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Grammar Desk - Reported Speech - Lesson Plan

The document discusses direct and reported speech. It provides examples of direct and reported speech and the rules for changing from one to the other. The learning objectives are to identify direct and reported speech. Various activities are outlined to help students practice direct and reported speech, including matching exercises, correcting mistakes, transforming between the two speech types, and conducting an interview.

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Grammar Desk - Reported Speech - Lesson Plan

The document discusses direct and reported speech. It provides examples of direct and reported speech and the rules for changing from one to the other. The learning objectives are to identify direct and reported speech. Various activities are outlined to help students practice direct and reported speech, including matching exercises, correcting mistakes, transforming between the two speech types, and conducting an interview.

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Unit:No Man is an Island Level:2ndyear

Sequence: Discovering Language School:


Competencies:interactive/ interpretive Teacher:

Learning objectives: SWBAT:identify direct and reported speech.


Pedagogical materials/teaching aids:Handouts.
Time:1 hour.

Stages Time Activities Aims

Warm-up 05mins Activate prior


Grammar Desk. knowledge of
Task: Read the sentences then answer the questions that follow. reported (indirect)
speech.
1. The reporter asked teenagers if they had experienced an
emergency situation.
2. The reporter asked them, “Have you volunteered to help before?”
3. Forty young Algerians said that they had experienced a natural or
man-made disaster.
4. She asked them, “What kind of help have you offered during Set the context for
emergencies?”
5. Some teenagers told the reporter, “We help charity organisations the grammar
sometimes.” lesson.
Presentation:
A. Which statements/questions were said directly, and which ones
were reported (indirect)?
Presentation 15mins A. Direct: sentences 2, 4, 5/ Indirect: 1 and 3.

B. Match sentences 1-5 with the correct ones in the following table.

A. Matching: A: 5/ B: 2/ C: 3/ D: 4/ E: 1.
Present and
C. Underline the verbsin both direct and indirect speech. Then, explain the rules
identify the tense changes.
and examples of
B. Tense changes:
 Direct: Present simple Indirect: Past simple_______ reported (indirect)
 Direct: Past simple Indirect: Past perfect speech.
 Direct: Present perfect Indirect: Past perfect_

Tick (√) each correct statement and cross (X) each wrong statement.
 When we transform from direct to indirect speech, we change…..
□ √The verb tense.
□ XThe reporting verbs: said, says, asked, told…etc
□ √The pronouns.
□ √Question structure: verb + subjectsubject + verb Ensure
□ √Expressions of time and place (Now  then/ here  there / today understanding of
 the day before)
direct and indirect
□ √We add “that” after the reporting verb in statements.
□ √We add “if” in Yes/No questions and keep “Wh-“word in Wh- speech.
auestions.
□ X The verb tense when the reporting verb is in the present simple:
say(s), tell(s), ask(s)

Reinforce
understanding of
reported speech
through correcting
Practice. mistakes.
Task 1: Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. Then, say
whether they are direct or indirect.

Sentence Correction Type

1-Yahia said I like to help i


people in need.

2-She asked me that what i


solidarity meant to me.
Practice applying
Practice 05mins 3-He, “My team engages in d the rules of
fundraising support for local reported speech,
communities.”
addressing
4-Samia told that she i common errors.
appreciated everyone’s help
now.
Apply knowledge
Task 2: Turn from direct to indirect speech. of reported speech
in categorization.
1. b. My brother said he enjoyed helping people.
2. b. Meriem said that she had suggested joining a charity
organisation to her sister. Reinforce
3. b. He asked me what I liked about my community. understanding
b. She asked me if I thought people showed solidarity towards through
one another.
application by
Task 2: Turn from indirect to direct speech. matching
sentences to
1. b. My father says, “Charity is not just about money.”
07mins 2. b. The teacher asked me: “Are you willing to offer help?” corresponding
3. b. She asked me, “How do you feel about volunteering in some categories.
charity work here?”
Production

Task: Interview your partner by asking the questions below, then Practice and apply
transform their answers into indirect speech.
reported speech in
Question Direct Speech Indirect Speech a communicative
context through an
“Does social media “Yes, social media He said that social
make us more makes us more media made us
interview activity.
charitable during charitable during more charitable
disasters?” disasters.” during disasters.
07mins “Do you value
solidarity?”
Production 15mins
“What role do
charities play in
society?”

“Have you ever


donated to a charity?”

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