Look at these pictures and choose someone that you want to have as a friend.

Why did you choose that person? What features do you like about him/her? Write a 10-15 sentence paragraph describing the person you have chosen.

Literature

Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt

Fill in the table with how you feel before going on a date.

	always	never	sometimes
~ nervous ~ excited ~ worried ~ happy ~ scared ~ anxious ~ delighted ~ anticipated

Talk to the class about how you feel before a date.

Example: 1) Before a date I always feel nervous because ... ... ... .

2) I never feel worried as I ... ... ... .

Split up into small groups and read the following extracts.

Group A: read extract 1.

Sarah trembles with excitement. She shakes so much that she gets her zip stuck and drops her lipstick down the loo. It was six-thirty and she was due to be at Jason’s flat in an hour. She took a deep breath and told herself to be sensible; after all it was only a dinner date. But the thought of seeing him set her pulse racing. She poured herself a quick drink, and then checked her hair and make-up for the last time. Then she rushed out and hailed a passing taxi.

They had met a month earlier at a party. He had asked her to dance. They ended up spending the whole evening in each other’s company. Jason was tall and athletic, and dressed perfectly. He also seemed very gentle and considerate; he had driven her home after the party but only kissed her in a brotherly way. She had just broken up with Kevin - and Jason was such a pleasant contrast!

Since then, they had met several times - but always with other people, in restaurants or at parties. She knew she was special for him, and after the last party, he had driven her home again. This time he had kissed her - but not like a brother! He had invited her to supper at his flat in Bayswater. That night she had hardly slept, she was so excited. At last she would see him alone on his home ground. They would really get to know each other - and perhaps...? She told herself to stop fantasizing.

Group B: read extract 2

She looked for number 7 - there it was. She was just about to ring the bell when she looked up at the first-floor window. There, silhouetted against the curtains, she saw the unmistakable outline of a female figure. And behind it was Jason’s own shadow. The woman was moving to and fro. Then she took off some of her clothes. Sarah could hardly believe her eyes. She turned, ran out of the lane and took a taxi home.

The phone rang at nine, at nine-thirty and at ten. She let it ring. That would teach him a lesson! He never called her again.

The weeks that followed were a torture. She avoided going out in case she met Jason. A month later she opened a fashion magazine and saw Jason’s handsome face smiling at her. He was the centrepiece of an article on the latest woman’s fashions. He had won the prize for the best young fashion designer of the year. The article mentioned that he worked with his models from his own flat in Bayswater.

Group C: read extract 3

Sarah was in London a year. After graduating she got a job as a system analyst in the City. She felt adult at last. In the taxi she thought how Jason completely took over her mind. Yet she really knew almost nothing about him, not even what he did for a living. All she knew was that he was elegant, well-mannered, intelligent, rich and dangerously attractive. She asked the taxi to drop her off at the corner of the mews where Jason lived. As she paid the driver, she remembered that he invited her for eight-thirty, not seven-thirty. In her excitement she got confused. What should she do? She could wait an hour but decided not to. Instead she would go to his flat and explain that she was early - surely he would understand.

3. a) Get into groups of three people so that you have students from different groups.

3. b) Retell your extracts in the correct order of events. You may ask questions to check if the order of events is correct.