1. Why do you need friends? Make a list of reasons why friends are important to you.
3. Does a friend always have to be a person? What else can be a friend?
4. Do you think a diary can become your friend? Why or why not?
Instructions: The teacher can give each group one of these questions above to talk about. Then let the class share their ideas. It’s better to stimulate the students to challenge their classmates’ opinions about these questions.
Possible answers
Q1: Reasons I need friends:
※ to cope with stressful situations in life
※ to share my worries and secrets in my inner world
※ to show my concern for other people
※ to let other people share my happiness
※ to unfold to other people the secrets in my heart (to name but few.)
Q2: A good friend should:
※ tell me the truth (honest)
※ be good to me (friendly)
※ be willing to consider or accept others’ ideas or opinions (open-minded)
※ be willing to help others (generous or helpful)
※ be good-tempered
※ think about what others need and try to help them (caring)
※ be loyal to their responsibility (responsible)
※ not easily upset (easy-going)
※ be out-going (like to meet and talk to new people)
※ be tolerant (allow other people to have different opinions or do something in a different way)
※ be selfless (to name but few)
Q3: What else can be a friend?Answers can be various. (omitted)
Q4: Students’ answers may vary but must include a reason.
Yes. I think it can be, because I can set down how I feel every day in my diary, and let other people read it to share my feelings some time later. Above all, it feels good to write down my thoughts and feeling on paper when I am sad or lonely.
IV. Reading
1. Looking and guessing
Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and the heading and guess what the text might be about.
1). Imagine what it might be like if you had to stay in your bedroom for a whole year. You could not leave it even to go to the WC or to get a cup of tea. How would you feel?
2). What would you choose if you are only allowed to have five things with you in the hiding place because there is very little room?
2. Reading to summarise the main idea of each paragraph.
Skim the text and summarise the main idea of each paragraph in one sentence.
Para. One:Anne made her diary her best friend whom she could tell everything.
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