GrammarandUsageTeachingAims:lTolearnthedirectandindirectspeechandhowtochangefromonetotheotherlToidentifythedifferencesbetweendirectandindirectspeechlTolearnhowtousereportedspeechinstatements,questions,andimperativesentenceslTocompletetherelevantwrittentaskstoreinforcethegrammarandusagelToapplywhattheylearntopracticebyfulfillingsomewrittenmistakes.TeachingKeyPoints&TeachingDifficulties:²Howtohelpthemunderstandthechangeswhenchangingdirectspeechintoindirectspeech²Theusagesofpersuadeanddiscourage²HowtoapplythegrammarrulestocompetetherelatedexercisescorrectlyTeachingProcedure:StepOne:Leading-inT:(Greettheclassasusual)Nowboysandgirls,pleaselookatthescreen.Thereisashortdialogue.Readitcarefullyandanswerthetwoquestions.‘Whatareyougoingtodothissummerholiday,’TomaskedAnn.‘IamgoingtotraveltoBeijingwithmyparents.’saidAnn.ØWhatdidTomaskAnn?ØWhatdidAnnsay?Ss:…(Thisstepistoattracttheirattentiontodirectspeechandindirectspeech.Latercollecttheiranswersonscreen.)SuggestedAnswers:üTomaskedAnnwhatshewasgoingtothatsummerholiday.üAnnsaidthatshewasgoingtotraveltoBeijingwithherparents.T:Wonderful!Yoncannoticethatwhenyouanswermyquestionsyouhavemadesomechangestotheoriginalsentences.Infactyouranswersarewritteninreportedspeechorindirectspeechwhiletheoriginalsentencesindirectspeech.StepTwo:DirectandIndirectSpeech用心爱心专心T:Ok.Thisiswhatwewilltalkabouttoday.Nowpleaseopenyourtextbooksatpage8.Gothroughthegroup1and2toanswerthenexttwoquestions:ØWhataredirectspeechandindirectspeech?ØHowcanwechangedirectspeechintoreportedspeech?(Havestudentsanalyzethesamplesentences.Givethemsometimetodiscussthesentencesinpairsfirstandthenchecktheanswers.)Ss:…SuggestedAnswers:üDirectspeechistoreportwhatexactlyhasbeensaidwhileindirectspeechistoreportthemeaningofwhathasbeensaidwithoutusingexactwords.üWecandoitbychangingwhathasbeensaidtoanobjectclauseoraninfinitivephrases.(Makesuretheyunderstandwhatdirectandindirectspeechis.Helpthestudentstograspthemeaningsofthesamplesentences.Explainthemtothestudentsifnecessary.)T:Verygood!ThenØWhenyouchangedirectspeechintoindirectspeech,whatelseshouldyoumakechangestobesidesthemajorchangesinsentencestructure?Ss:…T:Nowpleasegothroughthegroup3carefully,especiallythetables.Youcanexchangeyourideaswithyourclassmatesaroundyouandthinkabouttheabovequestioncarefully.)Ss:Otherchangesin:²Personalpronouns²Tenses²Adverbialsoftimeandplace²OthercasesT:Good!Nextpleaseconsiderhowtochangethefollowingsentenceindirectspeechintoreportedspeech.Ø‘Lighttravelsatagreatspeed,’saidtheteacher.Ss:Theteachersaidthatlighttravelsatagreatspeed.(Itdoesn’tmatterwhethertheyareabletogivecorrectanswer.Thisisjusttohelpthemtorealizesomethingdifferentwhenchangingdirectspeechintoindirectspeech.)用心爱心专心T:Soyoucanseewemadenochangestothesentenceindirectspeech.Douyouknowwhy?Pleaselookatthetipontheleftandrecallwhatyouhavelearntbeforeandthemtellmethereason.Ss:…Tips:Wedonotchangethetensewhenwereportaproverborafactthatdoesn’tchangeovertime.T:Terrific!AndIcanshowyoumoreexamplesasfollows:²Myteachertoldmethatpracticemakesperfect.²Theteachersaidthatlighttravelsfasterthansound.(Askthemgothroughthecontentonpage8againanddealwithanyquestionsraisedbythestudents.Lastletthemfinishtheexerciseonpage9.Makesuretheyknowwhattodo.)SuggestedAnswers:1.was2.wouldn’t3.hadread4.that5.would6.hadbought7.that8.would9.those10.her...
