This document discusses true friendship and provides an example composition about a friend named Susie. It then asks the reader questions about Susie based on details from the passage and prompts the reader to write their own composition titled "My Friend." The questions guide the reader to understand that Susie is 22 years old, lives in Canada, studies at Ottawa University, enjoys plants/animals and art, and writes weekly letters with pictures to her friend. The reader is then asked to answer similar questions about their own friend and use details from Paulo's example.

1. WHO IS A TRUE FRIEND?

2. DO YOU HAVE
TRUE FRIENDS?
HOW MANY TRUE
FRIENDS DO YOU
HAVE?

3. MY FRIEND

4. 1. Read Paulo’s composition and answer
the questions.
MY FRIEND
My friend Susie is 22 years old. She lives in Canada.
Susie is a student at Ottawa University; she studies
Spanish, French and Latin.
She is interested in plants and animals, and she is
very, very good at art. She writes to me every week
with beautiful pictures of plants and animals. I write
to her once a week, too. Susie is a good friend.
1.What is his friend’s name?
2.Is his friend an interesting person?

5. 2. Read Paulo’s composition and answer
the questions.
1. How old is Paulo’s friend?
She is 22 years old.
2. Where does his friend live ?
She lives in Canada.
3. What does his friend do?
She is a student at Ottawa University.
4. What are hisfriend’s hobbies?
Her hobbies are plants and animals, and art.

6. 3. Look at these words: Canada, Spanish,
French, latin. Which of these words begin
with a capital letter in your language?
4. Look at the phrases below. Why are the
words in green difficult?
Susie is 22 years old.
Susie is a student at Ottawa University.
…she is very good at art…
She writes to me…

7. IT’S YOUR TURN
5. Write a composition called “ My Friend.”
What are your answers to the questions in
exercise 2? Which phrases in Paulo’s
composition can you use as models for your
composition?