Lesson Plan 5.25.11: "Reported Speech: Statements"

English For All – CLASS NAME:  Intermediate

DATE: 5/25/11

Teacher(s): Marie Palisky

Lesson Objectives	1.     Students will be able to create sentences and report the speech of others when they make requests or statements. 2.     Students will be able to pass on the message of one student to another by using indirect speech. 3.     Students will be able to write about past experiences and reported remarks. 4.     Students will be able to listen to a dialogue and recall the speech made by the participants of the conversation.
Materials	Interchange Textbook: Third Edition Cambridge, Jack C. Richards with Jonathon Hull and Susan Proctor Chalkboard and chalk Newspaper- The Post (local Athens newspaper)
Procedure	Note: the numbered titles are all bold faced.  All other bold-faced words are to be written on the blackboard.  Words in quotations are to be spoken by the teacher.  Materials are underlined. Include the time allotted for each activity. 1.    Review: correction of homework from yesterday (15 min.) Objective: to allow students to correct their homework and review the topic of reported speech: requests from yesterday’s lesson T will ask Ss to take out their homework wkst that was handed out at the end of class during the previous lesson. T will go through answers with Ss and ask them to share their answers and volunteer to read from their papers. T will correct mistakes and explain any errors Ss may have made on their assignment. Evaluation: Ss will be evaluated on their completion and understanding of the homework assignment from yesterday Transition: T will ask if any of the Ss completed the sentences they were to write from the previous lesson detailing either a real or made up events and recalling what was said during that event If students have, T will ask them to hold on to it because they will come back to that later.        2.    Presentation: Reported Speech- statements (10 min.) Objective: introduce students to reporting speech(statements) made by other people   T will explain that reporting statement made by other people is very similar to the topic of yesterday’s lesson. T will ask Ss to turn to pg. 109 in their books and go over examples provided underneath the Grammar Focus section to make sure that students remember the way to construct reported speech. T will also explain that explain the when reporting speech using the words “she said” or “she told me” these verbs can also be used in the present “she says” and “she tells me” and this means it is currently going on and happening. Evaluation: Ss questions will indicate how well they have understood the topic of the day’s lesson 3.    Practice ( 10 min.) T will then go over part A together as a class and give answers orally rather than working in pairs. Evaluation: T will evaluate Ss on their ability to participate in activity A and discuss their answers with each other.  4.    Production: reported speech: requests and statements (15 min.) Objective: practice reporting speech that has been made to make requests or state statements and to go over activity presented yesterday Pre-Writing: T will ask Ss who had written their sentences from yesterday to take them out. For those students that did not T will repeat the directions. Ss will be asked to think of some situation that has happened to them or that they were a part of which involved another person. T will ask students to write at least 5 sentences of reported speech of other things that they requested or statements that were made. T will provide examples: “I was talking to my mom the other day and she asked me if I had money in my account. She told me that she would be able to put more in if she can. She says that she has to check her situation first” While-Writing: T will walk around and try to help the students create sentences. T will answer any questions that the students may have. T will allow Ss to discuss ideas with each other. T will go over the sentences with the Ss who wrote theirs the day before Post-Writing: T will collect what the Ss have written and during the break will correct their writing samples. Evaluation: T will monitor Ss during the writing activity to evaluate participation 5.    Break (10 min.) 6.    Production: Reporting Speech Telephone (30 min.) Objective: students will be allowed to practice listening to the speech of other people and report statements made by them to pass on messages Pre-Speaking- T will ask students if they have ever heard of the game “telephone”. T will explain that it is similar to a telephone because it is a system that is used to pass on messages. T will explain the rules of telephone. One student will come up with either a request or statement and must pass this message on to the student next to them quietly, trying not to let any other student hear. T will tell the students that they will continue to pass this same message on to the student next to them until everyone has heard it. T will also explain that students may only repeat the message once after the request of operator which T will write on the board to remind the Ss. While-speaking- T will monitor the Ss and make sure that they are following the rules of the game and using indirect speech to pass on the message of the first student.   Post-speaking-T will ask students how messages can get lost in indirect speech. T will explain that like a copy, the more copies you make the less easily the original message can be read or deciphered. T will then bring up the topic of rumors and passing along messages to friends. T will hopefully elicit a discussion about the importance of making sure the indirect speech is clearly reported.   Evaluation: Ss will be evaluated in their participation in the game and how well they understand rules and instructions.   7.    Reading (20 min.) Objective: allow students to practice reading and recognizing key words that will suggest reported speech Pre-Reading: T will pass out local newspapers to the students and ask them all to turn to a specific article. T will read the headline with the Ss and have a short discussion about what they think the article will be about. T will explain that when recognizing reported speech, students can look for words such as “she said, he said, he reported, she told him, etc…” While-Reading: T will ask Ss to highlight or circle any examples of reported/indirect speech within the article. Ss may work together or in pairs as long as each student is working within his/her own newspaper. Post-Reading: After reading the article separately T will first ask the Ss to discuss what the article was about and the main ideas of the article. T will then ask students how many examples they found of reported speech. T and Ss will go over these examples together and identify if the examples are of reported requests or reported statements. Evaluation: T will monitor Ss to make sure that they are reading through the article while focusing on key words. Ss will also be evaluated on their ability to recognize examples of reported speech which is common in newspapers and news reports.
Assessment	The writing activity will serve as the primary assessment for the day’s lesson.
Anticipated Problems	Ss may find the lesson similar to yesterday’s topic and grasp it fairly quickly Ss may have a hard time during the writing activity Ss may find the activities repetitive and become bored with them Ss may not understand the game of telephone if they have never heard of it before and will not understand that they are just reporting one message Ss may have difficulty reading a newspaper article and recognizing reported speech