JHS1 English Language · Term 2 Week 10: Grammar

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.3.1.6.2 - Demonstrate use and command of reported speech

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Compose sentences in direct speech and accurately change them to reported speech.
Report what people say in formal situations, such as during a school assembly or a staff meeting.
Report what people say in informal situations, such as conversations with friends or family members at home.
Identify and correctly apply the changes in tense, pronouns and time expressions when shifting from direct to reported speech.
Compose a short news report that uses reported speech to relay what witnesses or officials said.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Grammar Usage (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Grammar (3.1)
Content standard: B7.3.1.6 - Demonstrate mastery of use of active and passive voice
Indicator: B7.3.1.6.2 - Demonstrate use and command of reported speech
Suggested placement: Term 2, Week 10 (Week 22 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 19
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Compose sentences in the direct speech and change them to reported speech.
- Report what people say in formal and informal situations.
e.g.
'She agreed she would meet me after school.'
'He regretted he was busy on Saturday and wouldn't be able to come.'
'You admitted there wasn't any homework.'
'He reported he had been walking along the road when the car hit the tree.'
- Compose news reports.