LESSON PLAN

NAME: IOANA IURA

CLASS: 9F
OBJECT: ENGLISH
LEVEL: UPPER INTERMEDIATE
DATE: the 15th of November, 2o22
TIME: 50 minutes + 50 minutes
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 25
LESSON TOPIC: REPORTED SPEECH

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
 Topic- reported speech/ reporting verbs
 Speaking- reporting what other people have said
 Vocabulary- reporting verbs
 Listening, reading and watching

GENERAL AIMS:
 to arouse the pupils’ interest in the subject of the new lesson
 to learn reporting verbs and structures
 to be able to report what other people have said
 to develop communication during class
 to check comprehension
 to make students use their previous knowledge

SPECIFIC AIMS:
- By the end of the lesson:
 students will be able to use a certain various reporting verbs to introduce statements,
questions, commands, exclamations
 students should perceive the oral and written message given by the teacher

TEACHING TECHNIQUES:
 Conversation
 Questions and answers
 Discussion
 Exercise

ORGANIZATION OF THE CLASS: frontal, pair- work, individual work

AIDS: computer, internet, dictionaries and whiteboard, handouts

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 1. Activity One- Conversation
Warm-up ( 5 minutes) lockstep
- organization of the class (the attendance of the pupils)
- the teacher asks the students some questions and the students have to answer
- Checking homework assignment.

2. Activity Two- (4 minutes) –Listening and reading

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/reported-speech#sidr-0
- The students listen to a girl, Daisy who has just had an interview for a summer job.
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Transcript:
Sophie: Mmm, it’s so nice to be chilling out at home after all that running around.

Ollie: Oh, yeah, travelling to glamorous places for a living must be such a drag!

Ollie: Mum, you can be so childish sometimes. Hey, I wonder how Daisy’s getting on in her job interview.

Sophie: Oh, yes, she said she was having it at four o’clock, so it’ll have finished by now. That’ll be her ... yes. Hi, love. How did it
go?

Daisy: Well, good I think, but I don’t really know. They said they’d phone later and let me know.

Sophie: What kind of thing did they ask you?

Daisy: They asked if I had any experience with people, so I told them about helping at the school fair and visiting old people at the
home, that sort of stuff. But I think they meant work experience.

Sophie: I’m sure what you said was impressive. They can’t expect you to have had much work experience at your age.

Daisy: And then they asked me what acting I had done, so I told them that I’d had a main part in the school play, and I showed
them a bit of the video, so that was cool.

Sophie: Great!

Daisy: Oh, and they also asked if I spoke any foreign languages.

Sophie: Languages?

Daisy: Yeah, because I might have to talk to tourists, you know.

Sophie: Oh, right, of course.

Daisy: So that was it really. They showed me the costume I’ll be wearing if I get the job. Sending it over ...

Ollie: Hey, sis, I heard that Brad Pitt started out as a giant chicken too! This could be your big break!

Daisy: Ha, ha, very funny.

Sophie: Take no notice, darling. I’m sure you’ll be a marvellous chicken.

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We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. We usually use a
reporting verb (e.g. say, tell, ask, etc.) and then change the tense of what was actually said in
direct speech.

So, direct speech is what someone actually says? Like 'I want to know about reported speech'?

Yes, and you report it with a reporting verb.

He said he wanted to know about reported speech.

I said, I want and you changed it to he wanted.

Exactly. Verbs in the present simple change to the past simple; the present continuous changes
to the past continuous; the present perfect changes to the past perfect; can changes to could;
will changes to would; etc.

She said she was having the interview at four o’clock.

(Direct speech: 'I’m having the interview at four o’clock.')
They said they’d phone later and let me know.
(Direct speech: 'We’ll phone later and let you know.')

OK, in that last example, you changed you to me too.

Yes, apart from changing the tense of the verb, you also have to think about changing other
things, like pronouns and adverbs of time and place.

'We went yesterday.' > She said they had been the day before.
'I’ll come tomorrow.' > He said he’d come the next day.

I see, but what if you’re reporting something on the same day, like 'We went yesterday'?

