Focus on activity: reported speech

Focus on activity: reported speech Target audience (age): young adults, adults Lesson links: English ID 3 B, Unit 7; The Big Picture B2 Upper Intermediate, Unit 12 Aim: practicing reported speech using tell and say Duration: 20-30 minutes Organization: individual, pair and group work Material: worksheets, internet access Preparation: have worksheets ready, watch the video Blended Official Trailer (2 25 ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8muwt2x59fo (accessed on 7/17/2014). Procedure: Ask students to watch the video trailer for Blended and identify the characters that match the sentences. Play it two or three times. Divide students in pairs and ask them to rewrite the sentences in task 1 using say and tell. Correct the task. Ask the students in pairs to cover part of the interview: one should report Andy Warhol s questions and the other Dwayne Johnson s. After they finish, have them read the interview to check if the partner was correct. Wrap up: Ask students to write gossips about famous people on pieces of paper. Tell them to walk around the classroom, listen to their classmates, take notes about the gossips they heard and then report them to everybody. Walk around the classroom and praise your students. Provide vocabulary if necessary. Extra: Ask students to make a reported version of the interview and bring it the following class. Have students correct each other s report.

Answer Key 1. Watch the video trailer and match the character who said: a- Jim b- Lauren c- female friend d- tourist guide e- son 1. (a) We re out of gas. 2. (e) What s he doing here? 3. (e) She said she s not interested in you. 4. (d) I may have misread this situation. 5. (a/b) We re going to Africa. 6. (b) Did you drink my beer? 7. (a) That s my boss. 8. (e) This is very cool, Mom. 9. (d) Is everyone ready to see the real Africa? 10. (c) It s over between Dick and me. 11. (e) This is the best day of my life. 12. (b) Wait until I tell the boys! 2. Now work with your partner and rewrite the sentences using say and tell. 3. Read part of the interview with Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock and report to your classmate. (Based on The Rock - http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/q-andy-therock/#_) photo courtesy of Dwayne Johnson

ANDY WARHOL: What did you eat for breakfast? THE ROCK: My typical breakfast: Seven oz. filet, two whole eggs, four oz. of plain oatmeal, two English muffins, one-half cup of blueberries. WARHOL: What s the craziest thing a fan has sent you? THE ROCK: Fans send me pictures of tattoos that they ve gotten of my face, a quote I ve said, or of my Polynesian tattoo. It s all love crazy love but it s still love and I ll take it. WARHOL: What kind of clothes do you like now? THE ROCK: I love a custom made suit that fits the body well enough to make livers quiver. I also love my jeans, t-shirt, boots, and leather jacket. WARHOL: Do you dream? THE ROCK: I m a light sleeper, so I have fleeting dreams. I wish I had the fun dreams where I m flying naked, wearing only cowboy boots and shades, but for whatever divine reason, those dreams never come my way.

Name Date / / 1. Watch the video trailer and match the character who said: a- Jim b- Lauren c- female friend d- tourist guide e- son 1. ( ) We re out of gas. 2. ( ) What s he doing here? 3. ( ) She said she s not interested in you. 4. ( ) I may have misread this situation. 5. ( ) We re going to Africa. 6. ( ) Did you drink my beer? 7. ( ) That s my boss. 8. ( ) This is very cool, Mom. 9. ( ) Is everyone ready to see the real Africa? 10. ( ) It s over between Dick and me. 11. ( ) This is the best day of my life. 12. ( ) Wait until I tell the boys! 2. Now work with your partner and rewrite the sentences using say and tell. 3. Read part of the interview with Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock and report to your classmate. (Based on The Rock - http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/q-andy-therock/#_) photo courtesy of Dwayne Johnson Photocopiable Student s copy