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** BY BARIŞ ERGÜN ** In general, I liked their lesson plan. They tried to teach first conditional by constructive and interesting activities. Students’ level of proficiency was intermediate. They used a very nice warm-up activity. Teacher wanted to explain what we know about lottery and wrote our answers to the board. I really liked this warm-up activity; however, the fill-in the blanks activity was a little bit hard for intermediate students. They played a song and wanted us to fill the blanks of the lyrics. I think the song was too long and difficult to pick up words for intermediate students. It can be simplified to attract students’ attention and entertain them in the learning process. The activity in the production part was also very nice. Teacher formed groups of 4 and wanted us to complete sentences written on sheets. Then, we wrapped our sentence and passed the sheet to the other group member sitting next to us. At the end of the activity, we got our sheet and shared the sentences that include first conditional structure to the whole class. This was an interesting and productive activity. The whole class enjoyed it. Another good point was that they wrote the answers they got from the students on the board. Thus, each student had a chance to see correct answers. Teachers were very enthusiastic to teach. They seemed to love their job and their faces were smiling. I enjoyed the presentation in general. However; the fill in the blanks activity needs improvement to my opinion. Additionally, teachers can built-up more links between the new topic and the previously learned ones. This link would absolutely increase their motivation to learn and success.
 * COMMENT OF GRAMMAR LESSON PLAN (prepared by Zeynep, Hatice, Eda) **