DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Region IV-A CALABARZON

Division of Laguna
PLARIDEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SCHOOL YEAR 2017-2018

A DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

Date: ___________

Time Period: ___________

I. Objectives

By the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:

 distinguish a direct speech from indirect speech;

 change direct speech into indirect speech considering the components of the speech; and
 reflect on the importance of the usage of direct and indirect speech in a particular
situation.

II. Subject Matter

 Topic: Direct and Indirect Speech

 Level: Grade 9
 Hours: 1 hour
 Materials: Visual aids, chalk board
 References: (Websites)
Study and Exam
Grade Up English Grammar
One Stop English

Retrieve from:

http://www.studyandexam.com/direct-indirect-
https://gradeup.co/english-grammar-direct-and-indirect-speech-rules-i-e6d8e3bf-83bd-
11e6-9141-6b1c3f806b4a
http://www.onestopenglish.com/grammar/grammar-reference/verbs-and-tenses/reported-
speech-tips-and-activities/152843.article

III. Learning Tasks

Teacher’s Task Student’s Task

A. Preparation
1. Prayer
Before we begin this day, let us all
stand up, and may I request Mr./Ms. Let us pray. In the name of the Father…
___________ to lead the prayer. (Student’s Prayer) Amen.

Thank you, Mr./Ms. ___________

Good afternoon class!
 Good afternoon ma’am!
Now, before taking your seats, could
you please arrange your chairs properly
and pick up the pieces of papers under
your chairs.

You may now take your seats.

2. Checking of Attendance
Class secretary, do we have absentees
today? (Reporting of Class Attendance)

Thank you.

3. Review
Let us recall our previous topic. Who
would like to remind us? Our last topic is all about… (Student’s
Schema)

B. Motivation
Before having our lesson, let us first have an
activity. I’ll group you into four groups and
each group will line up.

(group the class)

This activity is titled “Chain Reports”. Here’s

the instruction.
I will stay at the back and the last member
from the lines of each group will come to me
and I will whisper something to them. But
there’s a twist, the gender of the pronoun that
you will use in the sentence will be based on
the last person who told you the sentence.

For example, I whisper ‘I like pizza’, then, you

will whisper to the next person in line ‘She
said, “she like pizza”. You will use the
pronoun 'she’ because I am a girl. So, if the
person who whispered to you is a boy then
you’ll use ‘he’. This means that the gender of
the speaker in the sentence will change until it
reaches the first person in line. Then, the first
person in line will write the sentence on the
board. Are we clear class?
Yes ma’am.

1. I like to play guitar.

2. They cannot dance.
3. I love eating pizza.
4. The movie was great.
5. I want to be a painter.

Seat down everyone. Now, what have you

noticed in the sentences used in our activity?
The sentences in our activity are presented
along with the person who give/state the
sentence.
Right! The sentences are somewhat reported.
Those sentences are connected with our topic
today.

C. Lesson Proper
Any idea for our lesson today?
About speeches ma’am?
Correct! We will be discussing about Direct
and Indirect speeches.
And now, let us first identify each.

When we say the word ‘direct’? What comes in

your mind? Ma’am I think it’s being straight or straight
forward.
Yes! Very good. But when we say direct
speech, it repeats, or quotes, the exact words
spoken. When we use direct speech in writing,
we place the words spoken between quotation
marks (" ") and there is no change in these
words. We may be reporting something that's
being said ‘now’ (for example a telephone
conversation), or telling someone later about a
previous conversation.

For example:

She says, "What time will you be home?"

John said, "There's an elephant outside the
window."

These are actual words of the speaker which is

quoted. They are not changed.
Understand class? Yes ma’am.

What about an indirect speech?

A speech that is not told directly.

Yes, that’s right, also, indirect (reported)

speech is usually used to talk about the past, so
we normally change the tense of the words
spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell',
'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to
introduce the reported words. Inverted commas
are not used.
For example:
She said that she had seen him.
He said that he was going to school.

This one shows the actual words of the

speaker, but it is changed. It is changed
because the actual words have been spoken by
the speaker in the past.

See the difference between direct and indirect

speech? Yes ma’am. Direct speech is a repeated speech
where the words spoken are enclosed between
quotation marks while indirect speech is a
reported speech where it talks about the past
but not using inverted commas.
Exactly. Now, changing direct speeches into an
indirect speech has components to consider.
First, we should consider the reporting verb
and the reported speech.

What do you think are those reporting verbs?

Reporting verbs are verbs in the first sentence
before the actual words of the speaker. For
example, ‘He said,’ the verb ‘said’ is a
Very good! Here are some examples: reporting verb.

 She said, “I am listening to music”.

 He says, “You are an intelligent
student”.

In these examples, “said” is the reporting verb

so as “says”.

Another component to consider is the reported

speech which is the exact words of the speaker
which are put within inverted commas.

In the example, what is the reported speech?

“I am listening to music”
Okay, very good. So now are we clear on the “You are an intelligent student”
components the we should consider?
Yes ma’am.

Now, let’s try changing the following direct

speech into indirect speech.
1. Mr. John said, “I bought a book for you”.
2. She says, “I want to become a doctor”.
3. He said, “I eat two apples”.
4. “I bought a laptop”, she said.
5. Sandy said to her 0p;/ mother, “I need more
money”.
1. Mr. john said that he had bought a book for
me.
2. She said that she wanted to become a doctor.
3. He said that he ate two apples.
4. She said that she had bought a laptop.
5. Sandy told his father that she needed more
money.

D. Generalization
Any questions about direct and indirect
speech?

Again, how do direct and indirect speech differ

from each other?
A direct speech is a reported speech that
repeats the actual words of the speaker
presented using quotation marks.

An indirect speech, on the other hand, is also a

reported speech but the tense of the actual
words of the speaker will change and it is not
Very good! And what do you call the verbs presented using inverted commas.
used before the reported speech (e.g. said,
says)?
Reported Verbs.
Correct! I think you are now ready for our
activity.

E. Application
I have here strips of papers with different
situations. But first I will group you into four,
and a representative will pick one from these
papers. (group students)

Now, go with your groupmates.

Here are the situations that are written on the
papers.

1. Two of your classmates are asking about

what your teacher told you yesterday about
your final project.

2. Your mother left you with your siblings

because she went to the market to buy
groceries, and since you’re the eldest, you
should take care of your siblings and remind
them about your mother’s advices.

3. You and your best friend heard two other

students gossiping about your other classmate.
And you tell what you heard to the person who
is the subject of the gossip.

4. Your teacher talked to your mother about

your performance in class. Then, at home you
heard your mother talked to your father, then
your father talked to you about it.

(each group presents)

IV. Evaluation

Put the following into Indirect speech:

1. Mr. West said, "I am very tired".

2. He said, "I am flying to Rome tomorrow",

3. George said, "I have lived in this village all my life"

4. Peter said to me Ί can't go out with you because I am not feeling well".

5. Helen said to me, "I hope you have enjoyed yourself"

6. She said, "I have been to Paris many times"

7. Jane said, "I want to study medicine, father".

8. Her friend said, "You are wrong, Mary".

9. He said to me, "I saw your friend at the cinema yesterday",

10. She said to him "I called you up but you didn't answer an hour ago"

V. Assignment

Have a copy of the rules in changing direct speech into indirect speech. Write it on your
notebook.
 Prepared by:

Donnalyn O. Castillo