Zeynep Zeynep

Reported Speech
Intermediate (B1+) level

Description

In this lesson, students will study the grammar topic reported speech with listening and speaking activities

Materials

Abc Empower Student's Book, Handouts, Videos, Online Games

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of the rules of reported speech and practicing using it in different contexts.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide accuracy in the rules of reported speech and its usage.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-3 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Showing photos of some people gossiping and some photos of reporters interviewing people and asking about the connections or similarities between these photos. Trying to elicit the answer "reporting" .

Exposure (10-13 minutes) • To provide a model of the language and highlight useful words and phrases

** Let ss go to Pg 93 for the listening part, before listening it , asking ss what a podcast is and also ask them to answer the questions in section 3b. ** Let ss listen to the recording and do the exercise in section 3c. ** Let them listen again with the script open to check the answers. ** Ask ss to read the email in section 4a and ask them whether the questions are in the same form or not with the listening section. ** Let ss go to Pg 94 and give them time to complete sentences from the interview with the original forms, and let them listen to check their answers.

Task 1 (3-5 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice the target language

** Ask for a volunteer student among ss and want them to report the sentences that the T shows to the other students (Imagining it is text messaging) ** Write the original sentences on the board and ask them to say changings. ** Ask ss to report the last whatsapp message they got to their partners, and show the original one later.

Task 2 (8-10 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice the target language

** Show ss some quotes from famous people and their reported speech versions as a slide show and discuss the changes in the sentences with the ss. https://www.slideshare.net/cristinaca/reported-speech-orders ** Let ss play a guessing game related to quotes of famous people. https://www.baamboozle.com/game/880759 ** Ask ss to do a group work and report at least two quotes from famous people.

Presentation (5-7 minutes) • To provide students information about the target grammar topic

** Share the PPT presentation of the target grammar topic with the ss and tell them the details and the rules . ** Share the PPT presentations and PDF documents for more rules about the question and imperative forms.

Language Practice (6-7 minutes) • To provide students with practice of the task language

** Let ss work as a group and change the direct sentences into reported speech sentences. ** Provide the answer keys.

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