Teaching guide for the Student\’s Book（学生用书教学指导）
INTRODUCTION
This unit looks at different kinds of friendship．Of course, the unit explores friendship between people but it gives particular attention to the friendship one can develop with oneself．In other words, it shows how a person can find comfort and support with an imaginary friend．In these readings from The Diary of Anne Frank, students will see how a lonely and frightened teenager copes with a very unusually stressful situation．She does this by confiding in Kitty, the name for her diary．She examines her problems and tries to find a way to deal with them．
PERSONS
Mr Frank Anne\’s father who once worked in a trade office
Mrs Frank Anne\’s mother who stayed at home to look after the family
Margot Anne\’s older sister who was very intelligent, studious, and quiet
Peter Son of another family who lived with the Franks in the attic
BACKGROUND
This is a true story．It took place in Amsterdam, Holland in the early 1940s after the German Nazis had occupied most of Europe．The Nazi Party ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945．One of their key policies was to kill all the Jews in Europe．If any persons known to be Jews were found, they would be sent to concentration camps farther east, mostly in Poland．Families were separated and transported in trains．For many days, they went without food, water, sanitation or fresh air．To avoid this terrible fate, some Jewish families went into hiding, often with the help of non-Jewish friends．This is what Anne\’s family did when Margot was told she must go to the railway station to be taken to a camp．Another Jewish family joined them in their hiding place in the attic of a house．It was very crowded there．Only three young people were there: Margot, Peter and, of course, Anne．Her diary shows that Anne felt she was the naughty one of the group since she was always being scolded．She felt she could not confide in Margot because her sister was always good．And she felt she could not confide in Peter because he was a boy．So she made a friend of her diary．Later, however, she did become closer to Peter and they took a liking to one another．Anne talks about their growing friendship in her diary．
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SPECIAL NOTE: Many older houses in Amsterdam have more than one floor．The topmost floor is called an”attic? which is usually a place to store seldom-used things．Amsterdam is the capital of Holland, now more commonly called the Netherlands．The city lies near the sea and has many narrow man-made canals．The house where Anne\’s family hid was by a canal and bridge．Like most old houses in the city, it had two apartments on each floor: one set facing the canal and the other looking onto a garden．Anne\’s apartment faced the garden．Anne and her family hid there for over two years before they were discovered．They were taken to concentration camps in Poland where all of them died except Mr Frank．The house is now a museum for Anne．The primary school she attended in Amsterdam is now named after her．Every year she is remembered in a travelling exhibition that explains her life．
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WARMING UP
The purpose of this part of the unit is to introduce the topic to the students in an interesting way．To \"Warm up\" means to do a bit of preparation for a large learning task．In particular, the students should begin to think about the topic．
This section of this unit begins with a survey．A survey is a way of finding out what people think and feel about a particular subject．This survey examines whether the students are good friends．In doing so, it should make them consider what qualities and behaviour make a good friend．This survey only considers a view of friendship common to people of the same age．It should be noted that this is the first of many activities designed for self-reflection in this textbook．
The following are suggestions for introducing the topic of this unit:
1 Get the students to make a list of three qualities a good friend should have．
2 Have students get into groups of four to find out what qualities each has listed．
3 Have a member of each group report on what their lists have in common and list them on the board．
4 Ask the class whether or not they agree with all the qualities listed．
5 Now have students do the survey in the textbook．
6 Have students look again at the list to see whether it should be revised．
Explanation of each item:
Question 1
This question deals with how thoughtful you are towards others．How much do you value your friend? Is it enough to help him / her? Would you change the time of the day you go to the cinema to fit in with him / her? The scoring reflects your concern for others．So one point for A gets the lowest score because it is the most selfish response．B gets the highest score because it shows a concern for your friend as well as your wish to go to see a film．C gets a slightly lower score because although it shows you want to go with your friend （because you change the plan）, you do not help your friend．
Question 2
