LESSON PLAN

Date: 24 November 2014

Teacher: Calugaru Adina
School: “Ion Borcea” Technical College, Buhusi
Class: IX C, D
Class size: 30 students
Level: Intermediate
Time allowed: 50 minutes
Topic: Reported statements
Unit: 5- Behind the mask
Textbook: Going for Gold Intermediate – Longman
Lesson type: mixed
Approach: 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 strategy
Skills: Integrating skills (focus on grammar, speaking, reading, writing)
Methods: explanation, conversation, various exercises,
Class management: group work, pair work, individual work
Interaction: T-C (class), C-T, T-Ss, Ss-T, S-S, Ss-Ss
Previous 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, Teacher’s Book (Going for Gold Intermediate – Longman), worksheets, CD, computer, video projector, board
STAGE, TIME & LESSON AIMS
Activity 1 (5’)
Warm up
Aim:
 To prepare students for the
lesson and encourage self-
confidence;
Activity 2 (5’)
Checking homework assignment
Aim:
 to revise the previously taught
tenses (present simple and
continuous, past simple and
continuous, past perfect);
 to explain grammar rules if
certain uncertainties occur
Activity 3 (5’)
Introduction
 to determine features of direct
speech as opposed to indirect
speech
Activity 4 (15’)
Presentation of new knowledge
 To introduce the rules for
making reported statements;
PROCEDURE
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.
Students read their homework – Fill in the blanks with the correct tense.
Students are asked to explain the grammar rules whenever needed.
- 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).
-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
  To show the difference
between say and tell;
Activity 5 (15’)
Reported statements –Practice and
production
Aim:
 To solve exercises on reported
statements from controlled
practice to semi-controlled
practice
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)
- 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’) Students have to do ex. 3, 4, page 39.

Homework assignment
Activity 7 (3’) Evaluation will be done in marks (from 10 to 1 in the Romanian system) in close
Evaluation 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 projector
Title: 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 2
What is DIRECT SPEECH?
“We are meant for each other”, Justin told Selena.
“I’m 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 3
What 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 don’t use quotation marks (“….”)

DIRECT SPEECH VS. REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

VERB TENSES Present simple Past simple
Present continuous Past continuous
 Past simple Past perfect
Will Would
Can Could
TIME PHRASES Today That day
Yesterday The day before
Last week The week before
Tomorrow The next day/ the following day
Next month The next month/ the following
month
This afternoon That afternoon
2 hours ago 2 hours before
Now Then/ right away

Annex 4
1. 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 she’d 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 didn’t 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 6
“I’m thinking of moving to England.”

“I met the Queen last year.”

“I want to be rich and famous.”

“I’ll give you a test next week.”

“I don’t like horror movies.”

“I can’t afford a vacation.”

“I work 14 hours a day.”

“I did bungee jumping two years ago.”

“I like Eric Roberts.”