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patient/'perʃnt/adj.有耐心的 (18)
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Articles wanted!
Friendships enrich our lives.
Who is your best friend?What makes your friend special?We are collecting some articles with the topic of“My best friend”.
Share your friendship with us! —Teenagers magazine
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D The Class 1,Grade 8 students are going to write an article about their best friend for Teenagers magazine's writing competition.
When introducing your best friend,what key points should you mention?
looks
name qualities
My best friend
dreams hobbies
Brainstorm the words about looks and qualities as many as you can:
Words about people
Face long,round,square,small
Eyes big,small,round,bright,smiling
Nose big,small,long,short
Hair black,dark brown,long,short
Looks beautiful,pretty,lovely,handsome,cute
Character clever,smart,polite,friendly,kind,hard-working, honest,humorous,patient
your
qualiti
Introduce best friend to classmates.
1 What is his/her name?
Her name is Shirley.
2 When and where did you first meet
3 What does he/she look like?
4 What are his/her best es
5 How do you feel about your best friend?
I'm so lucky to have Shirley as my best friend.
I first met her 2 years ago when we worked together on a school art project.
She is tall and slim.She has the brightest smile I've ever seen.
She is helpful,patient,creative and caring.
Joan is helpful and patient.Sometimes I cannot do well in
3our dance class,and she is always kind to give me help.
Joan is caring and thoughtful.I often tell her when
4 something worries me,and she always tries to help and
keeps it secret.
Joan is also a cheerful person.She likes to look on the bright side.Every time I feel down,she will cheer me up and make me feel better.
6I think Joan is great,and I hope we will be best friends
forever!
3 What does he/she look like?
4 What are his/her best qualities?
5 How do you feel about your best friend?
My best friend
ago.
Joan is taller than me.Her hair is long and soft.I like her bright smiling eyes.They make her look pretty and kind.
1My best friend is Joan.I met her at a dance club five years
and where did you first meet?2
is his/her name?
When
What
2
1
My best friend
My best friend is Joan.I met her at a dance club five years
ago.
Joan is taller than me.Her hair is long and soft.I like her bright smiling eyes.They make her look pretty and kind. Joan is helpful and patient.Sometimes I cannot do well in our dance class,and she is always kind to give me help.
Joan is caring and thoughtful.I often tell her when
something worries me,and she always tries to help and keeps it secret.
Joan is also a cheerful person.She likes to look on the
bright side.Every time I feel down,she will cheer me up
and make me feel better.
I think Joan is great,and I hope we will be best friends forever!
name,when &where
Looks
Best qualities
Feelings and hope
you met 1
2
3
4
5
6
Read for structure
Para 1——Introducti
My best friend is[Joan. I met her at a dance club five years
ago.
When and where did you and your b est friend first meet?
Useful expressions:
I first met him/her...years ago
We met at/in/during. Join a club and you can
meet people share the same
interests with you.
on
.
Words about people
Face long,round,square,small
Eyes big,small,round,bright,
smiling
Nose big,small,long,short
Hair black,dark brown,long,
short
Looks beautiful,pretty,lovely, handsome,cute,short,tall, slim,strong
Character clever,smart,polite,friendly, kind,hard-working,honest,
humorous,patient
Joan is taller than me.Her hair is long and soft.I like her
bright smiling eyes.They make her look pretty and kind.
Para 2——Looks
Read for content
明亮、带着笑意的眼睛
Para 3-5——Best qualities 在…方面做的好
Joan is helpful and patient Sometimes I cannot do well in our dance class,and she is always kind to give me help.
Joan is caring and thoughtful,I often tell her when
something worries me,and she always tries to help and
keeps it secret. 将它保密 try to do sth. 尽力做某事
Joan is also a cheerful]person.She likes to look on the 看好的一面
bright side. Every time I feel down, she will cheer me up
and make me feel better. 感到沮丧
Read for content
Read for content
Para 3-5——Best qualities
Nam
e Qualities Supporting details
Sometimes I cannot do well in our dance
Joan Helpful and patient class,and she is always kind to give me help.
I often tell her when something worries me,
Caring and thoughtful and she always tries to help and keeps it secret.
She likes to look on the bright side.Every time I feel down,she will cheer me up and make me feel better.
Cheerful
Work in groups and make up more sentences.
3-5——Best qua
Qualities Supporting details
humorous
honest For example,
When I have difficulty with my schoolwork, Jenny is patient enough to explain the problem to me until I fully understand it.
trustworthy
patient
hard-working
energetic
···
Read
Para
lities
Read for content
Para 6——Feelings and hope
I think Joan is great,and I hope we will bebest friends
forever!
How do you feel about your best friend? proud lucky
Useful expressions:
….is the kindest person I know,and I hope our friendship will last a lifetime.
·With such a friend,I feel lucky every day.
·She is not only my best friend but also my role model.I am thankful for her help.
thankful
Making summary
Para 1— —Introduction
Para 2——Looks
Para 3-5——Best qualities
Para 6——Feelings and hope
Try to use different
sentence structures.
We can use superlatives to express strong feelings
5)
Good supporting details can make others believe the ideas.
Writing Sample
My best friend is Shirley.I first met her two years ago when we worked together on a school art project.
Shirley is taller but lighter than me.She is a lovely girl.She has the brightest smile I've ever seen.It makes her look pretty.
Shirley is helpful and patient. When I have difficulty with my
schoolwork,she is patient enough to explain the problem to me until I fully
understand it.
Shirley is also creative .In our school projects,she always comes up with new and interesting ideas.Every time I run out of ideas,I will go to her,and she often helps me look at things from different angles.
What makes Shirley truly special is that she cares a lot about me. When I am down,she is always the first to notice and cheer me up.She listens to me and understands me well.
I'm so lucky to have Shirley as my best friend.I hope our friendship lasts forever!
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