LESSON PLAN

TEACHER: Drăghici Oana Iuliana

SCHOOL: Technological High School “Dimitrie Filisanu”, Filiasi
DATE: the 17 th of June, 2016
CLASS: X th D
TIME: 50 minutes
LEVEL OF STUDY: Upper-Intermediate
TOPIC: DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
TITLE: “He told me he was angry!”
TYPE: consolidation
SKILLS INVOLVED:
 WRITING

 LISTENING

 SPEAKING

 READING

AIMS:  to use correctly the verbs in indirect speech

 to report statements, questions and commands
 to develop students’ ability to recognize different tenses

OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson the students will be able to:

 recognize patterns of indirect speech

 use correctly the verbs in indirect speech

  make the necessary transformations from direct to indirect speech

AIDS/MATERIALS:
 WORKSHEETS
 BLACKBOARD
 FLASHCARDS

ASSUMPTIONS:

- Students must have a satisfactory level of English;

- Students must be eager to participate.

ANTICIPATED PROMBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:

- If students do not understand the oral commands or the tasks, they will
be translated into Romanian.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 Harmer, Jeremy, The Practice of English Language Teaching,

Longman, 1991
 Scrivener,Jim, Learning Teaching,Macmillan Books for
Teachers,2005
 Textbook: Going For Gold Upper-Intermediate
STAGES:
I. WARM-UP

Aim:  to create a pleasant atmosphere and to relax.

Interaction: teacher – students
Procedure: The teacher greets the pupils. The pupil on duty tells the
absents; the teacher writes the absents in the roll; then the teacher checks
their homework.
Timing: 2 minutes
1. Good afternoon, children !
2. How are you today ?
3. Who is on duty today?
4. Who is absent?

II: LEAD IN:

Activity 1: Frontal and individual activity

Aims:  to prepare for the main activity

 to have a guided dialogue
Interaction: teacher-students; students-teacher
Procedure: The teacher asks a student what he did during the break
and then she transforms the sentence into indirect speech, without
specifying exactly what she did.
Example: Q: What did you do during the break?
A: I ate my sandwich.
The teacher reports to the students: Your classmate had eaten her
sandwich last break. Let’s see another student, etc.
 Timing: 6 minutes

III: ANNOUNCING OBJECTIVES:

Aim:  to announce the objectives of the new lesson

Interaction: teacher  students, students teacher
Procedure: The teacher says that today they are going to learn how
to report other people’s sentences. Also, she announces the main steps to be
followed in the lesson: presentation, practice, production.
Timing: 3 minutes

IV. PRESENTATION
Activity 2: Individual activity

Aim:  to develop students’ ability to recognize different tenses

Interaction: teacher  students

Procedure:. 1. The teacher makes a table on the blackboard
writing: “Direct / Indirect speech”. She explains the difference between them
and gives examples which she writes on the blackboard.
2. Brainstorming the tenses they already know (writing them in short
sentences in the Direct column) .
3. Making the transformations (by the teacher), writing in the Indirect
column in the same sentences.
4. The teacher also explains the other transformations that need to be made
besides tense: time, persons, using additional words like “ask, say, explain”,
and the usage of “that”.
Note: Students pay attention and write only after the teacher has finished
explaining.
Timing: 10 minutes
 V . PRACTICE
Activity 3: Pair work

Aims:  to use the reported speech

 to have each student involved in the activity
Interaction: teacher  students, students  students
Procedure: The teacher gives the students the following task:
Write some statements. Take turns to contradict me.
E.g. T: I’m married.
A: But you told me you were not married, you were single.
T: Oh, dear! It’s raining.
B: What?! They said it would be sunny.
T: My brother’s a barman.
C: No way! You said he was a fireman last week.
T: The meeting is on the 20th
D: But you said five minutes ago that the meeting was on the 19th.

Write five similar sentences. In pairs, take turns to read out your sentences
and contradict each other.

