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Learning about Language I. Analysis of the teaching material

The material is leaning about language in Unit 1 Friendship from PEP NSEEFC Module 1. The topic of this unit is friends and friendship. The unit 1 examines different kind of friendship. It's not only explores friendship between people but also pays particular attention to the friendship one can develop with oneself. In the other words, it shows how a person finds comfort and support with an imaginary friend. In these reading from The Diary of Anne Frank, students will see how a lonely and frightened teenager copes with a very unusually stressful situation. She does this by confiding in Kitty, the name of her diary. Anne didn't want to set a series of facts in diary as most people do, but she wants her diary to be her friend. So Anne called her diary Kitty. She examines her problems and tries to find a way to deal with them.

II. Teaching important and difficult points Teaching important points a. The use of Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (statements and questions). b. Change the Direct Speech into Indirect Speech and Indirect into Direct. Teaching difficult points a. How to teach the Ss to master the usage of Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (statements and questions). b. Find out the difference between direct speech and indirect speech.

III. Teaching Aims 1. Language aims a. Important words and phrase suffer,

settle, realize, worry about, have got to, tie up b. Important sentence Chuck said he would take care of him. She asked if I had got e-mails from my friends. Father asked Anne when she went to bed the night before. 2. Ability goals

Let Ss learn how to use Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (statements and questions). Find out the difference between direct speech and indirect speech.

IV. Teaching Methods Task-based teaching and learning

V. Analysis of the learners

The students in my class are of different levels so I should adapt the lesson to each of them and try to solve different kinds of problems which may appear in the lesson. So I often use some activities in the class to finish some tasks such as individual, pair or group work to let each of them have more chances to practice English and involve actively in the lesson, thus to make some improvement .

VI. Teaching Aids

Multimedia devices and PPT document

VII. Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Revision

Check Ss’ homework. (Collecting materials)

Step 2 Word study This part is a consolidation of the words learnt in this unit. Ask the Ss to do the exercise independently. T: Now please open your books and turn to Page 4. First let’s learn about language. Use the word they’ve learnt in this unit to fill in the blanks. Complete the sentences with suitable words in correct forms. Step 3 Preparation Get a pair of students to stand up and act as Anne and Kitty. It’s time for the teacher to be the interpreter between them. Encourage both sides to give different sentences, including statements and questions. T: Having a friend like Kitty, do you think it a bit difficult to understand each other? Now let me come and help you. Sa: I have grown crazy about nature. T: Anne said she had grown crazy about nature. Sb: When did you begin to feel like this? T: Kitty asked when Anne began to feel like that. ... Step 4 Grammar The Ss will learn the use of Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (statements and questions). First try to make clear to the Ss what direct and indirect speech is, with the help of the practice in Step 3. Then give them some examples. At last get them to summarize the rules of Direct Speech and Indirect Speech (statements and questions). Activity 1: give students a situation: You met your former classmates Mary studying in the middle school. The following is what Mary told you. Later that day, you told another friend what Mary said to you. Change the sentences into Indirect Speech and find out when we use Indirect Speech, what we need to change. 1. I will do anything to get close to nature. 2. Some people don’t understand me. 3. I’ll stick to do my research work. 4. I have to stay out in the woods for a few days camping.

5. Would you like to go camping with me? 6. How are you getting on with your study?

Ss: 1. Mary said she would do anything to get close to nature. 2. Mary said some people didn’t understand her. 3. Mary told me that she would stick to do her research work. 4. Mary told me that she had to stay out in the woods for a few days camping. 5. Mary asked if / whether I would like to go camping with her. 6. Mary asked how I was getting on with my study. Activity 2:

Group work. Show typical examples of turning direct speech into indirect speech. Guide the Ss to find out what changes we have to make in verb tenses, pronoun forms, and word order and so on.

Group work is advisable here so that the Ss can enjoy the pleasure and efficiency of working together. Ss write down what they have found and then present it. Be ready to answer the questions from the Ss. Now comes the teacher’s turn to give a summary,.

Sentence structure Direct speech Indirect speech Declarative Positive He said, “I passed this He said he had passed that exam.”

exam. Negative Lucy said, “I can’t finish Lucy told me that she reading the book this couldn’t finish reading the afternoon”

book that afternoon Interrogative “Are you going to mail Tom asked Bob if he was this gift?” Tom asked Bob. going to mail that gift. Special Interrogative “How can I solve the Jane asked me how she problem?” Jane asked me.

could solve the problem. Imperative “Don’t talk in class”

said Mr. Green ordered me not Mr. Green. to talk in class. Exclamatory “How silly the boy is!”

Peter told me how silly the Peter exclaimed. boy was. T: Now please find out what changes we have to make in verb tenses, pronoun forms, word order and so on in groups of 4. Ss write down what they have found and then present it. T: Now let’s summarize the rules of Direct Speech and Indirect Speech

Direct Speech Indirect Speech Sentence structure Declarative Say /tell sb. (that) +clause Interrogative Ask/ wonder whether/if + statement order Special Interrogative Ask/ wonder + wh-word + statement order Interrogative Ask/tell / order sb. (not ) to do Explanative Tell sb. what / how + statement order

Tense Pronoun Adverbial of time Present Past Present perfect Past perfect

Present continuous Future

First person

Second person

this These

Now

Today

Yesterday

This week/month

Last week/month Three days ago

Tomorrow here

This place

These places

Come

bring

Adverbial of place Verb Past past perfect Past perfect Past perfect Past continuous Past future Third person First or third person That Those Then That day The day before That week/month The week/month before Three days before The next day / the following day there That place Those places Go Take

Step 5 Practice

For Ex 1, get the Ss to look at the sentences carefully in pairs in order to find out the difference between direct speech and indirect speech. Guide the Ss to find out the changes in pronoun forms, word order, adverbials and so on, especially the verb tenses, the underline parts. Ask the Ss to pay attention to the reporting clause. For Ex 2, ask the Ss to do it by themselves, then check the answers by asking some Ss to read aloud their answers.

Step 6 Homework 1. Practice of WB (P42.1 &&P 43.2) 2. Ask the Ss to think out different ways to solve the problems about making friends, preparing the materials about the debate. Get the Ss to know the problem was that Anne had made a friend in the hiding place — the son of another family hiding with them, but her father was not happy about this. The topic is: How do you help to solve the problem between Anne and her father. Do you agree with Anne or her father?

Use specific reasons to support your solutions.