Week 3: family and friends

Pre-class assignment (optional)

• Write about your family. How is your experience staying away from home? What are the good things about it? What are the challenges of it?

• Watch the video The purpose of friendship and reflect on your friendship How do you want to nurture your relationship with your friends?

• Read the article Why you should prioritize your friendship and write about how you start your friendship with your best friends.

In-class activities

• Use pre-class assignment as conversation starter

• Discussion questions (suggestion)

  • Do you come from a large family?

  • When was the last time you had a family gathering?

  • Tell me about your experience living away from home.

  • How close are you to your parents?

  • Tell me about your best friend.

  • Do you think that social media is changing the way that we relate to our friends and family?

  • Do you think that people who enter a long-term relationship should continue with their friendships from their single days?

• Talk about community project

  • What is your idea? Who are the people that you want to help? What benefits do you bring to them via your project?

  • Timeline, resources, and budget?

Supplemental resources

• Vocabulary about family

• Vocabulary about friendship

• Planning for community project