SEMI-DETAILED LESSON PLAN 12-10-17

Prepared by Jezreel Madsa

I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the 48-minute discussion, the students should be able to:

identify the distinctive features of direct and indirect speech;

differentiate between direct and indirect speech using a diagram; and,
convert sentences from direct to indirect speech.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: Direct and Indirect Speech

Activity: Storytelling and Group Drill Test
Reference: High School Grammar Made Fun by Noam Chomsky
Time Allotment: 48 minutes
Instructional Materials: Manila Paper, Cartolina and Pentel Pen

III. PROCEDURE

A. Motivation

The teacher will greet the students and ask them about their weekends.
The teacher will ask the students if they like to hear a beautiful story.
The teacher will read a selection about the tale of The Jackal and the Drum.
The teacher will afterwards ask the students to give the spoken speech by the Jackal and
the Drum in the story.

The Jackal and the Drum

One day, a jackal called Gomaya was very hungry, and was wandering about in search of food.
After some time, he wandered out of the jungle he lived in, and reached a deserted battlefield.
In this deserted battlefield, a battle was fought recently. The fighting armies had left behind a
drum, which was lying near a tree. As strong winds blew, the branches of the tree got rubbed
against the drum. This made a strange noise. When the jackal heard this sound, he got very
frightened and thought of running away, "If I cannot flee from here before I am seen by the
person making all this noise, I will be in trouble". As he was about to run away, he had a second
thought. "It is unwise to run away from something without knowing. Instead, I must be careful in
finding out the source of this noise". He took the courage to creep forward cautiously. When he
saw the drum, he realized that it was only the wind that was causing all the noise. He continued
his search for food, and near the drum he found sufficient food and water.

The wise indeed say:

Only the brave succeed in life.
B. Presentation

The teacher will introduce to the students the two different kinds of speeches.
The teacher will provide real-life examples of direct and indirect speech.
The students will be grouped into four for a drill. That is, they will identify whether a
particular sentence given is direct or indirect speech.

Sr. Direct Indirect

1 is, am, are was, were

2 Was, were, had, been,
3 Has, have Had
4 had Had
5 Simple Present (Break) Simple Past (Broke)
6 Simple Past (Broke) Past Perfect (Had broken)

C. Analysis

The teacher will ask the students of the following questions:

What have you observed about the differences between direct and indirect speech?
How do you change a direct speech into indirect?
Which do you think is more persuasive between the two? Why do you think so?

D. Abstraction

The teacher will let the students see the significance of the two kinds of speech in real
life.
That is, the teacher will let the students be informed where commonly the two speeches
are properly used.

E. Practice

The teacher will let the students convert direct into indirect speech.

IV. ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION

Exercise: Change the sentence into indirect speech/reported speech.

1. The teacher said, Boys, I shall take the class tomorrow.

2. Whats the matter, she heard her father asking behind her.

3. Could you please tell me the way to the station? said the stranger to the man.
4. Open your mouth and exhale all you can, he told me.

5. Junaid said, Oh my God! How did you do that!

V. ASSIGNMENT

The teacher will ask the students to present tomorrow a group activitybroadcasting
presentation.