Minecraft – My friend and I wish to play “Minecraft” together, I have xbox gold, he does not. How to we play together?(Without him getting Gold)

In order to play online with an Xbox 360, you must have Xbox LIVE Gold, which is a yearly subscription. This includes Minecraft for the Xbox 360.

Minecraft on the Xbox 360 supports splitscreen, and if you have one Gold account, other people playing on the same console can participate online without needing Gold accounts of their own, as long as they are logged in as a Guest.

However, each Xbox 360 that you want to play on simultaneously will need to also have at least one unique Xbox LIVE Gold account. This means that any of his friends who are playing from different locations will need a Gold account as well, and they can't share the same one.

The XBOX 360 version of Minecraft does have a split screen option, and the instructions for doing can be found on the Minecraft Wiki.

The split screen mode does require a monitor with 720p output, and you'll need to configure the 360 accordingly:

Because Splitscreen requires a screen with an output of 720p or higher, the Xbox 360's video output needs to be configured accordingly. The video mode can be checked by going to Settings > System > Console Settings > Display - Make sure this is set to 720p or higher.

If the XBOX 360 is configured then all you need to do know is have the the player who wishes to join press "Start" on the controller she wishes to use after you've loaded a world (make sure it's not an online game). This will prompt the user to log-in. After the play logs in split screen should be enabled automatically.