Module 2: FRIENDS

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3 The best way of keeping a friendship is

a shutting out everyone else
b always doing what my friend wants
c keeping confidences

4 Being good friends with a person of the opposite sex means

a kissing and cuddling a lot
b being honest with each other
c always trying to please him/her

5 I am guided by my friends

a always, in what I wear, whether or not I can afford it
b sometimes, in what I do, whether or not I think it is right
c never when I think what they suggest is wrong

Ask them to tick or cross the following answers and tot up their total.

1a 2b 3c 4b 5c

Assessment of the quiz:
If you have scored:

under 2 Your honesty can help you to be a better friend than you are
2-4 You are a good friend but there is room for some improvement
5 Amazing! You are either a saint or a hypocrite

Give out the blank piece of A4 paper to each person. On the board or flip chart draw a class House of Friendship as you take each step of this process with the class.

Make clear that the house should take the whole page with the narrow side at the top and bottom:

one: draw a long narrow space at the bottom of the page which is the foundation stone within which each person should write his/her name on their own paper. You can write the name of the class on yours.

two: draw two outside walls, divide that space into half horizontally and draw in a couple of windows and a door.

three: ask the class to draw bricks and write in them the values or qualities they reckon to bring to their friendships with others. Give them plenty of time to do this on their own. It is important that obvious peer pressure does not come in here.

four: elicit from different members of the class words they have written and fill bricks on the house you are drawing on the board. Write every word suggested until your bricks are full. If a member of the class or you feel explanation is called for then discuss it and encourage the class to come to an agreement before adding it. Remember this is the class friendship house not yours.

five: ask them now to fill in bricks on the upper floor with values and qualities their friends bring to them.

six: again ask for words which you can add to the class house.