Getting Along with Others

GOODBYE, MISS

Module

Getting Along With Others

Unit

Friendship

Programme Outline

Sarah and her schoolmates are preparing for a farewell party for their teacher, Miss Page. However, the children cannot agree on a number of issues: where the party is held, how many guests they should invite and what types of food they are going to prepare. Hearing that Sarah is so confused by these questions, Sarah’s grandfather comes to their rescue by offering them the solution to each of the questions. He teaches Sarah how to organise the party by writing an invitation card and a menu.

With Grandpa’s advice, the party is finally held. At the party Grandpa presents a surprise present to Miss Page. What is the surprise present? How is the party held?

Key Stage Targets

To develop an ever-improving capability to use English

- to converse and exchange points of view about feelings, interests, preferences, ideas, experiences and plans (ID.b)

- to produce or exchange a range of formal and informal messages both oral and written (ID.c)

- to participate with others in planning, organizing and carrying out events (ID.d)

- to identify and discuss ideas in spoken and written texts, form opinions and express them (KD.c)

Communicative Functions

1. Invite, make and refuse suggestions and proposals

2. Express gratitude

Suggested Activities

1. Briefly introduce the outline of the programme to students. Ask them whether they have ever organised a party. Ask them to list out some of the things they need to do in orgainsing a party. Teachers can introduce terms like invitation cards, menu, appetizer, dessert, etc.

2. Make sure that students have Copymaster 1 before watching the programme. They have to listen to Sarah’s discussion with her friends and fill in the missing information in the table. Teachers can ask students to take notes while they are watching the programme.

Answers:

Part 1a

Place suggested

Reasons supporting it

Reasons against it

1. hotels / i. offering special discounts on parties / i. it’s too expensive
ii. it’s too formal
2. Chinese restaurant / i. Miss Page loves Chinese food
ii. It’s less expensive than a hotel / i. it’s too formal
ii. it’s also expensive
iii. it’s too crowded and noisy
3. Boat Party / i. they can go swimming / i. they may get seasick
ii. the weather might not be suitable

Part 1b

They have decided to have the party at grandpa’s garden.

They don’t have to pay for it. It’s not crowded. It’s not noisy. It’s not formal.

3. Make sure students have Copymaster 2 before they watch the programme. Part 2 is a listening and while-viewing task in which students need to listen to Grandpa reading out Sarah’s invitation card and fill in the details. Draw students attention to the format of an invitation card and what information they need to include in an invitation card.

Answers:

You are cordially invited to

Miss Page’s Farewell Party

At 2:00p.m., 21st May, 2002

At Lee’s Garden

38 Kam Yuen Road

Shatin, New Territories

RSVP

Sarah Lee, 23393006

4. Students complete Part 3 on Copymaster 3. Teachers should draw students’ attention to how a menu is usually organised. Students should read the different food items carefully and decide where they should be put on the menu.

Answers:

Appetizer: mixed fruit salad, vegetable soup, beef salad Thai style

Cold Dishes: roast beef, salmon and tuna sushi

Hot Dishes: fried rice with pork, fried mixed vegetables, seafood spaghetti

Dessert: chocolate cake, fruit platter, vanilla and strawberry cones

5. Ask students to form into groups and practise reading the dialogues in Part 4a, Copymaster 4. In Part 4b, students need to give suggestions on where the end of term party is going to be held and give reasons for their choice. Teachers should encourage students to practise reading their own dialogues and share it with their classmates.

6. As a follow-up activity, teachers can ask students to design an invitation card and a menu for the end of term party.

Copymaster 1

Goodbye, Miss

Part 1a

Sarah and her friends are discussing where Miss Page’s Farewell Party is going to be held. Listen to their discussion and fill in the missing information in the following table.

Place suggested

Reasons supporting it

Reasons against it

1. ______/ I. offering special discounts on parties / i. ______
ii. ______
2. Chinese restaurant / I. ______
II. ______/ i. it’s too formal
ii. ______
iii. it’s too crowded and
3. Boat Party / I. they can go swimming / i. ______
ii. ______

Part 1b

Where do they finally decide to hold the party? What are the reasons for their choice?

______

Copymaster 2

Goodbye, Miss

Part 2

Writing an Invitation Card

Listen to Grandpa reading out Sarah’s invitation card.

Fill in the missing information in the following invitation card.

INVITATION

You are cordially invited to

Miss Page’s Farewell Party

At ______, ______

At ______

38 Kam Yuen Road

______, New Territories

______

Sarah Lee, ______

Copymaster 3

Goodbye, Miss

Part 3

Designing a Menu

A menu usually consists of Appetizer, Cold Dishes, Hot Dishes and Dessert.

Read the following list of food items and put them in the right place on the menu.

Fried rice with pork,

chocolate cake, roast beef, mixed fruit salad,

fruit platter, salmon and tuna sushi, vegetable soup, fried mixed vegetables,

seafood spaghetti, vanilla and strawberry cones,

beef salad Thai style

Copymaster 4

Goodbye, Miss

Part 4a

Read the following dialogues:

Sarah: Have you got any suggestions on where the party is going to be held?

Tommy: How about this hotel? They’re now offering a special discount on parties.

Kathy: I don’t like hotels. It’s rather expensive.

Sarah: Yes and it’s also too formal. How about a Chinese restaurant? Miss Page loves Chinese food and it’s less expensive than a hotel.

Jane: I don’t like the idea of a restaurant. It’s also expensive and usually very crowded and noisy.

Tony: How about a boat party? We can all go swimming afterwards.

Kathy: That’s an interesting idea but I’m afraid I can’t go. I often feel seasick on a boat.

Tommy: Me too. And the weather might not be suitable for a boat party.

Part 4b

You and your friends are preparing for an end of term party. Discuss with your friends where the party is going to be held. Each of your friends has a different suggestion. Give reasons for your suggestions.

A: Have you got any suggestions on where the party is going to be held?

B: How about ______? ______.

C: I don’t like ______. It’s too ______.

A: Yes and it’s also too ______. How about ______? ______.

B: I don’t like the idea of a ______. It’s also ______and usually very ______.

C: How about ______? ______.

A: That’s an interesting idea but ______.

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