Розробка уроку "Роль дружби в сучасному суспільстві"

Topic: Character

Objectives: Practical: to provide students with practice in speaking on the base of the   texts; to teach students to share and negotiate ideas;

Developing: to develop students’ reading skills; to develop students" critical thinking, speaking habits and skills

 Upbringing: to  motivate students to discuss their problems in English

Equipment: the cards with the quiz Are you a sociable person?

                                                         Procedure

1. Introduction.
2. Warming-up.

Take the quiz below to see if your relations with people are in need of adjustment. Read the comment and think about the reasons you got your score.

 Are you a sociable person?

                                       Task    1

The answers to the questions 1-5 should be either “yes” or “no”.

1. Has any of your friends ever deceived you?

2. Do you think that you know people well?

3. Do you prefer to travel alone?

4. Do you like to meet other people often?

5. Do you know all the people who live in your house?

                      Task      2

What statements in your opinion are correct? Answer “yes” or “no”.

6. Friends cannot be substituted by either music, arts, or arts, or films, or poetry, or sports and games.

7. Even your friend will leave you in trouble.

8. First think of your friend , and then of yourself.

9. You should not demand of your friends too much.

10.The more friends you have, the better.

                      Task       3

Of these seven good features select two which you would like to see in your friend.

1)Sincere                                      5) Intelligent

2)Devoted                                     6) Modest         

3)Resourceful                               7) Interesting

4)Beautiful (handsome)

Now that you’ve fulfilled all the tasks, score your points and check the results.

If your score is less than 140 points, you are not sociable. It is not because you yourself can’t make a good friend. It’s rather because you don’t believe that there is real friendship. Learn to trust people.

A score of 141 to 180 points shows that you know people well and make friends

Easily. You have good friends you can rely on, and you yourself never get your friends down.

A score of over 181 points gives you a fill right to say, “Well, friends? I have quite a lot. I hardly know how many I have.” But are they your real friends? Of course you make friends quite easily, but you can as easily hurt their feelings and lose them.

2. Answer the questions

What qualities of character appeal to you in people ?

What qualities do you dislike ?

What do you do a person by ? By words or by actions ?

What kind of people are respected nowadays ?

3. Pre-reading activity

3.1.Read the open-ended statements from the text and try to predict their possible endings.  Discuss your variants with your partner.

1. To have a  friend you must…
2. You can’t love everyone, but…
3. Gossip cheapens the one…
4. If you are given of making fun of someone…
5. Positive people attract others, while negative people…

4.While-reading  activity

4.1. Read the text and compare your variants of the statements with author’s variants.

                 Do unto others …

                To have a  friend you must be a friend, starting with yourself.

The greatest  hunger a person has is to be needed. Help create that feelings in others.

                 The greatest  virtue is kindness.

You can’t love everyone, but you can be kind to everyone.

                 Don’t try to impress others. Let them have the fun of impressing you.

                 Be enthusiastic. Nothing of consequence was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

                  Be positive.

Positive people attract others, while negative people repel.

                  You  have  greater   impact on others by the way you listen, than by the way you talk.

                   Gossip cheapens the one who gossips more than the one gossiped about.

                     Call a  person  by  his or her name and use it often in conversation.

                     Communicate cheerfulness.

Differences are bound to occur and can be resolved if conflict is managed in a polite manner.

                      If you are given of making fun of someone, be sure it is of yourself.

                      Be genuinely interested in others. Get them to talk about themselves.

                     A smile doesn’t cost anything and pays big dividends.

Not only does it  make you feel  good, but it makes everyone else feel better too.

Be the first to say, “Hello! Good to see you!”

                      “Do unto others as you should have them do unto you”.

The golden rule is where it all begins and ends.

                                                                       (James R.Fisher,Jr.)

5..Post-reading activity

• 5.1.  Discussion
• Everyone has problems. You might have problems at school or at home, with your schoolmates or parents. In your relationships with people you take into account their personal qualities. Discuss if it is easy for you to get along with people who:
• - are always complaining ;
• - are always criticizing someone ;
• - are always giving advice to everybody :
• - are always interrupting;
• - never listen to someone's else's point of view;
• -are always changing their mind
• Use the following  scheme:
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 Summary

Home assignment: Write the  article  about  the  problems  of friendship