17:30 – 24 MAY 2017 – DIEU DUONG LOVE – ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP Aim: to give Ss the opportunity to reflect on the value of friendships and the necessity to nurture healthy romantic relationships in their lives Learning outcomes: Ss will o o Have explored the qualities that are important in friendships Understand the characteristics of a healthy relationships are the same as those of a healthy friendship PROCEDURE Warm up & Introduction - - - - - 10 mins Self-introduce and ask Ss if they are single, in a relationship or married? And why so? Then introduce the lesson by outlining the aims and learning outcomes Speak Out Your Mind - 42 mins • • • • Split the class into pairs (2 mins) Invite individuals to spend a few minutes thinking about the current relationship, or one they had in the past if they’re single Ask them to think about the following questions (15 mins) o What qualities does the other person bring? o What you value in this friendship? o How does the friendship make you feel about yourself? o What positive role does/did your significant other play in your life? o What does the relationship help you to do, to be, or to aspire to? Make some describe their friendship They can share as much or as little as they wish (15 mins) Provide each group a worksheet Ask Ss to identify and choose one and one positive thing only that makes the relationship last long, the one that the relationship gives them to enhances their life, and the thing to put the relationship to an end (10 mins) “Couple” exercise - 20 mins Imagine the pair were a couple, think about qualities that are most important to them in their romantic relationship and that could annihilate their love Speak Feeling attracted to someone Losing interest in them Felling nervous around them Understand things you disagree about Getting to know them Feeling a connection Having a good laugh together Being hurtful towards them Falling in love Having things in common Knowing that you could tell them anything Respecting that their opinions, emotions, and needs can be different to yours Asking them out/ Being asked out Getting annoyed with them a lot Holding hands Getting married Flirting Meeting each other’s friends Being known as boyfriend and girlfriend Exchanging text messages Feeling that they are not as nice to you as they used to be Feeling like you can’t anything right Making love/ Sexual intercourse Kissing Having arguments but making up Touching & intimate kissing Breaking up Meeting each other’s family Feeling close and special to them Making plans for the future together Saying “I love you” Flirting all the time Words and Expressions You May Not Know Of I Idioms Love at first sight = to be attracted to each other the first them they met I saw her at the bar last night and we hit on each other right away I don’t know if you believe this but it was love at first sight TO BE ON TOP OF THE WORLD Last week, he asked me to marry him, and you know what? I said yes and I am still on top of the world We’re gonna get married soon I am in a long-distance relationship, once a month I get a chance to see my lover and I am completely buzzing and on top of the world TO BE THE APPLE OF MY EYES = to be perfect, flawless in your eyes and to completely fall in love I have never ever met someone like her, she’s the apple of my eyes You have to meet her one day, man II Vocabulary flirt That guy is a dick He flirts with everyone in the class one-sided love/unrequited love I’ve being falling for her since high school But she still keeps in mind that I’m just a friend I think it will remain a ones-sided love, my friend date I asked her out We have a date tonight, for the very first time at a classy restaurant Can you believe that? make out I love her full cherry-blossom-like lips I can’t help making out with her make love ... said yes and I am still on top of the world We’re gonna get married soon I am in a long-distance relationship, once a month I get a chance to see my lover and I am completely buzzing and on top