This question is concerned with fairness．Is it fair for your friend to borrow something, break it and return it broken? A gets the lowest score because you are not giving your friend another chance to behave better this time．B gets a higher score because you let your friend borrow the camera again．This shows kindness and forgiveness for the trouble you had when it was returned broken．But you are not balancing his needs against your own．That is why C gets the highest score．You are showing your friend that you will trust him / her with the camera again but this time you are giving him / her rules in case it gets broken．
Question 3
This question deals with your concern for others．Should you make the troubles of your friend more important than your own responsibilities? A gets the lowest score because you would put anything else that needed to be done aside and concentrate only on your friend．This is not responsible．You have things that you need to do．Of course your friend is important but not more important than your responsibilities．B gets a higher score because it shows some concern for your friend and some understanding that you have important things to do too．But it does not show any real interest in his / her problem．C gets the highest score because it not only shows concern for your friend but a recognition that you have responsibilities too．
Question 4
This question is concerned with responsibilities to a friend．If you are asked to look after something and it is broken or harmed, what should you do? A provides the correct amount of responsibility to your friend．You recognize that it was your fault and will put it right and pay for the damage．So it gets the highest score．B provides some understanding that you are responsible．You put the situation right but you do not pay for the damage yourself．So it does not get the highest score．C gets the lowest score because you expect your friend to pay for your mistakes even though you were doing your friend a favour．
Question 5
This question is concerned with honesty．If you let your friend look at your paper or somebody else\’s paper, you are helping them to cheat．That is not honest, so answers A and C get no marks．But it takes courage to tell your friend that they should have studied and that they cannot look at your paper．That is also the honest answer．So you get 6 points for B, which is more than any
other in the quiz．
Results
4-7 points: You are not a good friend．You either neglect your friend\’s needs or just do what he / she wants you to do．You should think about what a good friend needs to do．Think more about this．
8-12 points: You are a good friend but you sometimes let your friendship become too important, or you fail to show enough concern for your friend\’s needs and feelings．Try to strike a balance between your friend\’s needs and your own responsibilities．
13+ points: You are an excellent friend who recognizes that to be a good friend you need to balance your needs and your friend\’s needs．Well done!
PRE-READING
The purpose of the pre-reading activity is to begin to focus students?attention on the main topic of the reading passage．It should not be regarded as an optional activity or as an activity to do after the reading．In other words, the pre-reading activity serves its own useful purpose．It prepares students to think critically about the topic and provides them with the opportunity to connect some aspect of the topic to their own lives．
READING
The reading introduces the students to Anne Frank after she had been in her hiding place for over a year．The part of the diary entry presented here reveals Anne\’s longing for a normal life．She especially missed going outside and enjoying nature．
1 Teaching new words and structures
The purpose of this step for teaching reading is to find the words and phrases that students find most difficult and help them to understand．Some of the more difficult words and phrases you will be able to pick out yourself, but some which seem easy to you may cause problems for your students．One way of helping them learn new words is to ask them to study the text before the lesson and find out the meaning of any word they are unsure of．The advantage of this is that the students will come prepared with any problems they have．You can then deal with these problems in the lesson and this is a very efficient way of identifying any student\’s misunderstandings．A second way of helping them is to choose the words you think they will find difficult and pre-teach them before you begin the reading．This approach is very effective for helping students to concentrate on the ideas of a reading passage and not worry about the meaning of unfamiliar words．
2 Understanding ideas
This is the purpose of the reading and so it is important that the students learn to use all the clues in the text to help them understand the gist of what they are reading．So encourage them to look at the pictures and the heading and guess what the text might be about．Then ask the class to read the passage silently．Sometimes you can ask them a question to focus their reading．It depends on the passage．When dealing with the story of Anne and her diary:
1 Help students imagine what it might be like if they had to stay in their bedroom for a whole year．They could not leave it even to go to the WC or get a cup of tea．How would they feel?
2 Ask students if they are only allowed to have five things with you in the hiding place because there is very little room, what would they choose?
