LESSON PLAN

Date:
Class: .
Textbook:
Level: .
Topic: DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
Title: He told me he was angry!
Teacher:
Time: 50
Structures:

I am- I was;
I was I had been;
I have been I had been;
I will be - I would be, etc.

Vocabulary: actions
Competences: At the end of the lesson the students will be able to:
1. Recognize patterns of indirect speech
2. Use correctly the verbs in indirect speech
3. Make the necessary transformations from direct to indirect speech
Aims:
1. To develop students ability to recognize different tenses
2. To raise students awareness of the transformations involved in indirect speech
3. To develop students; imagination by creating their own sentences
Teaching aids: blackboard, flashcards with tenses, textbooks
Teaching techniques: conversation, explanation, exercises, discussion, dialogue
Methods: brainstorming, direct method, pattern practice

Stages of the lesson

1. ORGANISATION OF THE CLASS
The teacher greets the pupils and asks them a few ordinary questions: How are you today? Who
is on duty today?
INTERACTION: T-Ss
TIMING: 3
2. WARM-UP: Asking children about the previous lesson
INTERACTION: S-s
TIMING: 5
3. HOMEWORK:
PROCEDURE: The teacher verifies if all children have done their homework; writing on the
blackboard the sentences
INTERACTION: T-Ss
TIMING: 7
4. LEAD-IN:
The teacher asks a student what she did during the break and then she transforms the sentence
into indirect speech, without specifying exactly what she did.
Example:
Q: What did you do during the break?
A: I ate my sandwich.
The teacher reports to the students: Your classmate had eaten her sandwich last break.
Lets see another student, etc.
5. ANNOUNCING OBJECTIVES:
PROCEDURE: The teacher says that today they are going to learn how to report other peoples
sentences. Also, she announces the main steps to be followed in the lesson: presentation, practice,
production.
INTERACTION: T-Ss
TIMING: 3

ACTIVITY 1: PRESENTATION
AIM: 1. To develop students ability to recognize different tenses
PROCEDURE:
1. The teacher makes a table on the blackboard writing Direct / Indirect speech. She explains
the difference between them and gives examples which she writes on the blackboard.
2. Brainstorming the tenses they already know (writing them in short sentences in the Direct
column)
3. Making the transformations (by the teacher), writing in the Indirect column in the same
sentences.
4. The teacher also explains the other transformations that need to be made besides tense: time,
persons, using additional words like ask, say, explain, and the usage of that.
Note: Students pay attention and write only after the teacher has finished explaining.
SKILL: Listening
INTERACTION: T-Ss,
TIMING: 10
ACTIVITY 2: PRACTICE
AIM: - To raise students awareness of the transformations involved in indirect speech
PROCEDURE: The teacher instructs students regarding the exercises that they have to solve.
These exercises are the following:
1. Make the necessary transformations for the following sentences
a. Mark says that he is watching TV now.
b. Are you studying? asked Mary.
c. John told mewill you be there tomorrow?
d. She was at the countryside last summer.
e. You must shut down the TV! shouted my mother.
2. Fill in the gaps with the correct tense transformation.
3. Transform the verbs into indirect speech tense.
SKILL: Writing
INTERACTION: S-Ss,

TIMING: 12
ACTIVITY 3: PRODUCTION
AIMS: To develop students imagination by creating their own sentences
PROCEDURE:
1. The students are asked to write five sentences, they choose the topic. They are required to use
different tenses. (Individual work)
2. Students practice by reporting to the other classmate what the sentence was about. (Student a
reads the sentence; student b reports; student c listens); they take turns.
SKILL: Writing, Speaking, Listening, Reading
INTERACTION: T-Ss; Individual, S-S, Group work
TIMING: 5
ENDING THE LESSON:
PROCEDURE: The teacher revises the important aspects of the new lesson together with the
students
INTERACTION: T-S
TIMING: 2
FEED-BACK:
PROCEDURE: The teacher makes remarks regarding the pupils activity during the lesson,
gives +s for the active students.
TIMING: 1
HOMEWORK:
The teacher assigns the homework and explains it.
TIMING: 2