T shows a glass half-filled with water and asks Ss to describe it. T tries to elicit "half-full" and "half-empty" and writes those words on the board. T asks such questions, "Who thinks it's half-full? Who thinks it's half-empty? What do your answers show about your personality?" T elicits "optimistic" and "pessimistic".

T shows the title "All's well that ends well" on the powerpoint. Ss discuss in pairs what they think it means. T takes FB. Ss read the paragraph to check and discuss with their partner. T takes general FB.

T divides the class into two groups A&B and tells Ss that they will read about two people who answer the question, "What are you optimistic about?". T gives each group the basic information about their person. Ss discuss in their groups what they think the person is optimistic about. T gives each group the paragraphs about their person. Ss read about their person and check their answers with their group.

T regroups the Ss, so they are in pairs of 1A and 1B. Ss tell each other about the person they read.

T gives Ss a handout with words from Texts A and B to be matched with their definitions. Ss work in pairs to match the words with the definitions using the texts to help them. T puts the answer key on the walls. Ss check their answers. T deals with questions in FB.

T gives Ss two questions, "What idea do both texts have in common? What are you optimistic about?". Ss discuss in small groups. T takes some general FB.