Introduction

The subject of this lesson is 'to friend or unfriend'.

• Form groups of three or four pupils.

Discuss the following questions in your group:

• Have you got lots of friends?
• Are they ‘real’ friends, or ‘friends’ that you have on your social media accounts?
• How many social media friends do you have?
• Did you become ‘friends’ with them because they requested your friendship?
• Are you really friends with them?

In this lesson you are going to think about who your friends really are.
You will learn some ‘friends’ vocabulary, and you will think about the qualities of a good friend.
Then you will look at some criteria to reduce your friend list on social media.

This lesson contains 10 steps and an evaluation. Work them through step by step.

Step		Activity
		Introduction	Find out what you already know.
Step 1		Speaking	Read the statements. Tick the right ones. Discuss with a classmate, give three reasons.
Step 2		Words	Pronounce the words. Divide them in two categories. Fill the words in in two exercises.
Step 3		Writing	Write down thoughts about friends & friendship.
Step 4		Reading	Read the text. Tick the reasons. Do a true/false exercise. Check with a classmate.
Step 5		Speaking (and writing)	You can answer questions using the Past Perfect tense.
Step 6		Listening (and viewing)	Tick annoying posts. Watch the video and answer the question.
Step 7		Words	Example of prefixes. Two exercises about prefixes.
Step 8		Grammar	Grammar desk and exercises: Simple Present.
Step 9		Pronunciation	Pronunciations of third person 's'. Listen to the pronunciation and watch the video.
Step 10		Task	Look at activities for celebration friends day. Discuss advantages and disadvantages.
		Evaluation	Reflecting on what you have learned.