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ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECOND TERM E-NOTE
Week: One
Class: Basic Five
Topic: Speech Work: Abbreviated forms of letter, Reduction of details to telegram forms the Mail/fax – text message
Structure: Reported speech [Commands]
Reading: Teaching of new words – meaning and Comprehension
Grammar: Sentence building
Writing: Responding to a formal invitation
Dictation: Selected sentences from the passage Read
Behavioral objectives: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to;
- Know how to build a sentence
- Understand the meaning of reported speech
- Write and identify several examples of reported speech
- Give a proper reply to a formal invitation
- Know some new words and their meaning
- Know how to abbreviate letter
Instructional material/Reference material: Learn Africa Basic English Language UBE edition for primary schools
Building Background /connection to prior knowledge: Students are familiar with formal letters
Content:
Structure: Reported speech
Direct and indirect speech
There are two ways of reporting what someone has said: either as direct speech or indirect reported speech.
Direct speech quotes the exact words spoken, while indirect speech reports what someone has said, but not in their exact words. In writing, direct speech is put in quotation marks (or inverted commas).
Example:
‘…You have measles,’ the doctor told the boy. In indirect speech, we change the present tense someone used in the original speech to the past tense. We do not use quotation marks.
Example: The doctor told the boy that he had measles.
Simple rules for indirect or reported speech
1 I, we, you, become he, she, they.
2 The present tense is changed into the past tense. Examples:
(a) can becomes could
(b) may becomes might
(c) shall becomes should
(d) are becomes were
(e) am/is becomes was
3 Words that mean nearness in time and place become words that mean distance.
(a) here becomes there
(b) now becomes then
(c) that becomes that
(d) that day becomes that day
(e) The following week becomes the following week
Direct speech Indirect speech
1 ‘My bag is heavy,’ the lady said. The lady said (that) her bag was heavy.
2 ‘I am very tired,’ the farmer said. The farmer said (that) he was very tired.
3 ‘I will come with you,’ Jaja said. Jaja said (that) he would come with me.
4 ‘You have not paid your fees,’ The principal reminded the boy (that) he the principal reminded the boy. had not paid his fees.
5 ‘I can drive,’ Mfon said. Mfon said (that) she could drive.
We change indirect speech to direct speech by simply making it the exact words of the speaker.
1 a) Jaja said that he was hungry. (indirect speech)
(b) ‘I am hungry,’ Jaja said. (direct speech)
2(a) Mfon said that she was listening to gospel music. (indirect speech)
(b) ‘I am listening to gospel music,’ Mfon said. (direct speech)
3 (a) He asked me if I could ride a bicycle. (indirect speech)
(b) ‘Can you ride a bicycle?’ he asked me. (direct speech)
4 (a) The electrician said that the switch was not working. (indirect speech)
(b) ‘The switch is not working,’ the electrician said. (direct speech)
5 (a) The man asked the boy how old he was. (indirect speech)
(b) ‘How old are you?’ the man asked the boy. (direct speech)
Evaluation:
- What is reported speech?
- Another name for reported speech is __________
- Write ten examples of reported speech
- You received a congratulatory message from your state governor recently because you have been awarded a scholarship for your secondary school education reply with an informal letter showing how grateful you are.
Listening and speaking
Myself
Take turns to read up to three sentences each of this passage, as if you were talking about yourself. The rest of the class should listen carefully. My name is Yewande Osin. I am a girl. I am ten years old. I school and live with my parents in Abeokuta. I am in Primary Five. The name of my school is Community Primary School, Abeokuta. My father is a primary school teacher, while my mother is a nurse in a private hospital. We live in our beautiful house. I go to school every morning. My school is near my house. I learn many things at school. We also play games. My teachers are very good. They teach us well. I have many friends, but Bukola is my best friend. She is in my class. We do many things together. Her parents know me and I also know her parents. Sometimes she comes to my house. I also visit her house in the holidays. I like myself because I am ambitious.
EXERCISE
Take turns to talk about yourselves individually in front of the class.
Strategies& Activities:
- Step 1: The teacher revises the previous topic.
- Step 2: Teacher introduces the new topic.
- Step 3: Teacher explains the new topic.
- Step 4: Teacher welcomes pupils’ questions.
- Step 5: The teacher evaluates the pupils
Assessment & Evaluation:
- Know how to build a sentence
- Understand the meaning of reported speech
- Write and identify several examples of reported speech
- Give a proper reply to a formal invitation
- Know some new words and their meaning
- Know how to abbreviate letter
(WRAP-UP CONCLUSION)
Teacher goes over the topic once again to enhance better understanding
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