Well, then you would leave the time reference as 'yesterday'. You have to use your common
sense. For example, if someone is saying something which is true now or always, you wouldn’t
change the tense.

'Dogs can’t eat chocolate.' > She said that dogs can’t eat chocolate.
'My hair grows really slowly.' > He told me that his hair grows really slowly.

What about reporting questions?

We often use ask + if/whether, then change the tenses as with statements. In reported questions
we don’t use question forms after the reporting verb.

'Do you have any experience working with people?'

They asked if I had any experience working with people.
'What acting have you done?'
They asked me what acting I had done.

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Is there anything else I need to know about reported speech?

One thing that sometimes causes problems is imperative sentences.

You mean like 'Sit down, please' or 'Don’t go!'?

Exactly. Sentences that start with a verb in direct speech need a to + infinitive in reported
speech.

She told him to be good. (Direct speech: 'Be good!')

He told them not to forget. (Direct speech: 'Please don’t forget.')

OK. Can I also say 'He asked me to sit down'?

Yes. You could say 'He told me to …' or 'He asked me to …' depending on how it was said.

OK, I see. Are there any more reporting verbs?

Yes, there are lots of other reporting verbs like promise, remind, warn, advise, recommend,
encourage which you can choose, depending on the situation. But say, tell and ask are the most
common.

Great. I understand! My teacher said reported speech was difficult.

And I told you not to worry!

3. Activity Three – (15 minutes)

– the teacher writes the most important rules on the board

4. Activity Four- (15 minutes) – practice

-Students are given a handout with the rules and also a worksheet to be done in pairs

5. Activity Five
- The teacher checks the answers
- The teacher asks the students to create their own sentences using some of the reporting verbs that appear in the
exercise individually

6. Activity Six
- Students are given a worksheet and they are asked to change the sentences from DS to IS
-Answers are checked

7. Activity Seven
https://en.islcollective.com/video-lessons/harry-potter-and-reported-speech9.

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 Task description & scene summary
Task description:
Students pass sentences from Direct to Reported Speech. They either form
sentences or unscramble words.
Scene summary:
Harry Potter movie trailers from the first movie to the last one with quotes from
the characters.
Video source: Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection DVD Release Trailer -
Daniel Radcliffe Movie HD
Video length: 5 minutes 16 seconds
Video genre: Short film (animated or with human actors)
Lesson type: Grammar practice
Level:
 Upper-intermediate (B2)
 Intermediate (B1)

Student types:
 high school

Copyright license: iSLCollective Copyright License

First published: 2019-10-08, 02:30:51 (GMT+1)

Video quiz questions (printable)

1) "You are a wizard, Harry." Hagrid affirmed.

Put the words in order: wizard. a that Hagrid was Harry affirmed
2) "You have been accepted at Hogwarts School. " Harry read.

Answer the question using your own words

3) "The chamber of secrets has indeed been opened." Said Dumbledore.

Put the words in

order: indeed chamber that been opened. said Dumbledore secrets had of t
he
4) "Don't Worry." Harry adverted Malfoy.

Answer the question using your own words

5) "You betrayed my parents." Harry yelled.

Put the words in order: parents. had Sirius betrayed yelled that Harry his

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6) "Only one will die tonight." Said Sirius.

Answer the question using your own words

7) "Who are you? What do you want?" Asked Cedric.

Put the words in order: he asked Cedric he who was and wanted. what
8) "It's your turn now." Sirius told Harry.

Answer the question using your own words

9) "I'll have Potter." Promised Bellatrix.

Put the words in order: Bellatrix would Potter. promised she have
10) "Take my hand." Asked Ginny.

Answer the question using your own words

11) "I have seen your heart and it is mine. " Voldemort said.

Put the words in

order: seen had was he his it and heart Voldemort said his.
12) "Harry Potter, the boy who lived, come to die." stated Voldemort.

Answer the question using your own words

13) "Only I can live forever." Affirmed Voldemort.

Put the words in order: Voldemort he live that forever. could affirmed only

Activity Eight
- The teacher asks the students “What have we learnt today and what can we do now?” and
elicits answers. The teacher congratulates the students.