3 Ask students to guess why the windows had to stay closed．
4 Consider what Anne means by the word \"crazy.\" In this context, \"crazy\" has the informal meaning of \"enthusiastic\" but its formal meaning is \"mad.\" However, be sure to give the students the chance to explore the possible meanings for this word before explaining it to them （if necessary）．
5 In the same way, ask the students to consider what \"spellbound\" means．In this context it means \"to concentrate with delight for some time.\"
Alternatively, you could ask students to tell you what is the main idea for each paragraph．Make sure that they do it in one sentence．This is very useful because it is making them analyze what is important and what is not．It also makes them produce a concise answer．
3 Discussion of ideas
This is where the students should discuss the ideas put forward in the reading passage．They should think whether they agree or disagree with the writer．It does not matter whether they agree or disagree．What is important is that they have a reason for what they say．So encourage them to put forward their own ideas, either criticizing the text or using it as a support．Think about:
1 What you would do if your family were going to be killed just because they did something the Emperor did not like?
2 Where would you plan to hide?
3 How would you arrange to get food given to you every day?
4 What would you do to pass the time?
4 Discussion of style
This is where the students begin to use the text to help their own writing．So it is important to ask the students:
1 What do you think is the purpose of this passage? Why did Anne write it?
2 Do you think it is successful? Do you understand Anne\’s feelings?
3 What is Anne\’s tone? In other words, is the author angry, sad, happy or thrilled?
4 What is Anne\’s point of view? Do you agree with it? If so, why? If not, why not?
The last question you should ask is about the quality of the language．So ask students if there are any phrases or sentences that they feel explain a situation or problem, or describe a person or place particularly well．This is a part of the lesson that you can share with your students．There are no right or wrong answers．It is a time to enjoy the reading together．
COMPREHENDING
These exercises are intended to encourage students to be active readers．In other words, they should read and work out the answers．Not all the information can be found in the reading but there are certain clues that students can use to provide an appropriate answer．In fact, the questions go beyond literal understanding to give students practice in making inferences．
Answer key for Exercise 1:
1 C 2 A 3 B 4 E 5 D
Answer key for Exercise 2:
1 B 2 C 3 D 4 A 5 C
Suggested answers to Exercise 3:
1 Students answers may vary but must include a reason．
2 You could describe Anne\’s feelings as sad and lonely．She realized what she was missing by going into hiding．
LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE
Discovering useful words and expressions
Answer key for Exercise 1:
1 trust 2 upset 3 loose
4 calm down 5 crazy 6 set down
7 go through 8 on purpose 9 face to face
10 according to
Answer key for Exercise 2:
1 upset 2 calm down 3 concerned about 4 trust
5 according to 6 crazy 7 go through
Answer key for Exercise 3:
1 concerned 2 purpose 3 entirely
4 outdoors 5 nature 6 thought
Answer key for Exercise 4:
1 ... you had to pay to get it repaired．
2 ... he / she will have to pay to get it repaired．
3 You will tell your friend that you\’ve got to go to class．
4 ... but you have to go to class．
5 ... they had to hide or they would be caught by the German Nazis．
Discovering useful structures
Answer key for Exercise 2:
1 Anne said that she was going to hide from the Germans．
2 Anne said that she didn\’t know the address of her new home．
3 She said that she could not ask her father because it was not safe to know．
4 The girl said that she had to pack up her things very quickly．
5 Dad asked her why she chose her diary and old letters．
6 “Are you very hot with so many clothes on?”Mum asked her．
7 “What else have you got?”Margot asked her．
8 “When shall we go back home?”Anne asked her father．
9 “How can I see my friends?”Anne asked her sister．
10 “Why did you go to bed so late last night?”Mother asked Anne．
USING LANGUAGE
Reading, listening and writing
The purpose of this part of the unit is to provide the students with opportunities to practise the language in a variety of realistic communicative activities．Most of the activities in this section integrate （ie combine）at least two of the four skills — reading, listening, writing and speaking．Such activities encourage the students to use higher-order critical thinking skills （see Supplementary Teaching Resources）．Furthermore, the students are challenged not only in the cognitive but also in the affective and psychomotor domains of learning （see A Glossary of Selected Teaching Terms）．In the activity presented here, the students are given practice in writing a letter to the editor of a popular radio show．It helps the students to express feelings in a logical way．Just as importantly, it demonstrates how they can make a positive response to pressure from their classmates．
