.)2.Introducetheideaofsharingandfriendship.Ask,e.g.:AreEddieandHobogoodfriends?(Yes,theyare.Theysharethings.)Whodoyoulikemore?Why?(IlikeEddiebecauseheshareshisfoodwithHobo.)Asktwomoreablestudentstorole-playtheconversationinfrontoftheclass.WelcometotheunitObjectives1.Torevisevocabularyandexpressionstodescribepeople2.Toguessmeaningfromcontext3.Togenerateideasaboutpeople’sappearanceandpersonalities4.TocategorizeadjectivestodescribeimportantqualitiesofafriendaccordingtopersonalpreferencesBackgroundinformationThissectionintroducesstudentstotheunittopicaboutdifferentpersonalitiesoffriends.Studentsanswersomequestionsinamagazineaboutthequalitiesofabestfriend.Italsopreteachessomeusefulwordsandexpressions.Teachingprocedures1.Askmoreablestudentse.g.:Doyouhaveaspecialfriend?Whatmakeshim/herspecial?Acceptallreasonableanswers.(He/Shehelpsmewithmyhomework.Icanalwaystalktohim/heraboutmyproblems,etc.)2.AskstudentstolookatPartAandexplainthattheywillbereadinganadvertisementin“Teenagers’magazine.Theyhavetomatchthequalitieswiththequestions.Forweakerclasses,gothroughthewordsandphrasesontheleft.Thenaskeachquestionatatimeandinvitestudentstosaythecorrect...
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