LESSON PLAN

Date: 24 November 2014Teacher: Calugaru AdinaSchool: Ion Borcea Technical College, BuhusiClass: IX C, DClass size: 30 studentsLevel: IntermediateTime allowed: 50 minutesTopic: Reported statementsUnit: 5- Behind the maskTextbook: Going for Gold Intermediate LongmanLesson type: mixedApproach: Communicative

LESSON AIMS:Cognitive aims: To determine the differences between direct and reported speech; To introduce the rules for making reported statements; To show the difference between say and tell; To provide controlled, semi-controlled and free practice in using direct and reported statements

Affective aims: To encourage self-confidence; To create a friendly atmosphere so that the students might feel encouraged to fully participate in class.Teaching strategySkills: Integrating skills (focus on grammar, speaking, reading, writing)Methods: explanation, conversation, various exercises, Class management: group work, pair work, individual workInteraction: T-C (class), C-T, T-Ss, Ss-T, S-S, Ss-SsPrevious knowledge: students have been taught and practised extensively the tenses which they will come across in reported speech.Anticipated problems: Students might have problems understanding the back shift of tenses in reported speech and as a result may confuse which tense to use; Some students might feel nervous and be reluctant to speak.Teaching materials: Textbook, Teachers Book (Going for Gold Intermediate Longman), worksheets, CD, computer, video projector, board

STAGE, TIME & LESSON AIMSPROCEDURE

Activity 1 (5)Warm upAim: To prepare students for the lesson and encourage self-confidence;Greetings;Teacher checks attendance and asks students how they feel.Teacher asks students about: the latest rumours and gossip they have heard of, either related to school life or community life, celebrities, etc. whether they believe them; what they think/ feel about such a way of spreading/ getting information.

Activity 2 (5)Checking homework assignmentAim: to revise the previously taught tenses (present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, past perfect); to explain grammar rules if certain uncertainties occurStudents read their homework Fill in the blanks with the correct tense.Students are asked to explain the grammar rules whenever needed.

Activity 3 (5)Introduction to determine features of direct speech as opposed to indirect speech- Teacher announces the lesson aims, which are also displayed on the projector. -Teacher shows students a picture with two celebrities and asks them to imagine what they are saying to each other. -students work in pairs and then fill in the speech bubbles projected on the board with their imagined replies (Annex 1)-teacher points out the special features of direct speech: also known as quoted speech, it is exactly what the person says, it is written between inverted commas, etc. (Annex 2).

Activity 4 (15)Presentation of new knowledge To introduce the rules for making reported statements;

To show the difference between say and tell;

-Teacher draws two columns on the board and selects a few statements provided by the students in the previous activity, then writes them on the board in the first column under the heading: Direct Speech. Teacher also draws students attention to the punctuation.

-Teacher explains that they have to report/ describe the replies they came up with earlier and completes the second column Indirect Speech. At the same time, T elicits the changes that have occurred: tense, time phrases, pronouns (Annex 3); -Students are asked to open their books at page 39 and do exercise 1 in pairs. After they complete the chart, they will check their answers by referring to the chart projected on the board. -Teacher explains that the two most common verbs used for reporting statements are: say and tell. -Students study and discuss the examples with different uses of say and tell, then do ex. 2, page 39 in pairs. (Annex 4)

Activity 5 (15)Reported statements Practice and productionAim: To solve exercises on reported statements from controlled practice to semi-controlled practice

- Teacher hands out pictures of different celebrities with speech bubbles. Each celebrity has a few-statements pre-written on them. Students will work in pairs asking and telling each other what each celebrity said: 1. What did Robert Pattinson say?; 2. What did Lady Gaga say?; 3. What did Rihanna say?; 4. What did Johnny Depp say? (Annex 5)Teacher checks with the whole class. - Teacher tells students that they are going to play The telephone game. Teacher gives the first students in each row a statement, which they have to report to the student behind (The teacher said that./ The teacher told me that .). This student will have to pass it on to the student sitting behind and so on until the last student in the row. The last student will have to confront what he heard to the original statement (Annex 6). Teacher conducts feedback.

Activity 6 (2)Homework assignment Students have to do ex. 3, 4, page 39.

Activity 7 (3)Evaluation Evaluation will be done in marks (from 10 to 1 in the Romanian system) in close connection with the learning aims stated at the beginning of the lesson.

Other forms of evaluation used throughout the lesson: systematic observation, oral appreciation, S-S S-Ss appreciation.

On the overhead projectorTitle: Reported Statements

To determine the differences between direct and reported speech; To introduce the rules for making reported statements; To show the difference between say and tell; To provide controlled, semi-controlled and free practice in using direct and reported statements;

Annex 1

Annex 2What is DIRECT SPEECH? We are meant for each other, Justin told Selena.Im falling in love with you, said Selena. Justin Bieber said, I love my fans. We use quotation marks () to show the exact words spoken by a person; they open and close direct speech.

Annex 3What is REPORTED SPEECH?In REPORTED SPEECH we do not use the exact words of the speaker. Instead we report what is said. We sometimes need to change verb tenses, pronouns and time phrases. We dont use quotation marks (.)

DIRECT SPEECH VS. REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECHREPORTED SPEECH

VERB TENSESPresent simplePast simple

Present continuousPast continuous

Past simplePast perfect

Will Would

Can Could

TIME PHRASESTodayThat day

YesterdayThe day before

Last weekThe week before

TomorrowThe next day/ the following day

Next monthThe next month/ the following month

This afternoonThat afternoon

2 hours ago2 hours before

NowThen/ right away

Annex 41. The two most common verbs used for reporting statements are say and tell. Look at the two examples below:He said he would take me to the airport.She told me shed been to the doctor. Do we need an object after say? Do we need an object after tell?2. Complete the sentences below by writing said or told: 1. She she would go out on Saturday.2. My teacher .. me that I had to do extra maths classes.3. I the examiner that I didnt understand the question.4. Polly she had phoned me three times. 5. You . I could borrow your bike.6. They us that they would arrive late. 7. She .. she was tired.8. He ... me I played very well.

Annex 5

Annex 6Im thinking of moving to England.

I met the Queen last year.

I want to be rich and famous.

Ill give you a test next week.

I dont like horror movies.

I cant afford a vacation.

I work 14 hours a day.

I did bungee jumping two years ago.

I like Eric Roberts.