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LISTENING TEXT
Dear Lisa,
There is nothing wrong with you and this boy being friends and studying together．And no matter what other students say, it is possible for a boy and a girl to be just good friends．Ending your friendship with this boy would be a stupid thing to do．Not only would you lose a good friend, but you would also lose someone who is helping you with your studies．
Teenagers like to gossip, and they often see something that doesn\’t exist．Perhaps they can\’t understand your friendship with this boy．But that\’s no reason to throw it away．You should feel sorry for those students who have never enjoyed such a friendship．My advice is to ignore your gossiping classmates．That way you will show them that you are more grown up than they are．
Yours,
Wang Fei
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Suggested answers to Exercise 2:
1 She says that there is nothing wrong in Lisa making friends with a boy and that it is possible for a boy and a girl to be just good friends．
2 She thinks that Lisa would lose a good friend who can help her with her studies．
3 She says that teenagers like to gossip and that perhaps they can\’t understand Lisa\’s friendship with the boy．
4 She asks Lisa to ignore her gossiping classmates．
Answer key for Exercise 3:
1 stupid 2 reason 3 grown
Speaking
The purpose of this activity is to encourage independent thought and action in matters of immediate concern and interest to students．Writing their own survey gives them this chance．So it is important for each group to design its own questions．They may use the questionnaire in Warming Up as an example．
Sample dialogue:
A: Now let us design a questionnaire to find out what kind of friend one is．
B: OK．First we must think of four questions and three possible answers to each question．
C: What about the first question? Have you got one in mind?
D: Suppose your friend has taken away your book by mistake．What will you do or say to him / her?
C: That\’s a good question．Let me put it down．\"Your friend has ... \"
B: Then how about the three possible answers?
A: Well, the answer I think should be \"You will ask your friend to be more careful next time．\"
D: I agree．The worst choice may be \"You will get upset and won\’t talk to him / her any more．\"
A: All right．One more choice．Listen, I\’ve got one．\"You will ask your friend to return it to you．\"
B: That\’s quite natural．How many points shall we give each possible answer?
D: The highest score is two．The best should score two and the worst zero．
B: The third will score one．Shall we go on to the next question?
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Reading and writing
This activity enables students to express their feelings and to help others．In other words, it gives students a better understanding of how to deal with this common situation．This is as much a role play as a writing activity, so it is important for students to discuss their ideas first．In this way they can collect their ideas, sort them out and prepare to write．
Sample writing:
Dear Xiaodong,
Some people like talking with others, but some people are shy．If you fall into the second group, it can be hard to make friends．But you can change the situation．
What are you interested in? If you like basketball, for example, you could talk with some of your classmates who like basketball．The easiest way to start talking to people is to find something you have in common．
If you are standing beside a group of your classmates, join in their discussion if you know something about the subject they are discussing．But if you don\’t, you shouldn\’t feel afraid to say, for example,”That sounds interesting, what is it about??Once you start talking to one person, it will get easier to talk to others．
Find one person you have something in common with, and once you become friends with him, his friends will start talking to you too．
Good luck!
Editor
SUMNING UP
To \"Sum up\" is to let students think about what they believe they have and have not learned．It should encourage self-reflection and taking responsibility for one\’s own learning．Of course, it also serves as a self-review．
When you check to see if your students have made a good summary, see the Teaching aims and demands in this unit．
LEARNING TIP
This section is intended to give students suggestions for further study on their own．It is hoped it will help students develop their learning strategies．
Teaching guide for the Workbook （练习册教学指导）
LISTENING
1 Read the incomplete passage to get prepared for the listening．
2 Listen to the passage and get the main idea．
3 Listen for the second time and fill in the gaps．
4 Check the answers in pairs．
5 Listen once again if necessary and check the answers with the whole class．
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