(1) understand the concept of reported speech

(2) can use the reported speech to report a comic story

(3) can use the reported speech in real-life situations

Literacy level: Grade 10 (CEFR A2-B1)

Number of the students: 15

Forms:

reporting v. + that+ S + verb (past tense)+…

reporting v.+ if/whether+ verb (past tense)+…

reporting v.+ to+ S+ verb (base form)+…

Functions: reporting, commands, make requests, suggestions, and etc.

Use of Grammar item

Tony Stark said, "I am Iron Man."

Reported speech: Tony Stark announced that he was Iron Man.

The villain exclaimed, "I will destroy Iron Man once and for all!"

Reported speech: The villain exclaimed that he would destroy Iron Man once and for all.

Contextualization

Provide specific scenes or situations from Iron Man movies or comics where reported speech is used.

Use audiovisual materials (movie clips, comic panels, etc.) displaying Iron Man dialogues to demonstrate reported speech in action.

Encourage students to identify instances of reported speech within the given Iron Man context and discuss its purpose and impact on the story.

Assessment:

Distribute worksheets with practice exercises focused on reported speech in Iron Man.

Include exercises that involve transforming direct speech from Iron Man into reported speech, identifying reporting verbs, and completing dialogues with the correct forms of reported speech.

Monitor students' progress and provide assistance as needed.

Review and Discussion

By the end of the lesson

1. Ss will be able to differentiate between reported speech and direct speech by comparing their features and use

2. Ss will also be able to rewrite sentences in direct speech into reported speech

3. Ss will be able to identify text features of comic strips and dialogues (e.g. speech bubbles, narratives)

(2) Literacy level: Form 2 students (mixed ability)

(3) Form: Change of pronouns, tense, time words

Functions: To report what others have said

Use: e.g. We often see reported speech used in daily conversations, newspaper articles etc.

(4) Contextualisation:

Ss are familiar with the cartoon "Garfield". T will use the comic strips as a lead-in. T will present a few examples of how direct speech can be converted to indirect speech. Ss need to observe and figure out the differences between direct and reported speech. Once the rules are discovered, ss can practise using reported speech to re-tell what Garfield and Jon had said to another friend.

(5) Assessment:

Activity - "Garfield's secret" - Garfield has a secret! Ss need to rewrite Garfield's secret using reported speech. They then need to peer check with the help of a checklist (use of reporting verbs, change of tense, pronouns, time words) to see if they have applied the grammar rules correctly.

-Students can distinguish between direct and reported speech.

-Learn how to convert directed speech to reported speech.

2. Literacy level

Grade: P.6

Number of students: 25

Level: Mixed ability

3. Forms, function and use of the grammar item

-Tense: Present tense-> Past tense

-Pronoun: I-> He/She

-Adverb: Yesterday-> The day before / Here-> There

4. Contextualization

T plays music chair with ss, T find pop songs that included reported speech in the lyrics, when the particular lyrics played ss have to imminently sit on the chair mean while T will stop the music. After few rounds T can explain the lyrics and the tenses to ss.

Another activity is T can choose some comics for instance Garfield, Snoopy and Old Master Q, since ss are familiar with these comics, it can intrigues ss’s interest and foster their participation. T show some examples of how to convert directed speech to reported speech guide ss to understand the general rules of reported speech. Then T divide ss into a group of 3-4, provide them some comics without dialogues let ss to create their scenarios using reported speech. Then T will invite ss to role play their comic.

5. Assessment

Ss have to interview their one of their family members and ask them to retell a conversation they had today, ss write down with reported speech.

• use narrative language to describe the story presented by the comic strips: Vater and Sohn

• master the form and structure of reported speech and transfer direct speech into indirect speech.

• use ToonDoo to create their own comic strips

2) Literacy Level: 25 students on Secondary 2

3) Forms, functions and use of the grammer item:

forms:

present simple-->past simple

past simple-->past perfect

past perfect-->past perfect

will/shall-->would/should

can/may-->could/might

functions:

indirectly reporting others' speech without using speech marks

use:

to be able to describe the plots in the comic strips.

4) contextualization:

ask the students to firstly create dialogues according to the comic, and then transfer it into indirect speech.

eg. Pic 1: Mother: ”Call your son to have dinner” --> The mother suggested the father should call their son to have dinner.

5) Assessment:

students will be asked to create their own comic strips using ToonDoo, including writing all the dialogues of the characters, after which they will write a short description of the comic strips using indirect speech.