Timing: 10 minutes

VI. CONTROLLED PRACTICE

Activity 4 : Individual work

Aim:  to raise students’ awareness of the transformations

involved in indirect speech
Interection: students students
Procedure:. The teacher instructs students regarding the exercises
that they have to solve. These exercises are the following:
1. Make the necessary transformations for the following sentences:
 a. Mark says that he is watching TV now.
b. “Are you studying?” asked Mary.
c. John told me”will you be there tomorrow?”
d. She was at the countryside last summer.
e. “You must shut down the TV!” shouted my mother.
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct tense transformation.
3. Transform the verbs into indirect speech tense.
Timing: 10 minutes

Vll: PRODUCTION
Activity 5 : Frontal and individual work

Aims:  to have every student involued in the activity

 to develop students’ imagination by creating their own
sentences
Interaction: teacher  students; students  teacher
Procedure: 1. The students are asked to write five sentences, they
choose the topic. They are required to use different tenses. (Individual work)
2. Students practice by reporting to the other classmate what the sentence
was about. (Student a reads the sentence; student b – reports; student c –
listens); they take turns.
Timing: 5 minutes
 VIII: ENDING THE LESSON

Interaction: teacher  students

Procedure: The teacher revises the important aspects of the new lesson
together with the students

Timing: 2 minutes

FEED-BACK:
Procedure: The teacher makes remarks regarding the pupils’
activity during the lesson, gives “+”s for the active students.
Timing: 1 minute

Procedure: The teacher assigns the homework and explains it.

Timing: 1 minute
REPORTED SPEECH

*Rephrase the following sentences so as the meaning stays the same:

1."What's you name and where do you come from?" he inquired.

He asked her…………

2."I don't want you to leave" , he told her.

He told her………….

3."Where is the lawyer, I must talk to him".

He insisted………………..

4.George asked her: "Will you come to the cinema with us?"
George wanted to know………….

5."George and Ann must study harder," the teacher said.

The teacher insisted……..

6."What has happened this morning?"

They inquired…………….

7."Who wants to know that?" he asked.

He asked…………………..

8."What are you going to do?" they asked him.

They asked him…………..
She asked ……………..

10."What are you doing here?"

She asked him………………

11."What do you intend to do ?" he asked us.

He asked us…………..

12."When did they call you?" , Tom's sister a

9."Were have you been?" she asked her boy.

sked him.
Tom's sister inquired…………..

13."It's five years since we have known each other", they said.
They said…………….
14. "What will he say next?"
She wondered……………….

15."How well can you speak English?"

She wanted to know…………

16."I wouldn't cook the fish for too long , Bill , if I were you," said Jean.
Jean advised Bill…………………

17."Helen, would you like to come to lunch on Sunday?" said Mary.

Mary…………..

18."Me? No , I didn't take Sue's calculator," said Bob.

Bob denied…………….

19."Don't forget to buy some milk, Andy ," said Clare.

Clare reminded…….

20."Look, I might not be able to come on Saturday," said David.

David told us………

21."Why don't you go and see "The Sound of Music" again, Brian?" I said.
I suggested………….

22."No , you really must stay the night , Sophia," Ann said.
Ann insisted……….

23."Make sure you don't take the A20 in the rush hour, Tim," said Jack.
Jack warned…….

24."You are not allowed to smoke in this room, Dick," said his mother.
Dick's mother………..

25."Don't forget to give me a ring tomorrow, Peter, " said Wendy.

Wendy reminded……….

26."Just make sure you avoid staying in the city centre, Mike," said Ruth.
Ruth warned Mike……….

27."I think you'd better not come to work for a few days, Cathy"
I advised………………
* Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the
meaning stays the same:

1. Sue thought it would be a good idea for me to see a doctor. ADVISED

………………………………………………………………………………………..

2.The minister proposed regular meetings for the committee. MEET

…………………………………………………………………………………….

3.The travel agent recommended our staying near the airport. SHOULD
……………………………………………………………………………………..

4.Jack demanded action from the Police. SHOULD

…………………………………………………………

5.My bank manager invited me to visit him at home. COULD

………………………………………………………………………..

6.We received a warning to stay at home. SHOULD

…………………………………………………………..