1. Ask students to think of an interesting character from a story / class reader that you have taught recently.

  2. Ask them to imagine that one of the characters in the story has moved in next door.

  3. Ask them to think about what life would be like with such a neighbour.

  4. Hold a discussion with the students and ask them to write down what kind of information they would talk about if they had to describe an imaginary day they spent with the new neighbour. The information may include one or more of the following:

    1. Name and gender of the neighbour
    2. What does he / she look like?
    3. How does he / she dress at home?
    4. What is he / she like as a person?
    5. How does he / she treat his / her family or people around him / her?
    6. What is / are the major event(s) in the story that your character takes part in?
    7. Do you like this new neighbour? Why / Why not?
    8. How did you spend your day with this new neighbour? What did you do?
    9. What did you learn from this new neighbour?

  5. For homework, ask each student to write a description of an imaginary day he / she spent with the 'new neighbour'.

  6. Remind them to draw references from the book. They can't turn their new neighbour into a wonderful person, if the descriptions from the book suggest otherwise.

  7. In the next lesson, ask students to share what they have written in small groups.

  8. Ask students to nominate the most interesting presentation among their group members.

  9. Invite a student from each group to share their presentation with the whole class.