Introduction:

This is a lesson plan for intermediate + students. Students look at relationship related vocabulary, create a short love story and write an informal letter to a friend asking for advice.

Objectives:

1. To introduce relationship related vocabulary.
2. To use new vocabulary in context to create a short love story.
3. To write an informal letter to a friend asking for advice.

Procedure:

1. Give each student worksheet A with relationship related vocabulary.
2. Go through the vocabulary together to make sure the students understand all the expressions.
3. Working individually, the students divide the expressions into ones they have positive and negative associations with and then discuss it with their partner.
4. In pairs, the students must now create a short love story using as many expressions from the previous stage as possible.
5. Monitor the use and repetition of the target language.
6. Still in pairs, the students describe in detail one of the couple’s conflicts or arguments.
7. When the discussion is over, students now become the main characters in their stories (student A represents one character and student B his or her partner) who are unable to resolve their issues without help. Individually, they must write an informal letter (Worksheet B) to a mutual friend (140- 190 words), in which they present their version of events and ask for some advice. The students must use at least 6 new relationship expressions in their letter.
8. When the students have finished, they swap their two versions of events with another pair who then must discuss and decide the best course of action for the couple in question.

worksheet-a-vocabulary

worksheet-b-letter