LESSON PLAN

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Topic: DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Title: He tol !e "e #as a$%&'()
Teac"e&:
Ti!e: *+,
St&-ct-&es: I am- I was;
I was I had been;
I have been I had been;
I will be - I would be, etc.
.ocab-la&': actions
Co!pete$ces: At t"e e$ o/ t"e lesso$ t"e st-e$ts #ill be able to:
1. Recognize patterns of indirect speech
2. se correctl! the verbs in indirect speech
". #a$e the necessar! transformations from direct to indirect speech
Ai!s:
1. %o develop students& abilit! to recognize different tenses
2. %o raise students& awareness of the transformations involved in indirect speech
". %o develop students; imagination b! creating their own sentences
Teac"i$% ais: blac$board, flashcards with tenses, te'tboo$s
Teac"i$% tec"$i0-es: conversation, e'planation, e'ercises, discussion, dialogue
1et"os: brainstorming, direct method, pattern practice
Sta%es o/ t"e lesso$
1. ORGANISATION OF THE CLASS
%he teacher greets the pupils and as$s them a few ordinar! (uestions) *ow are !ou toda!+ ,ho
is on dut! toda!+
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2. WARM-UP) .s$ing children about the previous lesson
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3. HOMEWORK:
PROCED3RE: %he teacher verifies if all children have done their homewor$; writing on the
blac$board the sentences
INTERACTION: %--s
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4. LEAD-IN:
%he teacher as$s a student what she did during the brea$ and then she transforms the sentence
into indirect speech, without specif!ing e'actl! what she did.
1'ample)
2) ,hat did !ou do during the brea$+
.) I ate m! sandwich.
%he teacher reports to the students) 3our classmate had eaten her sandwich last brea$.
4et&s see another student, etc.
5. ANNOUNCING OBJECTIVES:
PROCED3RE) %he teacher sa!s that toda! the! are going to learn how to report other people&s
sentences. .lso, she announces the main steps to be followed in the lesson) presentation, practice,
production.
INTERACTION) %--s
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ACTIVIT 1 : PRESENTATION
AI1) 1. %o develop students& abilit! to recognize different tenses
PROCED3RE)
1. %he teacher ma$es a table on the blac$board writing 56irect 7 Indirect speech8. -he e'plains
the difference between them and gives e'amples which she writes on the blac$board.
2. 9rainstorming the tenses the! alread! $now :writing them in short sentences in the 6irect
column;
". #a$ing the transformations :b! the teacher;, writing in the Indirect column in the same
sentences.
<. %he teacher also e'plains the other transformations that need to be made besides tense) time,
persons, using additional words li$e 5as$, sa!, e'plain8, and the usage of 5that8.
=ote) -tudents pa! attention and write onl! after the teacher has finished e'plaining.
S4ILL: 4istening
INTERACTION) %--s,
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ACTIVIT 2 : PRACTICE
AI1) - %o raise students& awareness of the transformations involved in indirect speech
PROCED3RE) %he teacher instructs students regarding the e'ercises that the! have to solve.
%hese e'ercises are the following)
1. #a$e the necessar! transformations for the following sentences
a. #ar$ sa!s that he is watching %? now.
b. 5.re !ou stud!ing+8 as$ed #ar!.
c. @ohn told me8will !ou be there tomorrow+8
d. -he was at the countr!side last summer.
e. 53ou must shut down the %?A8 shouted m! mother.
2. Bill in the gaps with the correct tense transformation.
". %ransform the verbs into indirect speech tense.
S4ILL: ,riting
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ACTIVIT 3: PRODUCTION
AI1S) %o develop students& imagination b! creating their own sentences
PROCED3RE)
1. %he students are as$ed to write five sentences, the! choose the topic. %he! are re(uired to use
different tenses. :Individual wor$;
2. -tudents practice b! reporting to the other classmate what the sentence was about. :-tudent a
reads the sentence; student b reports; student c listens;; the! ta$e turns.
S4ILL: ,riting, -pea$ing, 4istening, Reading
INTERACTION) %--s; Individual, ---, Croup wor$
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ENDING THE LESSON:
PROCED3RE) %he teacher revises the important aspects of the new lesson together with the
students
INTERACTION) %--
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FEED-BACK :
PROCED3RE) %he teacher ma$es remar$s regarding the pupils& activit! during the lesson,
gives 5D8s for the active students.
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HOMEWORK :
%he teacher assigns the homewor$ and e'plains it.
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