LESSON PLAN

Teacher: Litu Irina Elena

Date: 26th March 2014
Grade: 7th
No. of students: 16
School: Moldova Sulita School
Time of lesson: 50 min
Textbook: Way Ahead, Pupils Book 5
Unit 12: Mountain adventure
Lesson 2: Reported speech ( with tense changes)
Aim: the students will use the English language to report some statements
according to the topic
Objectives:
1. SWBAT match different lines of the dialogue with the corresponding
reported speech;
SWBAT to use the rules of reported speech;
Materials: textbook, Cd player, cassette, practice book
Skills involved: listening, reading, writing, speaking
Introduction:
The teacher tells the students that they will learn about Reported speech with tense
changes
Activity 1: warm-up - whole class
T writes mountaineer on the board. Ss find words which use the letters of this
word. As they call out words, they write them on the board.
Activity 2 : Speaking and listening whole class
T asks children to look back at Lesson 1 and asks what they can remember
about the story. T plays tape 26 again. Children listen.

Activity 3 : Reading - pair work

T reads the dialogue to the class and lets them read through it again
silently. T asks them to match each line of the dialogue with the
corresponding reported sentence.
Activity 4: Speaking pair work
Children follow the lines of the maze to discover what each climber is
saying. T says a name and asks a child to read out the appropriate speech
bubble. Then she asks another child to report it.
Ss go through the whole exercise orally, paying particular attention to the
changes of tenses. Then T lets the children repeat the exercise in pairs.
Activity 5: Grammar card whole class
T hands out the copies of the grammar file card and asks children to
write the title: Reported speech.
T asks children to copy the first speech bubble and the first reported
sentence:
It is cold .
He said that it was cold.
We can see the summit.
He said they could see the summit.
Marty, I love climbing.
Jake told Marty he loved climbing.
T explains that in reported speech present becomes past.
Activity 6: Writing group work
Children must underline the verbs in speech bubbles. Then they have to
write the verbs.
It is cold.
He said that itcold.
We are at the summit.
He said that they at the summit.
The mountain looks beautiful. He said that the mountain
..beautiful.
I can see the camp.
He said that he..see the camp.
Were coming down.
He said that they down.
I have heavy equipment.
He said that he..heavy equipment.
Children must write said or told.
1. Johnhis teacher that he was ill.
2. Maggie.that she was feeling tired.
3. The boysthat they could play football.
4. Mum.Alex and Joe that dinner was ready.
5. Miss Walkerthat she enjoyed travelling.
Activity 7 : Homework whole class
Group A : 4 children Find the past tense of : tell, think, throw, wake
Find the past participle of: tear, understand, take, weave
Group B: Practice Book 5 ex 4,5 and 6 page 51