I.

Objectives
At the end of the lesson the student should be able to:

a. Get the issue presented in a speech

b. Differentiate factual statement from subjective

c. Tell whether the sentences changed from direct and indirect are correctly written

II. Subject Matter

Topic: “Obama; There Were No Winners in This Government Shutdown” Reported
Speech

III. Learning Resources

Reference: A Journey through Anglo-American Literature 9 pp. 528-530

Materials: Visual aids, chalk, eraser, laptop, speaker, power point

IV. Procedure
A. Daily Routine
 Arrangement of the classroom
 Checking of attendance

Motivation

The students will watch a video clip of the speech of Barack Obama

Find out the issue he has presented in his massage to the American people.

1 Are the terms clearly defined and applied throughout the message?
2. Are facts provided as evidence? If so, Identify theme.
 3. Does the author succeed in persuading you to accept his argument?

Evaluation

Group differentiated tasks

Group#1: Write F for factual and S for subjective.

1. There were no winners in this government shutdown.

2. At a time when our economy needs more growth and more jobs, the manufactured and
crises of these last few weeks actually harmed jobs and growth.

3. The way business is done in Washington has to change.

4. First, we should sit down and pursue a balanced approach to a responsible budget, one
that grows our economy faster and shrinks our long terms deficits further.

Group#2: Read carefully the examples of direct and indirect sentences. Tell
whether the sentences changed from direct and indirect are correctly written.

1. Mia said “ I want to watch a play,”

Mia said that she wants to watched a play.

2. Lanze said, “I’m going with you.”

Lanze said that he was going with her.

3. “I saw the play Brayden yesterday,” said Pauline.

Pauline said she saw the play with Bryaden yesterday.

4. Nicko said, “Mommy and I will watch the play in Resorts World.”
Nicko said he and his mommy will watch the play in Resorts World.

5. Grandmother said, “What can you learn from the play?”

 Grandmother asked what we could learn from the play.”

Group#3: Changed the following direct statements to indirect statements or vice

versa.

1. Biff said, “I just can’t focus on my job.

2. “I’m tired to death,” said Willy.

3. Linda replied, “Your mind is overactive, and the mind what counts.”

4. “I have worked a lifetime to pay off a house but now there’s nobody to live in it,” said
Willy.

5. Willy told Biff that not finding himself at the age of 34 was a disgrace!

6. Linda said, “People have to work somewhere.”

7. Happy said that everybody around him was so false that he was constantly lowering
his ideals.

8. Willy said, “The world is an oyster, but you don’t crack it open on a mattress.”

9. “A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man,” Linda said.

10. Linda said that there was better in Willy than in many other people.
Assignment
Watch in the YouTube some speeches of the presidents in the Philippines write it on one whole
sheet of pad paper.