LESSON PLAN Munise ÖZTÜRK

Time: 15min.
Level: Upper- intermediate
Age: 16-17
Materials: A video, PowerPoint slide, role cards
Interaction: T\Ss, Ss\ Ss
Assumptions: The Ss know tenses, modals, relative clauses, if clauses
and the meaning of the words the T uses.
Anticipated problems: Some Ss may not want to speak or participate in
the activities, but the teacher insists on their speaking.

PRE-SPEAKING
Time: 4 min.
Materials: A video and a photo of a character in a TV series
Interaction: T\Ss
What students do: The Ss watch a video and talk about it. Then the Ss
say whether they have any strange neighbors and if they have, they talk
about them.
Grouping: Whole class
Objectives:
- To motivate Ss for the lesson

- To attract their attention to the topic

- To arouse their interest

Steps:
• The teacher starts the lesson by showing a photo of Burhan Altıntop-
a character in a TV series called “Avrupa Yakası”- and then asks the
students whether they know that man. As almost all the students
know Burhan, it is possible to get the answer “yes” from them.
 • The teacher shows his video with one of his neighbors. Then the T
asks “What kind of neighbor is Burhan? Is he friendly,
understanding, respectful or agreeable?”
• After getting the students’ answers, the T asks the Ss whether they
have any strange or interesting neighbors like Burhan.
• The T says “Think about that a person like Burhan is your neighbor.
He is always doing something that disturbs you. You want to say
that you are disturbed and ask him politely not to do these
disturbing things. What would you say him?”
• The T provides the Ss helping language for the next activity and
gives the structure of “would you mind doing…?”, “I would be
grateful if ...”, “could you/would you/can you ... ?”, “excuse
me/pardon me”…

WHILE-SPEAKING
Time: 10 min.
Materials: Role cards
Interaction: Ss/Ss
What students do: The Ss have some role cards and some situations.
They make up sentences by using the structures they have learnt
according to the situation.
Grouping: Pair work
Aims:
- To get the Ss involved in a conversation

- To encourage them to speak English

- To create a communicative atmosphere

- To get them to use the structure of “would you mind doing…?”, “I

would be grateful if ...”, “could you/would you/can you ... ?”, “excuse
me/pardon me”…
Steps:
• The T asks the students to work in pairs and explains the activity.
 • One of the pairs is Burhan and the other one is his neighbor. The Ss
have role cards on which some situations are written. Burhan does
always something that disturbs his neighbor and the neighbor tries
to ask him politely not to do these disturbing things by using the
structures they have learnt.
• The T gives them two minutes to make up their sentences. Then
they come to the stage and act it out.
• The T corrects the mistakes or errors of the students at the end of
the activity.

POST-SPEAKING
Time: 1 min.
Materials: --
Interaction: T/Ss
What students do: The Ss research proverbs about neighborhood.
Grouping: Individual work
Aims:
- To get the Ss to research proverbs about neighborhood
Steps:
• The T emphasizes the importance of neighborhood.
• The T asks the Ss to research some proverbs about neighbors or
neighborhood and gives some examples. “Buy a neighbor, not a
house.”, “Neighbor grass is always greener.”, “No one is rich enough
to do without his neighbor.”
 ROLE CARDS
1. A: You are Burhan. You have a rooster and you like it very much. It
crows every morning at 5 a.m. and awakes you, but it doesn’t
matter for you.
B: Your neighbor, Burhan, has a rooster in his house. It crows every
morning at 5 a.m. and you wake up very early every morning
because of this rooster. You cannot bear with it anymore and you
want to explain this situation to Burhan politely. What would you say
to Burhan?

2. A: You are Burhan. You like giving barbecue parties at your home at
weekends. In this way, you meet your friends and it makes you feel
relaxed.
B: Your neighbor, Burhan, has barbecue parties every Sunday.
Smoke coming from the barbecue on his balcony is really disturbing
because your rooms are getting full of bad smell. What would you
say to Burhan in order to show your disturbance politely?

3. A: You are Burhan. You give a party with your friends on Wednesday
to celebrate your birthday. You enjoy by listening to music, eating,
drinking and dancing.
B: Your neighbor, Burhan, gives a party with his friends on
Wednesday and they are making so much noise. Next morning you
have to get up early because of a business meeting but you cannot
sleep because of the noise. What would you say to Burhan tactfully?

4. A: You are Burhan. You are a drummer. Next Thursday is your senior
recital. You have to play well so you practice as much as possible
even at nights.
B: Your neighbor, Burhan, is a drummer so he is playing the drums
and practicing loudly at nights. However, you are always tired at
nights so you want to take a rest and don’t want to hear any noise.
What would you say to Burhan nicely?

5. A: You are Burhan. You like talking about the events and people.
Whenever you see one of your neighbors, you want to chat with
him/her about your or other people’s daily life.
B: Your neighbor, Burhan, is a terrible gossip. Whenever he sees you
in the hall of the apartment, he keeps you busy by gossiping about
the other neighbors, which really bothers you. You don’t want to
gossip or listen to his gossiping anymore. What would you say to him
politely?