ON FRIENDSHIP!

Having friends, finding new friendships and friendly relationships is an important developmental task for preteens and teens.

Class 2 had a 90 minute lesson on FRIENDSHIP. As a pre-reading activity for "Friends will be Friends" text, they were asked to finish one of the following sentences, expressing their own ideas on the subject:

A FRIEND IS ... / FRIENDSHIP IS ...

They've come up with some pretty interesting ideas. Have a look:


"A friend is someone whom you can tell your secrets", Érica

"A friend is someone we can count on, someone that laughs with you and is always by your side to show you the right way", Dúnia

"A friend is someone I admire. When I'm feeling really bad, he helps me, sings for me and tells jokes.", Inês

"A friend is someone I can trust, someone who helps me, makes me laugh and cry.", Fábio Ribeiro

"A friend is someone we can tell a secret.", Carla Biage

"A friend is someone who helps in the bad moments and laughs with me in the good moments"

"A friend is someone we can trust", David

"A friend is someone who helps me out in the most difficult moments, he is someone I can trust.", Bruno

"A firend is someone that helps you, understands you, talks to you and shares your thoughts with you", Henrique

ICE BREAKERS - Activities for the first English lesson (Part 2)

Back from holidays! Now let's get ready for the new school year!
Here are some more ice breaking activities for the first lesson:


Spot the false information

Aim of the activity
To introduce yourself to a new class.

Preparation
Write three pieces of information about yourself on the board, only one of which is true.

Procedure
Tell the students that they should ask you questions in order to find out which information is true. When they have asked some questions, ask them to say which one they think is the true piece of information and then tell them whether they were right.


Names and numbers

Aim of the activity
To introduce yourself to a new class. To encourage the exchange of personal information in English.

Procedure
Write in random order on the board a selection of names and numbers which mean something to you personally. For example, the number of your house, the name of your dog, the number of children you've got, the number of times you've been married etc. Ask the students to guess the significance of the names and numbers you have written. Confirm their guesses or correct them. Now ask them to work in pairs and to write names and numbers for their partner to look at and guess their significance. Alternatively, ask students to write three numbers, or three names on a post-it and to stick in on their front. They should then circulate and ask and answer questions with as many partners as possible about the numbers or names on their post-its.

(these ice breakers were provided by the Lake School of English in Oxford)